Vätterstads IK is a former

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 ...

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 h ...

club from

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat of Jönköping Municipa ...

. The club was formed in mid 1967 as a merger of IK Stefa and Vättersnäs IF. The club played its home games in

Rosenlundshallen Rosenlundshallen was Sweden's first ice hockey arena and was located in Jönköping. The arena was HV71's home arena until 2000 when it was replaced by Husqvarna Garden The Husqvarna Garden, formerly Kinnarps Arena, is an indoor arena, primaril ...

, which later was

HV71 HV71 (), often referred to as just HV, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Jönköping, playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the first tier of Swedish ice hockey. The team played in the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League ...

's arena for a period. The club played in the Swedish second division in the seasons of 1967-1968 and 1968-1969 In 1971 the club was merged with

Husqvarna IF Husqvarna IF is a sports club in Huskvarna, Sweden. It was founded on 22 September 1904. It supported clubs in various sports, including bandy, football, and ice hockey. The ice hockey section merged with Vätterstads IK in 1971 to form Huskvarna/V ...

section forming the still active

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Ice hockey teams in Sweden Ice hockey clubs established in 1967 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1971 Sport in Jönköping HV71 1967 establishments in Sweden 1971 disestablishments in Sweden Sport in Huskvarna {{europe-icehockey-team-stub