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Nacka SK was a
Swedish
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sports club based in the Stockholm suburb of
Nacka
Nacka () is the municipal seat of Nacka Municipality and part of Stockholm urban area in Sweden. The municipality's name harks back to a 16th-century industrial operation established by the Crown at Nacka farmstead where conditions for water mil ...
. The club was notable in
bandy
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but particularly in
ice hockey
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, having played 23 seasons in the top tier of
ice hockey in Sweden
Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 and is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport was first organized in the country by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), which was a member of the IIHF in 1912. The ...
, though never managing to win the Swedish championship. The last ice hockey season the club played in the top tier was the 1971–72 Division 1 season. Following seasons in the second tier, and their failure to achieve promotion to Elitserien (now the SHL) in the 1976 qualifiers, the club merged with Atlas Copco IF and Skuru IK to form NSA-76, which was then renamed
Nacka HK
Nacka HK, officially Nacka Hockeyklubb ( en, Nacka Hockey Club), is a Swedish ice hockey club based in the Stockholm suburb of Nacka. , Nacka plays in group D of Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden.
The club traces its roots t ...