IK Sirius

Idrottsklubben Sirius, commonly known as IK Sirius or Sirius, is a Swedish sports club located in Uppsala. Today IK Sirius is active in bandy, floorball, and football as an alliance club [sv].^[1]

History

The sports club that became IK Sirius was founded on 9 August 1907 in the area of Svartbäcken in Uppsala, and got its current name on 5 April 1908 after having been discussing Svartbäckens IK and IK Spurt.^[2] At the time, several sports club existed in the city of Uppsala: IFK Uppsala, IF Thor, IF Heimdal, and Upsala IF.^[2] The sports club was founded for athletics, and took up cross-country skiing, bandy and football in 1908.^[3] During the first half of the 20th century, the sports club has also practised canoeing, swimming, handball, ice hockey, tennis, wrestling, boxing, and orienteering.^[3]

In 1980, the ice hockey department was dissolved.^[4] In 1991, the two remaining departments of football and bandy split and choose to act as an alliance club [sv] using the same name.^[5]

In 1999, the floorball club IBK JT 97 joined IK Sirius.^[6]

Departments

References

1. "Om IK Sirius - IK Sirius".
2. "1907: Så började det".
3. "IK Sirius". Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Band 6 S–Övrevoll (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlag. 1946. p. 252.
4. "Uppland |".
5. "Sirius - Uppslagsverk - NE.se".
6. "Historik".
7. "IK Sirius Bandy | Vår historia".
8. "IK SIRIUS - Svenska Bandyförbundet". Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
9. "Sirius Innebandy herr arenor".
10. "Studenternas".
11. "Damlaget lämnar Sirius efter striderna". 5 November 2016.
12. "IK Uppsala Fotboll".