Spårvägens FK is an

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), competitio ...

club in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

serving as the athletics section of

Spårvägens GoIF Spårvägens GoIF, ''Stockholms Spårvägars Gymnastik och Idrottsförening'', was founded in 1919 by employees of Stockholms Spårvägar under the name Stockholms Spårvägspersonals GoIF. Today the club has 15 departments of sports and a total of ...

. Over the years, the association has become one of Sweden's most successful clubs with several championship medals and national team athletes. Every year, the club organizes the

Stockholm Marathon The Stockholm Marathon, known as the adidas Stockholm Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon arranged in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1979. It serves as the Swedish marathon championship race. At the 2009 Stockholm Marathon more tha ...

, the

Globen Galan The Globen Galan is an annual indoor athletics event held in February at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden. The meeting was first held in 1990 and from 2000 to 2010 known as GE Galan, because General Electric was the official title sponsor. ...

, and the Tjejmilen together with

Hässelby SK Hässelby Sportklubb ( English: "Hässelby Sports Club"), commonly referred to as Hässelby SK, or HSK is a professional sports club in Hässelby, Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1913, the club offers a range of sports, including football, athleti ...

History

The association was founded as ''Stockholms Spårvägars Gymnastik- och idrottsförening'' in 1919 and was originally only open to employees of

Storstockholms Lokaltrafik Storstockholms Lokaltrafik known as SL, () is the public transport organisation responsible for managing land-based public transport in Stockholm County, Sweden. SL oversees a network that includes the Stockholm Metro, ''Tunnelbana'' metro, Stock ...

(then called

AB Stockholms Spårvägar AB, Ab, or ab may refer to: Arts and media * ''American Bandstand'', a music-performance television show * ''Analecta Bollandiana'', an academic journal * Ancienne Belgique, a concert hall in Brussels, Belgium Business Business terminology * '' ...

). Another club, , started as a part of Spårvägens FK in 1980, but broke away as a separate club in 1983. In 2014, the club was controversially charged 32,500 SEK ($ USD) after their

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er Angelica Ström used the

Gefle IF Gefle Idrottsförening, also known simply as Gefle IF, Gefle (, as if spelled ''Gävle''), or locally Gif (), also known as Gefle IF FF by the Swedish Football Association, are a Swedish professional association football, football club based in G ...

gym to practice despite having left Gefle for Spårvägens. After receiving the unexpected bill, Spårvägens leadership asked Ström if she had purchased the entire training hall. In 2024, Daniel Ståhl vowed to donate his 50,000 SEK ($ USD) of prize money to Spårvägens FK after winning the

Swedish Sports Awards The Swedish Sports Awards () is a show to honor the past year's Swedish sports and athletes' achievements. It is hosted annually at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm in mid or late January. The event was first held in the year 2000. In the years 2021 Sw ...

Athletes

Lars Haglund Lars Gösta Haglund (born 22 May 1940) is a retired Swedish discus thrower who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics. In 1965 he won the discus throw at the Summer Universiade and British AAA Athletics Championships. Haglund was the Swedish cham ...

(born 1940) is a former

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

er. He represented Sweden at the 1964 Olympic discus throw and won the 1965 World University Games. * Raimo Pihl (born 1949) is a former

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ� ...

from Suodenniemi. He finished 4th in the 1976 Olympic decathlon. *

Sören Tallhem Sören Tallhem (born 16 February 1964) is a Swedish athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Competing for the BYU Cougars track and field team, Tallhem won the 1985 shot put at the N ...

(born 1964) is a former

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter. He finished 7th in the 1984 Olympic shot put. *

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 ...

(born 1970) is a former

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. He finished 8th in the 1996 Olympic long jump. *

Anders Szalkai Pal Anders Szalkai (born 17 April 1970 in Bårslöv, Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne) is a long-distance runner from Sweden. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 64th place. Szalkai wo ...

(born 1970) is a former

long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

specializing in the

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

. He finished 64th at the 1996 Olympic men's marathon. * Claes Albihn (born 1971) represented Sweden at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in the 110 m hurdles. * Malin Ewerlöf-Krepp (born 1972) is a retired

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

. She qualified for the 1996 Olympic 1500 m semi-finals. * Henrik Skoog (born 1979) is a former

specializing in the

5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a sta ...

. He finished 6th at the 2006 European Championships men's 5000 m. *

Niklas Arrhenius Niklas Bo Arrhenius (born September 10, 1982) is an American-Swedish track and field athlete who competes and coaches in the discus throw and shot put. He represented Sweden in the discus at 2008 Summer Olympics, was a four-time competitor at th ...

(born 1982) is a

er. He represented Sweden at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

. *

Moa Hjelmer Moa Elin Marianne Hjelmer (born 19 June 1990) is a Swedish athlete who competes in the 200 metres and 400 metres. Hjelmer was born in Stockholm. She won a silver medal in the Junior European Championships in 2011 in Ostrava. She beat the Swedish ...

(born 1990) is a sprinter. She placed 30th in the 400 m heats at the 2012 Olympics. * Daniel Ståhl (born 1992) is a

er. He was the 2020 Olympic champion and a two-time world champion in 2019 and 2023. * Emma Ljungberg (born 1994) is a

er from

Nyköping Nyköping () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden, with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County. Including Arnö, the locality on the ...

. She finished 9th at the 2019 European U20 Championships. * Irene Ekelund (born 1997) is a sprinter. She won the 2013 World Youth Championships 200 metres.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.sparvagenfriidrott.se/ Spårvägens GoIF Sports clubs and teams established in 1919 Sports clubs and teams in Stockholm Athletics clubs in Sweden 1919 establishments in Sweden 1910s establishments in Stockholm