Fimleikafélagið Björk

Fimleikafélagið Björk, also known as Björk for short, is a multi-sports club from Hafnarfjörður, Iceland. The club was founded in 1951 as a gymnastics club but soon started departments in various other sports.[1][2]

Fimleikafélagið Björk
Full nameFimleikafélagið Björk
Short nameBjörk
SportsBasketball (formerly)
Climbing
Gymnastics
Taekwondo
Founded1 July 1951 (1951-07-01)
Based inHafnarfjörður
Home groundBjarkarhús
Websitefbjork.is

Arena

In April 2001, ground was broken for the club's new arena, Bjarkarhús.[3]

Sports

Basketball

During the winter of 1958–1959, the club started a basketball department. The following winter, basketball was the main sport at the club, with the gymnastic department folding. In 1963, the club won a junior women's national championship in 2. flokkur kvenna.[4][5] The club competed in the top-tier Icelandic women's basketball tournament for the first and only time in 1964, finishing third.[6][7]

References
  1. "Góður grunnur fyrir lífið". Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 21 May 2011. p. 42. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. "Aukin fjölbreytni í fimleikum". Fréttatíminn (in Icelandic). 19 August 2016. p. 7. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. "Leigukostnaður bæjarins um 53 milljónir á ári". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 18 April 2001. p. 15. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. Ingvar Kristinsson (12 May 2011). "Fimleikafélagið Björk 60 ára". Fjarðarpósturinn (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  5. "Í góðum jarðvegi fæðast stjörnur". Íþróttablaðið (in Icelandic). 1 October 1989. p. 29. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. "Umf. Skallagrímur Íslandsmeistari í kvennaflokki". Alþýðublaðið (in Icelandic). 3 March 1964. p. 10. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  7. "Stúlkur úr Borgarfirði fyrstu Íslandsmeistararnir". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 3 March 1964. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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