IFK Karlshamn is a

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club located in

Karlshamn Karlshamn () is a locality and the seat of Karlshamn Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden. It had 13,576 inhabitants in 2015, out of 31,846 in the municipality. Karlshamn received a Royal Charter and city privileges in 1664, when King Charles X ...

Background

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Karlshamn were formed on 22 July 1906. In addition to football other sports in the early years included athletics, swimming, rowing, shooting, tennis and gymnastics. In the 1920s boxing, wrestling, handball, orienteering and bandy were added. Football is now the main activity, the first match being played against a foreign team on 12 August 1907. IFK Karlshamn currently plays in

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Blekinge which is the sixth tier of

Swedish football Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which ...

. They play their home matches at the Vägga IP in Karlshamn. The club is affiliated to

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

. IFK Karlshamn have competed in the

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on 20 occasions.

Season to season

Footnotes

External links

IFK Karlshamn
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IFK Karlshamn on Facebook
Football clubs in Blekinge County Association football clubs established in 1906 Bandy clubs established in 1906 1906 establishments in Sweden Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna {{Sweden-footyclub-stub