SoIK Hellas

SoIK Hellas is a sports club in Stockholm, Sweden, established on 14 May 1899 as Pastorns gossar by Katarina Parish confirmation priest Ernst Klefbeck, before changing name to SoIK Hellas in 1912, also on the initiative of Ernst Klefbeck.

[1] Nowadays running bowling, track and field athletics, handball, swimming, orienteering, tennis, and water polo, the club earlier also ran soccer, table tennis, fencing, gymnastics, cross-country skiing, diving, ski orienteering, and squash.

[4] In the following season, Hellas improved to fourth in the league[3] and successfully defended the Swedish Championship title, winning the final against Redbergslids IK.

[4] Hellas were relegated in 1946–47,[3] but still reached the semifinals of SM, this time losing to IK Heim.

[4] They were defeated by cross-town rivals IFK Lidingö,[4] who were relegated from the top division in the same season.

[4] Two years later they were relegated from the top level,[3] but still reached the SM semifinals for a sixth time in eight seasons.

[7] In 1970–71 and 1971–72, Hellas won "the double", winning the league both years and defeating Västra Frölunda IF and Drott, respectively, in the final.

[8][9] In 1972–73, they reached the semifinals of the European Cup, where they were eliminated by Yugoslav club Partizan Bjelovar.