Rehns BK explained

Rehns BK is a Swedish sports club in Bollnäs, which practices orienteering, cross-country skiing and athletics (mainly running). It started with bandy in 1933, but that sport was dropped in 1946. The name refers the eastern district of Bollnäs, Ren/Rehn.[1]

Orienteering

The club started with orienteering in 1936. It was one of the arranging clubs of O-ringen in 1981, 2006 and 2011. [1]

Its team won the Swedish championships in relay in 1973 with Folke Lysell, Karl-Erik Jonsson, Kaj Hoof, Stefan Persson.[2] Kaj Hoof, substituting the injured Lars-Ivar Svensson started the third leg in the 19th position and sent Stefan Persson out as the third.[3] Stefan Persson has won three times the Swedish Championships in night orienteering.[4]

In 1975 Rehns BK arranged a competition for the 30 best orienteers in the world with Persson as the course designer. It was the first orienteering competition sent on television. [5]

Jerker Lysell, world champion in 2016, represents the club.Marit Wiksell won the World Championships in precision orienteering in Portugal in 2019.[6]

References

  1. Web site: Rehns BK - historia . https://web.archive.org/web/20170630162416/http://rehnsbk.nu/sites.php?sites_id=8. 23 May 2020. 2017-06-30.
  2. Web site: SM Stafett H21 . www.svenskorientering.se . . Swedish . 1 May 2020.
  3. Lorentzson . Lennart . Nye orienteringsbasen frånsprungen i SM . Göteborgsposten . 1973-09-17 . 14 . 23 May 2020.
  4. Anders Gärderud löper natt-SM. Hett namn i segerdiskussionen. . Arbetet . 1975-09-04.
  5. OL-eliten möts i Bollnäs. TV direktsänder . Arbetet . 1975-10-17 . 4 . 23 May 2020.
  6. Fahlman . Fredrik . Det här var det stora målet . Söderhamnskuriren . 2019-07-03 . 18 . 23 May 2020.