IKSU (Idrottsklubben Studenterna i Umeå) is a sports club and

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Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; ; ; ; ) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, Umeå is the largest Urban areas in Sweden, locality in Norrland and the t ...

. It has three facilities, ''IKSU sport'' at the Umeå University campus, ''IKSU'' plus at the Arts campus and ''IKSU spa'' in Umedalen. It has about 18,000 members. In a study conducted in 2011 by the New Zealand fitness company

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, IKSU had the second highest number of weekly visitors among 13,000 fitness centres in the world.

History

The organisation was formed on 5 May 1959 as ''Umeå Studenters Idrottsförening'' (USIF). In 1960, it got its current name ''Idrottsklubben Studenterna i Umeå'' (IKSU). At that time, IKSU had its premises in

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. Its first indoor arena was opened in 1983 at the Umeå University campus, where IKSU sport lies today. It has since been expanded several times. IKSU spa was opened in Umedalen in 2003. ''

Brännbollscupen Brännbollscupen is an annual competition of brännboll in Umeå, Sweden, organised by IKSU. Brännboll is a Scandinavian game similar to baseball. Brännbollscupen was first arranged in 1974 with 44 participating teams. Throughout the years the ...

'' is an annual competition in

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, organized by IKSU. The first game was held in 1974, and since 1997, the contest has World Cup status. In 2009, the

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was approximately SEK 87 million. IKSU had about 70 employees, 130 leaders and 18,300 active members. The now-defunct women's floorball team IKSU innebandy played in the top-tier

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from its inception in 1993 until 2020. In the 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18, and 2019–20 seasons, the team won a record seven championship titles.

Facilities

IKSU sport

IKSU sport, previously known as ''IKSU sportcenter'', is located at the Umeå University campus. It is the largest sports facility in Scandinavia. Its address is Petrus Laestadiusväg 15. The facility is currently over .

IKSU spa

IKSU spa is located in Umedalen. Its address is J.A Lindersväg 53.

References

External links

Official website
{{Umeå Sport in Umeå Umeå University Sports clubs and teams in Västerbotten County 20th-century establishments in Västerbotten County 1959 establishments in Sweden