[1] It was also the home club of one of the most successful women's curling teams of all time, skipped by Elisabeth Högström.
The first to achieve notoriety on the global stage was skipped by Elisabeth Högström, who won Sweden's first women's World Championship gold medal in curling in 1981, along with Carina Olsson, Birgitta Sewik and Karin Sjögren.
[6] Anette Norberg also skipped the Karlstads CK team of Cecilia Östlund, Sara Carlsson, Liselotta Lennartsson, and Karin Rudström to a World Championship gold medal in 2011.
[7] On the men's side, Karlstads CK is perhaps now best known as the home club for Team Niklas Edin, who holds the record for having won the most World Championship gold medals.
Other teams representing the club at the world championships include those skipped by Kjell Grengmark, Dan-Ola Eriksson, and Sören Grahn.