IFK Lidingö is a Swedish sports club, part of the IFK system, based on the island of

Lidingö Lidingö (), also known in its definite form Lidingön and as Lidingölandet, is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2023, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 48,162. It is the ...

outside

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. Although the club takes part in numerous sports, it is most famous for its

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...

and

orienteering Orienteering is a group of sports that involve using a map and compass to navigation, navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain whilst moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specia ...

sections. The football team are called IFK Lidingö FK. The club was founded in 1932 and in 1985 it became an alliance club with independent sections. It currently has 400 members, most of them under around 15 years of age. The club arranges Lidingöloppet, which attracts nationwide attention.

Athletics

Most notable among former athletes at the club is

Ludmila Engquist Ludmila Viktorovna Engquist (née Leonova (). formerly Narozhilenko; born 21 April 1964) is a Russian-Swedish former Athletics (sport), athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres hurdles. She competed for the Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia ...

and

Mattias Sunneborn Mattias Sunneborn (born 27 September 1970 in Bunge, Gotland) is a Swedish long jumper. He was an Olympic finalist in 1996. He was the 1996 European Indoor Champion and 1995 World Indoor silver medalist. His personal best jump is 8.21 metres ...

Football

Famous former football players include Mikael Dorsin and

Magnus Pehrsson Karl Magnus Pehrsson (born 25 May 1976) is a Swedish Association football, football manager and former professional player who is the Director of Football at Spanish club Vélez CF. Club career Pehrsson started his career in IFK Lidingö. He p ...

Orienteering

The club won the 10-mila relay in 1951, the women's relay in 10-mila in 2010 and 25-manna in 1999. The runners became world champions:

Lucie Böhm Lucie Rothauer (née Böhm,Profile: Lucie (Böhm) Rothauer
– ' ...

(1997) and Graham Gristwood (2008). Other runners are: Marthe Andersson, Annika Billstam,

Mårten Boström Mårten Boström (born 3 August 1982 in Kirkkonummi) is a Finnish orienteering competitor and long-distance runner. He won a gold medal in ''sprint'' at the 2013 World Orienteering Championships in Vuokatti. He reached the podium in the junior ...

, Holger Hott, Fredrik Bakkman,

Signe Søes Signe Søes (born 1983) is a Danish orienteering competitor. She won a silver medal in the short distance at the 2003 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Põlva. She placed fourth in the sprint, 10th in the middle and 12th in the long dis ...

and Chris Terkelsen.

References

External links

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Athletics SectionOrienteering Section
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna 1932 establishments in Sweden Sports clubs and teams established in 1932 Orienteering clubs in Sweden Multi-sport clubs in Sweden Sports clubs and teams in Stockholm County Athletics clubs in Sweden Lidingö Municipality 1930s establishments in Stockholm County {{Sweden-sport-team-stub