IK Mode explained

IK Mode
Full Name:Idrottsklubben Mode
Sport:bandy, ice hockey, soccer, track and field athletics
City:Stockholm, Sweden

IK Mode was a sports club in Stockholm, Sweden. The club ran bandy, ice hockey, soccer and track and field athletics. The men's bandy team played in the Swedish top division in 1937.[1] and 1940.[2]

The men's ice hockey team played in the Swedish second division during the 1929-1930 season. The club track and field athletics section was especially successful during the 1930s and 40s. The club won Dagbladsstafetten in 1940 and 1946. Other successful track and field athletes competing for the club were Åke Stenqvist who won Swedish national long jump championship for men in 1936, 1937 and 1938 and Lennart Eliasson who won the same event in 1943.

In 1929, AIK offered to take over the club's track and field athletic.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Säsongen 1936-37. Jimmys bandysida. Jimmy Andersson. Swedish. 1935. 22 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150222015235/http://www.jimbobandy.nu/oldtab/36-37.html. 22 February 2015. dead.
  2. Web site: Säsongen 1939-40. Jimmys bandysida. Jimmy Andersson. Swedish. 1940. 22 February 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150221170539/http://www.jimbobandy.nu/oldtab/39-40.html. 21 February 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Ingen nystart men ekonomiskt stöd. AIK. Swedish. Owe Fröberg. 25 August 2005. 31 July 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150222015922/http://193.0.253.131/aikindex.html?%2Fhistorik%2Ffriidrott%2Fekonomisktstod.html. 22 February 2015.