Himmelstalundshallen is an

indoor arena An arena is a large enclosed venue, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theatre, Music, musical performances or Sport, sporting events. It comprises a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for specta ...

in Norrköping, Sweden. It is home arena for the

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

team

HC Vita Hästen HC Vita Hästen is a Swedish hockey club, based in Norrköping, which was founded following the bankruptcy of a previous club called IK Vita Hästen. The team plays in HockeyTrean, the fifth tier of the Swedish ice hockey system, as of the 202 ...

and holds 4,280 people. Construction was completed on 4 October 1977 and the arena was inaugurated with a ceremony lasting for three days between 7–9 October the same year. On 29 November that year, an indoor soccer competition was played in Himmelstalundshallen, won by

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differ ...

. The arena hosted the preliminary games of group B at the men's FIBA European Basketball Championship in September 2003.

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{{HockeyAllsvenskan Indoor arenas in Sweden Ice hockey venues in Sweden Buildings and structures in Norrköping Sport in Norrköping Sports venues completed in 1977 1977 establishments in Sweden Sports venues in Östergötland County 20th-century establishments in Östergötland County

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