Glímufélagið_Ármann
Glímufélagið Ármann is a multi-sports club in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded on 15 December 1888 in Reykjavík as an Icelandic wrestling team.[1] Today it has departments in basketball, gymnastics, judo, power lifting, swimming, skiing, taekwondo and track & field.[2]
| Nicknames | Ármenningar |
|---|---|
| Short name | Ármann |
| Founded | 15 December 1888 |
| Based in | Reykjavík |
| Website | armenningar.is |
Glímufélagið Ármann was founded on 15 December 1988 by a group of around 30 people. The main founders where Pétur Jónsson (1856–1908) and Pétur Helgi Hjálmarsson (1867–1941).[3][4]
Men's basketball
Árman's men's basketball team was one of the founding members of the top-tier basketball league in Iceland in 1952.[5] It won its first and only national championship in 1976.[6]
Women's basketball
Ármann women's basketball team won the inaugural women's national championship in 1953 and added two more in 1959 and 1960.[7]
Men's football
Trophies
- 2. deild karla (1):
- 1969
- 3. deild karla (1):
- 1982
Women's football
Trophies
- Icelandic Champions (1):
- 1973
Source Archived 2018-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
Men's handball
Trophies
- Icelandic Champions (5):
- 1945, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954
- 1. deild karla: (3):
- 1962, 1973, 1977
- 2. deild karla: (2):
- 1982, 1984
Source Archived 2017-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
Women's handball
Trophies
- Icelandic Champions (12):
- 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963
- Icelandic Cup: (1):
- 1976
Source Archived 2017-11-25 at the Wayback Machine
- Þorsteinn Einarsson (15 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 50–51. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- "Saga Ármanns". armenningar.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2018 – via Tímarit.is.
- Kjartan Bergmann Guðjónsson (15 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára - Fyrri hluti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). p. 10. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- Kjartan Bergmann Guðjónsson (16 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára - Seinni hluti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). p. 14. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
- "Íslandsmót í Körfuknattleik". Vísir (in Icelandic). April 21, 1952. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via Tímarit.is.
- "Eftir 25 ár í Kuldanum, - Meistari!". Dagblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 March 1976. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Tímarit.is.
- "Meistaratitlar kvenna" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- (in Icelandic) Official site
