Vätterstads IK is a former Swedish

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) 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. Tw ...

club from

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

. The club was formed in mid 1967 as a merger of IK Stefa and Vättersnäs IF. The club played its home games in

Rosenlundshallen Rosenlundshallen was Sweden's first ice hockey arena and was located in Jönköping. The arena was HV71's home arena until 2000 when it was replaced by Husqvarna Garden The Husqvarna Garden, formerly Kinnarps Arena, is an indoor arena, primar ...

, which later was HV71's arena for a period. The club played in the Swedish second division in the seasons of 1967-1968 and 1968-1969 In 1971 the club was merged with Husqvarna IF's

section forming the still active HV71.

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