Sävsjö BK

Sävsjö BK
Full name	Sävsjö bandyklubb
Sport	bandy
Founded	1971
Based in	Sävsjö, Sweden

Last updated February 26, 2019

Sävsjö BK was a bandy club in Sävsjö, Sweden, established in 1971.^[1] Jonas Claesson played for the team, debuting in Division 2 as a 13 years old.^[2] before switching to Vetlanda BK at age 14.^[3]

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.

Sävsjö is a locality and the seat of Sävsjö Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 5,122 inhabitants in 2010.

Sweden, officially the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.4 million has a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.

The women's team has played two seasons in the Swedish top division.,^[4] 1972/1973 and 1973/1974.

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References

↑ "Sävsjö bandyklubb" (in Swedish). Alla bolag. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
↑ "Jonas Claesson ny förbundskapten" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
↑ Claes-G Bengtsson (2012). "11. Jonas Claesson" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
↑ "Maratontabell tom 2013/14" (PDF) (in Swedish). Svenska bandyförbundet. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

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[1] "Sävsjö bandyklubb" (in Swedish). Alla bolag. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[2] "Jonas Claesson ny förbundskapten" (in Swedish). Svenska dagbladet. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[3] Claes-G Bengtsson (2012). "11. Jonas Claesson" (in Swedish). Swedish Bandy Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[4] "Maratontabell tom 2013/14" (PDF) (in Swedish). Svenska bandyförbundet. Retrieved 10 February 2015.