Hammarby IF Ishockeyförening (or Hammarby Hockey) was a Stockholm-based professional ice hockey team that for most of its history played in Hovet. Hammarby IF started playing hockey in 1921, playing their first matches using a group of curious bandy players. Hammarby were giants in the early history of Swedish hockey, playing in Sweden's top league from the birth of Swedish organized hockey in 1922 until 1957. During that period, they were crowned Swedish champions eight times (1932, 1933, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1943, 1945, and 1951) in 13 attempts. The rest of their history was more modest, having qualified for play in Elitserien (Sweden's current top-tier league, now called the SHL) only twice, however during their entire existence, they never played in a lower league than the second tier. As of 2013^[update], five seasons after the club's bankruptcy, Hammarby is 17th in the Marathon standings for the highest division of Swedish ice hockey.^[1]

In the 2000s, the club was experiencing severe financial difficulties, having racked up a debt of over 4 million SEK,^[2] and having difficulties affording the lease for their arena.^[3] By February 2008, the choice was to play in the third-tier league or file for bankruptcy, as the club was in a demotion spot in the standings and had announced that they were in no position to participate in the Kvalserien tournament to defend their spot in HockeyAllsvenskan.^[4] Hammarby Hockey declared bankruptcy on 22 April 2008, after 87 years of hockey under the name of "Hammarby IF".^[5]

That same year, supporters of Hammarby Hockey started a new ice hockey club named Bajen Fans IF, which would rebuild from Division 4.^[6] After rapidly climbing through the Swedish hockey system, the new club has renamed itself Hammarby Hockey and joined the Hammarby IF umbrella organization.^[7]

List criteria:

• player has won at least three Swedish championships with Hammarby IF, or^[8]
• has received the honorary award Stora Grabbars Märke from the Swedish Ice Hockey Association playing the majority of their career at the club, or^[9]
• is a member of the IIHF Hall of Fame or Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame, starting or playing the majority of their career at the club, or^[10][11]
• has won at least one medal with their country in the Olympic Games or World Championships while playing for Hammarby IF.

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Name	Nationality	Position	Hammarby IF Hockey career	Club titles	Individual honours	International medals
Erik Larsson	Sweden	Forward	1924–1936	2 Swedish Championships	Stora Grabbars Märke	1928 OG
Sigfrid Öberg	Sweden	Right wing	1926–1939	4 Swedish Championships	Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame Stora Grabbars Märke	1928 OG
Bertil Lundell	Sweden	Defenceman	1929–1942	5 Swedish Championships	Stora Grabbars Märke
Bengt Liedstrand	Sweden	Goaltender	1929–1943	5 Swedish Championships
Stig Emanuel Andersson	Sweden	Right wing	1932–1946	6 Swedish Championships	Stora Grabbars Märke
Sven Bergqvist	Sweden	Defenceman	1932–1935 1936–1946	5 Swedish Championships	IIHF Hall of Fame Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame Stora Grabbars Märke
Ragnar Johansson	Sweden	Forward	1934–1945 1946–1947	4 Swedish Championships
Åke Andersson	Sweden	Defenceman	1934–1958	6 Swedish Championships	Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame Stora Grabbars Märke	1947 WC 1951 WC 1952 OG 1953 WC 1954 WC
Holger Nurmela	Sweden	Left wing	1937–1950 1955–1956	3 Swedish Championships	Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame Stora Grabbars Märke	1947 WC 1952 OG 1954 WC
Gunnar Landelius	Sweden	Defenceman	1938–1950	3 Swedish Championships		1947 WC
Kurt Kjellström	Sweden	Centre	1938–1939 1940–1946 1950–1951	3 Swedish Championships	Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame
Bror Pettersson	Sweden	Right wing	1941–1956	3 Swedish Championships		1947 WC
Hans Hjelm	Sweden	Left wing	1943–1948 1949–1953 1955–1956	2 Swedish Championships		1947 WC
Rune Johansson	Sweden	Defenceman	1945–1955	1 Swedish Championship	Stora Grabbars Märke	1947 WC 1951 WC 1952 OG 1953 WC
Rolf Pettersson	Sweden	Forward	1946–1961	1 Swedish Championship	Stora Grabbars Märke	1947 WC 1953 WC 1954 WC
Pelle Lindbergh	Sweden	Goaltender	1976–1979		Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame Vezina Trophy	1979 WC

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