Handelsstandens Gymnastikforening (HG) was a Danish sports association based in

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. It governed many sports, but is most famous for its

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teams that one several Danish championships in both the men's league and the women's league. The club was founded on April 28 1880 as a Gymnastics association for traders and clerks. In 1904 Swimming also became a part of the club, and in 1927 the handball team was created. Between 1939 and 1970, the club won the Danish men's league 13 times, including five in a row from 1966 to 1971. and between 1950 and 1977 it won the Danish Women's League 12 times. In

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the women's team became the first team from Western Europe to win the

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.List of champions
in the-sports.org In 1980, it fused with Gladsaxe Håndboldklub to become Gladsaxe/HG. Four years after the fusion, Gladsaxe/HG won the Danish championship and reached the final of the 1983-84 IHF Cup.

References

*''Festskrift ved Handelsstandens Gymnastikforenings 50 Aars Jubilæum, 28. April 1930'', red. af Vigo Andersen, Einar Blem, Axel W. Lind og Knud Jørgensen (Handelsstandens Gymnastikforening,

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