IFK Lidingö is a Swedish sports club, part of the IFK system, based on the island of

Lidingö Lidingö, also known in its definite form ''Lidingön'' and as ''Lidingölandet'', is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2010, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 31,561. It ...

outside Stockholm. Although the club takes part in numerous sports, it is most famous for its football,

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...

and

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that require navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a ...

sections. The football team are called IFK Lidingö FK. The club was founded in 1932 and in 1985 it became an alliance club with independent sections. It currently has 400 members, most of them under around 15 years of age. The club arranges Lidingöloppet, which attracts nationwide attention.

Athletics

Most notable among former athletes at the club is

Ludmila Engquist Ludmila Viktorovna Engquist (née Leonova (russian: Людмила Викторовна Нарожиленко-Леонова). formerly Narozhilenko; born 21 April 1964) is a Russian-Swedish former athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres ...

and

Mattias Sunneborn Mattias Sunneborn (born 27 September 1970 in Bunge, Gotland) is a Swedish long jumper. He was an Olympic finalist in 1996. He was the 1996 European Indoor Champion and 1995 World Indoor silver medalist. His personal best jump is 8.21 metres, ...

Football

Famous former football players include Mikael Dorsin and

Magnus Pehrsson Karl Magnus Pehrsson (born 25 May 1976) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player who is the Director of Football at Spanish club Vélez CF. Club career Pehrsson started his career in IFK Lidingö. He played for Djurgård ...

Orienteering

The club won the

10-mila Tiomila or 10-mila is an orienteering race held annually in Sweden since 1945, usually in late April or early May. It is a 10-man relay which includes both night and daytime legs. The women's race consists of five daylight legs. Tiomila attracts c ...

relay in 1951, the women's relay in 10-mila in 2010 and 25-manna in 1999. The runners became world champions:

Lucie Böhm Lucie Rothauer (née Böhm,Profile: Lucie (Böhm) Rothauer
– ' ...

(1997) and Graham Gristwood (2008). Other runners are: Marthe Andersson,

Annika Billstam Annika Billstam (born 8 March 1976) is a Swedish orienteering competitor living in Uppsala. Formerly competing for OK Linné in Uppsala, Annika moved to Stockholm and switched to IFK Lidingö in the winter of 2007 before switching back to OK Lin ...

Mårten Boström Mårten Boström (born 3 August 1982 in Kirkkonummi) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and long-distance runner. He won a gold medal in ''sprint'' at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships in Vuokatti. He reached the podium in the junior ...

, Holger Hott,

Fredrik Bakkman Fredrik Bakkman (previously Fredrik Johansson; born 29 July 1986) is a Swedish orienteering competitor. He was born in Borås. He won a gold medal in the relay in the 2014 World Orienteering Championships in Asiago-Lavarone with the Swedish tea ...

, Signe Søes and Chris Terkelsen.

References

External links

Football SectionAthletics SectionOrienteering Section
Sports teams in Sweden Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna 1932 establishments in Sweden Sports clubs established in 1932 Orienteering clubs in Sweden {{Sweden-sport-team-stub