Mälarhöjdens IK 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 Hägersten in the southern part

South Stockholm

Söderort is the southern suburban part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden...

 of 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...

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Background

Mälarhöjdens Idrottsklubb (MIK) was formed on 20 March 1924. The club currently has about 1,600 members divided into sections covering football, athletics, walking, hockey, orienteering, skiing and tennis. The club's greatest achievements have been in athletics, particularly in middle and long distance running events in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1945 the club enjoyed a season in the Allsvenskan

Allsvenskan and Elitserien (bandy)

The Allsvenskan and Elitserien was earlier the highest level of bandy in Sweden contested annually between Swedish bandy clubs. The Allsvenskan was split into two regional divisions. The Allsvenskan Norra and the Allsvenskan Södra...

 for 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,...

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Since their foundation Mälarhöjdens IK has participated mainly in the middle and 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...

. The club currently plays in Division 3 Östra Svealand which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Mälarhöjdens IP in Hägersten.

Mälarhöjdens IK are affiliated to the Stockholms Fotbollförbund

Stockholms Fotbollförbund

The Stockholms Fotbollförbund is one of the 24 district organisations of the Swedish Football Association. It administers lower tier football in Stockholm County.- Background :...

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Recent history

In recent seasons Mälarhöjdens IK have competed in the following divisions:

2010 Division III, Östra Svealand

2009 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

2008 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

2007 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

2006 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

2005 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

2004 Division IV, Stockholm Mellersta

2003 Division IV, Stockholm Mellersta

2002 Division IV, Stockholm Mellersta

2001 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

2000 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

1999 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

1998 Division IV, Stockholm Södra

External links

• Mälarhöjdens IK - Official Club Website
• Mälarhöjdens IK - Official Football Website