IFK Uppsala Bandy is the

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department of the IFK Uppsala sports club. The club was founded in 1895 and based in

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. The club played

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and

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already from the start. IFK was one of the major clubs in all of these sports in the first half of the 20th century. In the 1940s it was also successful in

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Bandy

IFK has won 12 Swedish bandy championships, but the last time was in 1933 when

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was beaten in the final 11-1. In the first year of bandy league system in Sweden, 1930–31, IFK Uppsala entered in

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together with

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IFK Strängnäs IFK Strängnäs is a sports club in Strängnäs, Sweden, established in 1899. The club runs track and field athletics, handball, disabled sports, orienteering, earlier even bandy. The men's bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1931 and ...

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Linköpings AIK Linköpings AIK is a sports club in Linköping, Sweden, established on 22 October 1908. The club runs orienteering, earlier even bandy and soccer. The men's bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1931. and also reached three semifinals wh ...

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, and

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and finished 8th. The bandy team was disbanded in 1990, but the club took up the sport again for the 2006–07 season.

Honours

Domestic

* Swedish Champions: ** Winners (12): 1907, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1933 ** Runners-up (2): 1921, 1934

References

External links

IFK Uppsala – official homepage

IFK Uppsala bandy – additional homepage for the bandy section
Bandy clubs in Sweden Bandy clubs established in 1895

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