Hässelby Sportklubb ( English: "Hässelby Sports Club"), commonly referred to as Hässelby SK, or HSK is a professional

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Hässelby Hässelby is a Swedish town that is a part of Hässelby-Vällingby in the city of Stockholm, Sweden. It contains the suburban areas of Hässelby Gård, Hässelby Strand and Hässelby Villastad, and its territory also corresponds to Hässelb ...

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. Founded in 1913, the club offers a range of sports, including

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and

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. The athletics club, Hässelby SK Friidrott is one of the most prominent clubs in Sweden. Hässelby SK played a pivotal role in the establishment of a number of running events, including

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and the Tjejmilen.

History

Formation

In 1913, nine schoolboys decided to form Hässelby SK, or Hesselby SK as it was spelled at the time. The first club uniform consisted of a white shirt and blue pants with a white stripe at the bottom. In need for a sports field, the newly formed club wrote to the area's most influential man, Carl Bonde. He allowed HSK to borrow the "field next to the cowshed," which remains the club's location today.

1914-1950

By 1914, the club participated in various sports, including football, athletics, swimming, cross-country skiing, ice-skating and bandy, although competitions against other clubs were infrequent. The following year, HSK became a member of the

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and the Swedish Athletics Association, and added cycling to its repertoire. Notably,

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, who later served as the Swedish minister of finance, became a member of the club for swimming. Over time, HSK diversified further, establishing a women's section, and inaugurating its home field, Hässelby IP. The

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, Hässelby SK FF, became affiliated with the

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and started playing in Stockholmsserien klass 1.

1950-1980

The athletics section had been inactive for several years due to lack of interest and economic reasons, but after several unsuccessful attempts, it was possible to restart the athletics section in 1958. Despite the previous inactivity, the club still maintained its membership in the Swedish Athletics Association. After a cautious start as an athletics club, they managed to secure their first medal at the Swedish Athletics Championships after seven years, as Jan Olov Lindqvist finished third in the

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. Six years after this, Lennart Hedmark broke the Swedish record and finished second in the decathlon at the

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. This was only the beginning of the clubs strong presence in the combined events. November 1978 would become an important month in Hässelby SK's history. Three members from Hässelby, the chairman Lars-Johan Oscarsson, Anders Olsson, and Bengt Olsson, met with three members from

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in a meeting that resulted in the formation of the Stockholm Marathon Group. The group that would become the organizer of Sweden's largest running event, Stockholm Marathon. The following year saw the premiere edition of Sweden's first marathon, a success along the streets of Stockholm.

1980-present

In the early 80's the club started to gain traction. Anders Mossberg breaks the national record in triple jump and Christer Luthell and Conny Silfver both qualify for the European Championships in Athens in decathlon. Silfver, who later would serve as one of the leading coaches in the club, made it to the World Championships in Helsinki the following year. In the early 90's Johan Engholm wins the Classic Athen's Marathon and the club had its first Stockholm Marathon winner, Åke Eriksson. Hässelby and Spårvägen organized Sweden's first large scale athletics event,

in the newly constructed

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. The first meet in 1990 became a global success, with the world elite competing to an audience of more than 10.000 people. Over time, 12 world records was set at the meet and it hosted names like,

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and

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Notable athletes

* Angelica Bengtsson * Isabellah Andersson * Jessica Samuelsson * Mattias Claesson * Yussuf Saleh *

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* Mattias Jons

References

External links

Official website

Football website

Floorball website
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