Nyköpings OK is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a s ...

club in

Nyköping Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County. Including Arnö, the locality on the ...

. It was founded in 1958 when the orienteering section of Nyköpings SK became an independent association. Its team won

Tiomila Tiomila or 10-mila is an orienteering race held annually in Sweden since 1945, usually in late April or early May. It is a 10-man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of five daylight legs. Tiomila attracts ...

in 1958 thanks to Kalle Johansson in the second last leg. In 1957 it became fourth. Knut Nord won the class for older juniors (ÄJ) in the Swedish Championships in 1971. Other runners are Philip Carlsson, who went to the Youth European Championship in

Hrodna Grodno (russian: Гродно, pl, Grodno; lt, Gardinas) or Hrodna ( be, Гродна ), is a city in western Belarus. The city is located on the Neman River, 300 km (186 mi) from Minsk, about 15 km (9 mi) from the Polish b ...

in 2019 after having won four bronzes (middle, long, night and relay) in the men-18 class in the Swedish Championships, and Jens Wängdahl, who got a bronze in the Junior World Championships in 2013 at the age of 19.

References

Orienteering clubs in Sweden Nyköping {{Orienteering-org-stub