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AIK
Allmänna Idrottsklubben (English: the Public Sports Club), usually referred to as just AIK and internationally known as AIK Stockholm, is a professional sports club from Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1891, at the downtown address of Biblioteksgatan 8 in the district of Norrmalm, the club is the largest in Scandinavia. The club's achievements include Swedish championship titles in a slew of sports: football, ice hockey, floorball, bandy, handball, bowling, badminton, athletics, and many other sports, as well as the Wimbledon Championships and French Open in tennis (through Sven Davidson, Lennart Bergelin, and Ulf Schmidt).
The idea to start an athletic association began when the brothers Isidor and Paul Behrens were taking a walk through Hantverkargatan, in central Stockholm. They were walking pretty fast; and noticed that there were two other youngsters behind them who also walked quickly. The strangers tried to walk past the Behrens, so they had to speed up to keep the lead; but the strangers did the same. Finally all of them started to run in what now looked like an improvised competition. When Isidor and Paul were far away from the unknown youngsters, Isidor said that they should start an athletic association and compete with others.[citation needed]
So the brothers gathered their friends, who had strong athletic interest, and held a meeting at Behrens' on 15 February 1891, on Biblioteksgatan 8, in central Stockholm. Isidor introduced his idea to everyone, and they liked it. Since the boys agreed that every thinkable sport should be practiced, they decided that “Allmänna Idrottsklubben” (The General Sports Club) would be a suitable name. The name also had other meanings: AIK allowed anybody to become a member; and at this time many athletic clubs were limited (e.g. the military).[citation needed]
AIK's primary colours are black and yellow. White is the secondary colour.
The club's crest is dark blue, yellow and gold. The crest's style is arguably Art Nouveau, the predominant style at the turn of the 20th century. AIK's crest was created by Fritz Carlsson-Carling, a runner and football player. Contrary to popular belief, the sun has nothing to do with the coat of arms of Solna Municipality. Solna was not a city until 1943, i.e. six years after Råsunda Football Stadium was completed and 52 years after AIK was founded in Stockholm City Centre.
American football became a part of AIK in 2020, when it took over the organization of Northside Bulls. They compete in the second tier, Swedish American Football Division 1.
Athletics was the original sport practiced by the club in 1891. The Swedish term used for athletics at the time was allmänn idrott, from which the club's name is partly derived. Athletics was discontinued in 1916, but reintroduced as a department in 2012.
In 2016 AIK merged with Solna based basketball club Solna Vikings, champions of Basketligan in 2003.
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AIK
Allmänna Idrottsklubben (English: the Public Sports Club), usually referred to as just AIK and internationally known as AIK Stockholm, is a professional sports club from Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1891, at the downtown address of Biblioteksgatan 8 in the district of Norrmalm, the club is the largest in Scandinavia. The club's achievements include Swedish championship titles in a slew of sports: football, ice hockey, floorball, bandy, handball, bowling, badminton, athletics, and many other sports, as well as the Wimbledon Championships and French Open in tennis (through Sven Davidson, Lennart Bergelin, and Ulf Schmidt).
The idea to start an athletic association began when the brothers Isidor and Paul Behrens were taking a walk through Hantverkargatan, in central Stockholm. They were walking pretty fast; and noticed that there were two other youngsters behind them who also walked quickly. The strangers tried to walk past the Behrens, so they had to speed up to keep the lead; but the strangers did the same. Finally all of them started to run in what now looked like an improvised competition. When Isidor and Paul were far away from the unknown youngsters, Isidor said that they should start an athletic association and compete with others.[citation needed]
So the brothers gathered their friends, who had strong athletic interest, and held a meeting at Behrens' on 15 February 1891, on Biblioteksgatan 8, in central Stockholm. Isidor introduced his idea to everyone, and they liked it. Since the boys agreed that every thinkable sport should be practiced, they decided that “Allmänna Idrottsklubben” (The General Sports Club) would be a suitable name. The name also had other meanings: AIK allowed anybody to become a member; and at this time many athletic clubs were limited (e.g. the military).[citation needed]
AIK's primary colours are black and yellow. White is the secondary colour.
The club's crest is dark blue, yellow and gold. The crest's style is arguably Art Nouveau, the predominant style at the turn of the 20th century. AIK's crest was created by Fritz Carlsson-Carling, a runner and football player. Contrary to popular belief, the sun has nothing to do with the coat of arms of Solna Municipality. Solna was not a city until 1943, i.e. six years after Råsunda Football Stadium was completed and 52 years after AIK was founded in Stockholm City Centre.
American football became a part of AIK in 2020, when it took over the organization of Northside Bulls. They compete in the second tier, Swedish American Football Division 1.
Athletics was the original sport practiced by the club in 1891. The Swedish term used for athletics at the time was allmänn idrott, from which the club's name is partly derived. Athletics was discontinued in 1916, but reintroduced as a department in 2012.
In 2016 AIK merged with Solna based basketball club Solna Vikings, champions of Basketligan in 2003.