Karlslunds IF is a
Swedish
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sports club
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with several departments, located in
Ă–rebro
Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...
.
Karlslunds IF runs one of the biggest programme for athletics in Ă–rebro, Sweden, with some 4000 members and more than 200 coaches coaching eight different sports. Currently women's football (known as
KIF Ă–rebro DFF
KIF Ă–rebro DFF is a Swedish women's football club based in Ă–rebro. Founded in 1980 as the women's football section of multi-sports association Karlslunds IF, the club's first team currently plays in the Damallsvenskan, the top level of the wome ...
) and skiing have the most successful teams.
History
The
club
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was founded on April 27, 1920 by a group of young
athletes
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living in the Karlslund area in western
Ă–rebro
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. With an original focus on
athletics
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,
skiing
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and
football
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, the club quickly branched into other sports, becoming one of
Ă–rebro
Örebro ( , ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, sixth-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of the Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers in ...
's most successful sports clubs of the 20th and 21st century.
Sports
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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 ...
: Karlslunds IF Bandy
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Baseball
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and
softball
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: KIF Eagles Baseball & Softball
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Bowling
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). The term ''bowling'' usually refers to pin bowling (most commonly ten-pin bowling), though ...
: Karlslunds IF Bowling
* Men's
football
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:
Karlslunds IF FK
Karlslunds IF FK is a Swedish football club located in the Karlslund neighbourhood in western Ă–rebro.
Background
Karlslunds IF's football team has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system but has enjoyed ...
* Women's
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 ...
:
KIF Ă–rebro DFF
KIF Ă–rebro DFF is a Swedish women's football club based in Ă–rebro. Founded in 1980 as the women's football section of multi-sports association Karlslunds IF, the club's first team currently plays in the Damallsvenskan, the top level of the wome ...
*
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...
: Örebro Gymnastikförening - KIF
*
Skiing
Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...
: Karlslunds IF Skiing
*
Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...
: Ă–rebro Simallians
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American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
: Karlsunds IF American football
External links
Karlslunds IF - Official WebsiteKarlslunds IF Ă–rebro - Skiing
1920 establishments in Sweden
Sports teams in Sweden
Multi-sport clubs in Sweden
Sport in Ă–rebro
Bandy clubs established in 1920
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