Surahammars IF is a sports club in Surahammar, Sweden. The club was officially founded on 4 June 1914, although the activity started in 1911. The focus now of the club is

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

, although they have had the highest success with association football and

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 ...

(reaching the second highest divisions in Sweden). The ice hockey section (''Sura Blue Hammers'') now plays in the third highest division in Sweden, but has previously played in the first division.

Famous players

Ronald Pettersson Erik Ronald "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson (16 April 1935 – 6 March 2010) was a Swedish ice hockey player. He played 252 international games for Sweden between 1955 and 1967, including thirteen World Championships and three Olympic Games. Between 19 ...

Tommy Salo Tommy Mikael Salo (born February 1, 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender and the current general manager of Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the ...

* Stig-Göran Johansson

External links

Official website
(in Swedish)
Club profile
on Eliteprospects.com Ice hockey teams in Sweden Sports clubs established in 1914 Ice hockey teams in Västmanland County {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub