Hammarby IF

Hammarby IF

Full name	Hammarby Idrottsförening
Nicknames	Bajen
Founded	1897
Based in	Stockholm
Colors	Green and white
President	Lars Strandberg
Website	www.hammarby-if.se

Hammarby Idrottsförening (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhamːar'bʏ]; or simply Hammarby IF, "Hammarby Sports Club") is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of different sports. It was founded in 1889 as Hammarby Roddförening ("Hammarby Rowing Association"), but by 1897 the club had diversified and was participating in different sports, leading to the renaming to Hammarby IF. In 1999, the club was reorganized into a legal format referred to in Swedish as an alliansförening ("alliance association"), with each of the club's departments becoming a separate legal entity cooperating under the "Hammarby IF" umbrella.^[1]

Member clubs

Sport	Club name	Founded	Joined HIF	Home venue
Athletics	Hammarby IF Friidrottsförening
Bandy	Hammarby IF Bandy	1905	1905	Zinkensdamms IP
Basketball	Hammarby IF Basket	1975	2015	Farstahallen
Boule	Hammarby IF Bouleförening
Bowling	Hammarby IF Bowlingförening			Brännkyrka Bowlingcenter
Boxing	Hammarby IF Boxningsförening
Floorball	Hammarby IF Innebandy	1993	1993	Sjöstadshallen
Football	Hammarby IF Fotbollförening (men) Hammarby IF Damfotbollförening (women)	1915 1970	1915 1970	Tele2 Arena Hammarby IP
Goalball	Hammarby IF Goalbollförening
Handball	Hammarby IF Handboll	1939	1939	Eriksdalshallen
Ice hockey	Hammarby IF Ishockeyförening Hammarby IF Damishockeyförening	2008 2016	2013 2016	LW-Hallen Zinkensdamms IP
Orienteering	Hammarby IF Orienteringsförening
Rowing	Hammarby IF Roddförening	1889	1889
Rugby union	Hammarby IF Rugby	2000	2000
Speedway	Hammarby Speedway
Skiing	Hammarby IF Skidförening
Table tennis	Hammarby IF Bordtennisförening

Defunct member clubs

• Hammarby Hockey (1921–2008)

References

1. http://www.hammarby-if.se/detta-ar-hammarby-if/historia/

External links

• Hammarby IF – official site