Karlslunds IF HFK
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Karlslunds IF HFK is a Swedish
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....

 football club located in Örebro
Örebro
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Background

Karlslunds IF football team has participated mainly in the lower divisions of the Swedish football league system
Swedish football league system
The Swedish football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Sweden which is controlled by the Swedish Football Association and consists of 276 teams in 22 leagues divided into five levels...

 but has enjoyed periods of success most notbaly an appearance in Division 1 Norra in 2009 and a few seasons in Division 2 in the 1980s. The club currently plays in Division 2 Södra Svealand which is the fourth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Karlslund Arena in Örebro.

The club is affiliated to the Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund
Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund
The Örebro Läns Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Örebro County.- Background :...

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Season to season

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Season Level Division Section Position Movements
1993
Division 2 1993
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1993.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...

Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 5th
1994
Division 2 1994
The 1994 Swedish Division 2 season.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...

Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 6th
1995
Division 2 1995
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1995.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...

Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 5th
1996
Division 2 1996
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 1996.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...

Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 12th Relegated
1997 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 3rd
1998 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 3rd
1999 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 7th
2000 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 6th
2001 Tier 4 Division 3 Västra Svealand 2nd Promotion Playoffs - Promoted
2002
Division 2 2002
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2002.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...

Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 10th Relegation Playoffs
2003
Division 2 2003
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2003.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...

Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 6th
2004
Division 2 2004
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2004.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Västra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...

Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Svealand 6th
2005
Division 2 2005
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2005.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Mellersta Götaland:...

Tier 3 Division 2 Västra Götaland 12th Relegated
2006* Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand 4th
2007 Tier 5 Division 3 Västra Svealand 1st Promoted
2008
Division 2 2008
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 in season 2008.-Division 2 Norrland:-Division 2 Norra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Svealand:-Division 2 Östra Götaland:-Division 2 Västra Götaland:...

Tier 4 Division 2 Östra Svealand 1st Promoted
2009 Tier 3 Division 1 Norra 12th Relegated
2010 Tier 4 Division 2 Södra Svealand 11th Relegated

* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.

Other Sports

Since their foundation on 27 April 1920 Karlslunds IF
Karlslunds IF
Karlslunds IF is a Swedish sports club with several departments, located in Örebro.Karlslunds IF runs one of the biggest programme for athletics in Örebro, Sweden, with some 4000 members and more than 200 coaches coaching eight different sports...

 has been active in a number of sports including:
  • American Football
    American football
    American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

    - KIF AFF Black Knights
  • Bandy
    Bandy
    Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

     - Karlslunds IF BF
  • Baseball
    Baseball
    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

    /Softball
    Softball
    Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

    , KIF Eagles Baseball & Softball
  • Bowling
    Bowling
    Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...

     - KIF Bowling and Strike & CO Örebro
  • Ladies Football - KIF Örebro DFF
    KIF Örebro DFF
    KIF Örebro DFF is a football club from Örebro, Sweden. They play in the highest level of women's soccer leagues in Sweden, the Damallsvenskan...

  • Men's Football - Karlslunds IF HFK
  • Gymnastics
    Gymnastics
    Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...

     - Örebro Gymnastikförening - KIF
  • Swimming
    Swimming (sport)
    Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...

     - Örebro Simallians
  • Skiing
    Skiing
    Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....

     - Karlslunds IF skidor


Karlslunds IF runs the biggest programme for athletics in Örebro, Sweden, with some 4000 members and more than 200 coaches coaching eight different sports. Currently women's soccer (known as KIF Örebro DFF) and men's Nordic skiing are the most successful.

Notable Players

Mattias Jonson
Mattias Jonson
Mattias Jonson is a Swedish former professional football player, who played as a midfielder for Swedish club Djurgårdens IF in the Allsvenskan championship...

 Magnus Kihlberg
Magnus Kihlberg
Magnus Kihlberg is a Swedish football midfielder. After playing for two local clubs, he joined Örgryte IS in 1995 before moving to Norwegian club Lillestrøm SK in 1997. He then moved on to Molde FK in 2002 before going back to Sweden and IFK Göteborg for the 2006 season...

 Per Johansson

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Footnotes

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