Falu Bandysällskap, ''Falu BS'', is a

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club from Falun in

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. Falu BS was founded as ''Falu Bollsällskap'' on 10 December 1935, by merging

Falu BK Falu BK was a sports club in Falun, Sweden. The men's bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1934. The men's soccer team played in the Swedish third division during the seasons of 1934–1935 and 1935–1936. In 1935 the club was one of ...

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and IFK Falun. All these clubs were playing bandy. In 1936 the new club Falu BS started in Swedish division II. The jersey was like the one Falu BK had used, copper brown with the text "FALUN" on the chest. The home games were played at Främbyviken or Kvarnbergsplan (later to be called Kopparvallen). In 1939/1940 the team reached Bandyallsvenskan, the highest league in Sweden. Falu BS was second overall, only Sandvikens AIK were better. From this season on the "classic" colours of the team were used, blue jerseys with yellow collars. The team did not last more than one season in the Bandyallsvenska this time, but got back later. The most successful time were the early 1970s, when the club became Swedish champions in 1971 and 1974. Falu BS also were the runners-up in 1999. The team also became world champions for clubs by winning the Bandy World Cup in 1998. In 2013, Falu Bollsällskap filed for bankruptcy, but was then reconstructed as Falu Bandysällskap with the same logo and colours as before. They play at the

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sports complex.

Honours

Domestic

* Swedish Champions: ** Winners (2): 1970/71, 1973/74 ** Runners-up (1): 1975/76

International

* World Cup: ** Winners (1): 1998 ** Runners-up (1): 1996 *

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: ** Runners-up (1): 1974

References

Bandy clubs in Sweden Sport in Falun Bandy clubs established in 1935 Bandy clubs established in 2013 1935 establishments in Sweden 2013 establishments in Sweden {{Bandy-team-stub