Glímufélagið Ármann Explained

Glímufélagið Ármann
Nicknames:	Ármenningar
Short Name:	Ármann
Founded:	15 December 1888
City:	Reykjavík
Website:	armenningar.is

Glímufélagið Ármann is a multi-sports club in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded on 15 December 1888 in Reykjavík as an Icelandic wrestling team.^[1] Today it has departments in basketball, gymnastics, judo, power lifting, swimming, skiing, taekwondo and track & field.^[2]

History

Glímufélagið Ármann was founded on 15 December 1988 by a group of around 30 people. The main founders where Pétur Jónsson (1856–1908) and Pétur Helgi Hjálmarsson (1867–1941).^{[3] [4]}

Basketball

Men's basketball

See main article: Ármann men's basketball. Árman's men's basketball team was one of the founding members of the top-tier basketball league in Iceland in 1952.^[5] It won its first and only national championship in 1976.^[6]

Women's basketball

See main article: Ármann women's basketball. Ármann women's basketball team won the inaugural women's national championship in 1953 and added two more in 1959 and 1960.^[7]

Football

Men's football

Trophies

• 2. deild karla (1):
  • 1969
• 3. deild karla (1):
  • 1982

Source

Women's football

Trophies

• Icelandic Champions (1):
  • 1973

Source

Handball

Men's handball

Trophies

• Icelandic Champions (5):
  • 1945, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954
• 1. deild karla

(3):

• • 1962, 1973, 1977
• 2. deild karla: (2):
  • 1982, 1984

Source

Women's handball

Trophies

• Icelandic Champions (12):
  • 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963
• Icelandic Cup

(1):

• • 1976

Source

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. News: Þorsteinn Einarsson . Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára . 7 April 2022 . . 15 December 1988 . 50–51 . Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
2. Web site: Saga Ármanns . armenningar.is . 19 June 2018 . Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
3. News: Kjartan Bergmann Guðjónsson . Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára - Fyrri hluti . 7 April 2022 . . 15 December 1988 . 10 . Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
4. News: Kjartan Bergmann Guðjónsson . Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára - Seinni hluti . 7 April 2022 . . 16 December 1988 . 14 . Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
5. News: Íslandsmót í Körfuknattleik. 3 September 2017. Vísir. April 21, 1952. Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
6. News: Eftir 25 ár í Kuldanum, - Meistari!. 18 November 2017. Dagblaðið. 29 March 1976. Icelandic . Tímarit.is.
7. Web site: Meistaratitlar kvenna. 18 November 2017. Icelandic.