Hässelby Athletic Sports Club is a Swedish

sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...

located in

Hässelby Hässelby is a Swedish town that is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the city of Stockholm, Sweden, comprising the suburban areas Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad. The territory also corresponds to Hässelby parish in ...

within the city of Stockholm. Founded in 1913, the departments it operates include the sports football,

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and floorball. Their football club, Hässelby SK FF, is affiliated with

Stockholms Fotbollförbund The Stockholms Fotbollförbund ''(Stockholm Football Association)'' is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Stockholm County. Background Stockholms Fotbollförbund, c ...

within the

Swedish Football Association The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women – and the men's and women's nat ...

. The club used to have a department for bandy too. Hässelby SK has had a pivotal role in the establishment of a number of running events, such as the Stockholm Marathon, XL Galan and the Tjejmilen.

Notable athletes

Angelica Bengtsson Angelica Therese Bengtsson (born 8 July 1993) is a Swedish track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She became the first pole vault winner at the inaugural Summer Youth Olympics in Singapore, 2010. Bengtsson has won gold medal ...

Isabellah Andersson Isabellah Andersson (born Isabellah Moraa Amoro on 12 November 1980 in Kenya) is a Swedish-Kenyan distance runner. She resides in Vilshult in Sweden, and since May 2009 is a Swedish citizen. She competes for the club Hässelby SK. Career Ander ...

* Jessica Samuelsson *

Mattias Claesson Mattias Claesson (born 26 July 1986) is a Swedish male middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He finished fourth in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, with teammates Joni Jaako, Johan ...

* Yussuf Saleh *

Johan Wissman Johan Lukas Wissman (born 2 November 1982) is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events. Wissman won the gold medal at the European Indoor Championsh ...

* Mattias Jons

References

External links

Official website

Football website

Floorball website
Association football clubs established in 1913 Bandy clubs established in 1913 Football clubs in Stockholm Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden Sport in Stockholm 1913 establishments in Sweden {{Sweden-footyclub-stub