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Helenelunds Idrottsklubb, ''Helenelunds IK'', ''HIK'', is a sports club in Sollentuna, Sweden. The team colours are black, white and red. The club was founded in 1928 and is today most well known for its bandy team. Helenelunds home arena is Sollentunavallen, located next to the inlet
Edsviken Edsviken is an elongated, narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea running through the Swedish municipalities of Danderyd, Solna and Sollentuna in Stockholm County. Edsviken ranges from Stocksund and Bergshamra, Solna in the south to Edsberg in the north ...
. The club was originally called ''Idrottsklubben Stjärnan'' (Sports Club Star) but changed to its present name as early as in its second year, 1929. In the 1980s and 1990s, the club played for qualification to the Swedish top-tier in bandy many times, was close sometimes but never quite made it. The club was playing in Allsvenskan, the second level bandy league in Sweden, until 2009 when it was relegated to Division 1. The sports club's soccer team, Helenelunds IK Fotboll, merged in 2008 with Sollentuna soccer team IFK Sollentuna and formed Sollentuna Fotboll IF (today called
Sollentuna FK Sollentuna FK is a Swedish football club located in Sollentuna, a municipality in Stockholm County. Background Sollentuna United FF was founded in 2006 with the impending merger of Turebergs IF and Edsbergs IF which became operative in the 2008 ...
).


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Bandy clubs in Sweden Bandy clubs established in 1928 {{bandy-team-stub