IFK Växjö is a
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 ...
in
Växjö,
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, established on 2 July 1919. The club runs
track and field athletics and
disabled sports, earlier even
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
and
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
. The men's bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1941.
The
women's football activity was transferred to
Östers IF
Östers Idrottsförening, commonly known as Östers IF or simply Öster, is a Swedish sports club located in Växjö, specializing in Association football, football, and playing in the second tier of Swedish football, Superettan.
The club has ...
in 1983, leading to the establishments of
Östers IF dam.
Track and field athlete
Carolina Klüft and singer
John Lundvik
John Lundvik (; born 27 January 1983) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter. He was part of the athletic team for IFK Växjö. Lundvik also has a singing and songwriter career having composed songs for films and the Wedding of V ...
have competed for the club.
References
External links
Official website
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IFK Vaxjo
Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden
Defunct football clubs in Sweden
IFK Vaxjo
IFK Vaxjo
Sports clubs established in 1919
Association football clubs established in 1919
Bandy clubs established in 1919
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