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

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]

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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