AIK

AIK
Full nameAllmänna Idrottsklubben
NicknamesGnaget
Sportassociation football, bandy, handball, ice hockey, and others
Founded15 February 1891 (1891-02-15)
Based inSolna, Stockholm, Sweden
Colors    Black and Yellow
PresidentCecilia Wahlman (interim)
Websitehttp://aik.se

Allmänna Idrottsklubben (English: the Public Sports Club), usually referred to as just AIK, is a professional sports club from Stockholm, Sweden.[1] Founded in 1891, at the downtown address of Biblioteksgatan 8 in the district of Norrmalm, the club is the largest in Scandinavia.[2] 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 Wimbledon championships and French Open in tennis (through Sven Davidson, Lennart Bergelin, and Ulf Schmidt).

  1. ^ "AIK:s historia - år för år". AIK.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ^ "AIK:s mardrömsvår – hur mår Sveriges största klubb?". FotbollDirekt (in Swedish). 18 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2013.