Olympic / Viking Helsingborg HK
Full name | Olympic / Viking Helsingborg Handbollsklubb | ||
Founded | 1994 | ||
Hall | Idrottens Hus | ||
Trainer | Ulf Sivertsson | ||
league | Handbollsligan | ||
2019/20 | |||
rank | 13th place | ||
Website | ovhelsingborg.myclub.se | ||
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Olympic / Viking Helsingborg HK is a Swedish handball club from Helsingborg , which was founded in 1994 as a merger of HF Olympia and Vikingarnas IF.
The first men's team played in the 2009/2010 season in the Elitserien and was relegated from bottom of the table in Division 1 . The women's team plays in Division 2.
Vikingarnas IF ( Vikingarnas idrottsförening ) was founded in Helsingborg in 1941. The club won the Swedish championship in 1961 (as a newcomer) and in 1967 and 1981. The most famous player was Rolf Almqvist . HF Olympia ( Handbollsföreningen Olympia ) was founded in 1963 as KFUM Helsingborg, and in 1971 the name Olympia was adopted. For two seasons they belonged to the top division.