Föreningen för Kanot-Idrott
Föreningen för Kanot-Idrott, FKI, or in international context Stockholm Canoe Club, is a canoe club based in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1900, it is Sweden's oldest canoe club and precedes the national canoe organization Svenska Kanotförbundet by four years. The club is open for paddling and canoe sailing.
The club is based on the islet of Måsholmen, just off Djurgården in central Stockholm.
FKI pioneered paddling and canoe sailing in Sweden, inspired by the naval officer Carl Smith and indirectly by John MacGregor's 1866 canoe tour from Kristiania to Stockholm. A number of the club's members have contributed own innovative canoe designs, e.g. Sven Thorell, Gerhard Högborg, Arvid Rosengren and Nils-Göran Bennich-Björkman.
Since 1902, the club arranges Djurgårdsloppet, a 9 km kayak race around Djurgården island. Djurgårdsloppet is one of the oldest regular sports competitions in Sweden.
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References
- Kanotidrott. 150 år av glädje (Canoe Sports. 150 Years of Joy). Föreningen för Kanot-Idrott. 2017. ISBN 9789176991701.
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