Hammarby IF Hockey
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| Founded | 1920 |
| Home ice | Hovet Hovet Hovet , formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion, is an arena in Stockholm mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was opened in 1955 as an outdoor arena. A roof was added in 1962, and the arena interior has also been a subject to major renovation in 2002. The arenas main... |
| Based in | Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... , Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... |
| Colours | Green, white |
Hammarby IF Hockey was a professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team from Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, and played at Hovet
Hovet
Hovet , formerly known as Johanneshovs Isstadion, is an arena in Stockholm mainly used for ice hockey, concerts and corporate events. It was opened in 1955 as an outdoor arena. A roof was added in 1962, and the arena interior has also been a subject to major renovation in 2002. The arenas main...
arena. The ice hockey association of Hammarby was founded in 1920. Hammarby had played in the modern top Swedish league Elitserien
Elitserien
Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...
for two seasons (1982–83 and 1984–85), and historically they played in the top league from the start of the national leagues in 1922 until the 1956-57 season, and in the seasons 1958-59 through 1960-61, 1965–66 and 1968-69. Hammarby won eight Swedish Championships (1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1951).
In the spring of 2008, Hammarby was going through economical difficulties. As a result, the ice hockey section of the club put themselves in liquidation and ceased to exist. Later, the supporter club Bajen Fans started a new club called "Bajen Fans Hockey
Bajen Fans Hockey
Bajen Fans Ishockeyförening Hockey is the ice hockey section of Bajen Fans, the Swedish 1981-formed supporter club to Hammarby IF. The club is currently playing in the Stockholm södra section of the Swedish Division 2. As their home arena, the club originally played at Hovet, but they have since...
" the same year. The plan is to change the name back to Hammarby IF Hockey.
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