Stocksunds Idrottsförening, ''Stocksunds IF'', ''SIF'', is a Swedish sportsclub in
Stocksund
Stocksund () is an upper class suburb in Metropolitan Stockholm, Sweden.
Located immediately across the Edsviken and Stocksundet from Bergshamra, Stocksund is one of four parts of Danderyd Municipality north of Stockholm, which is the most ...
, just north of
Stockholm. The club was founded on 3 January 1935 and has had sections for
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...
,
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two o ...
,
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
,
figure skating
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympics ...
,
handball, and
floorball
Floorball is a type of floor hockey with five players and a goalkeeper in each team. Men and women play indoors with sticks and a plastic ball with holes. Matches are played in three twenty-minute periods. The sport of bandy also played a role ...
. In 2017, only the football section is active. The colours of the club are yellow and black and the team logo displays the
Cedergren Tower, a well-known landmark in and around Stocksund.
At present, Stocksunds IF does not compete in the elite leagues in any sport but has a broad activity for youths. Ice hockey player
Tommy Albelin
Tommy Albelin (born 21 May 1964) is a Swedish people, Swedish former ice hockey Defenceman (ice hockey), defenceman who is currently an assistant coach for Switzerland men's national ice hockey team, Switzerland's national team. He also was world ...
played for Stocksunds IF when he was in his teens.
Tommy Albelin: Biography
retrieved on 7 October 2017
Sources
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Defunct ice hockey teams in Sweden
Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden
Football clubs in Stockholm County
Association football clubs established in 1935
Bandy clubs established in 1935
Ice hockey clubs established in 1935
1935 establishments in Sweden
Multi-sport clubs in Sweden