Viking IK
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Viking IK was an ice hockey team in Stavanger
, Norway
. The club existed from 1968-1996, and played in the GET-ligaen
(then known as the 1.divisjon), the top level of Norwegian ice hockey, from 1978-1996. Viking IK went bankrupt after the 1996 season.
Stavanger
Stavanger is a city and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.Stavanger municipality has a population of 126,469. There are 197,852 people living in the Stavanger conurbation, making Stavanger the fourth largest city, but the third largest urban area, in Norway...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. The club existed from 1968-1996, and played in the GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen
GET-ligaen is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation. The league was known as 1. divisjon until 1990, when it was reorganized and named Eliteserien . That name was held until 2004 when cable TV company UPC became main sponsor...
(then known as the 1.divisjon), the top level of Norwegian ice hockey, from 1978-1996. Viking IK went bankrupt after the 1996 season.