OV Helsingborg HK
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| OV Helsingborg HK | |||
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| Full name | Olympic/Viking Helsingborg HK | ||
| Founded | 1994 | ||
| Arena | Helsingborg Arena,  Helsingborg | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| League | Elitserien | ||
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OV Helsingborg HK, is a handball team from Helsingborg, Sweden, which currently plays in Handbollsligan, the top level of Swedish men's handball. The club was founded in 1994 as a merger of Vikingarnas IF (founded in 1941) and HF Olympia (founded in 1963).[1] Vikingarna have been Swedish champions three times (1961, 1967 and 1981).[2] They last played in the top level in 1990. Olympia were less successful, but played two seasons in the top division from 1977 to 1979. OV Helsingborg reached the top division in 2007 and 2009, but were immediately relegated both times.[3] They were promoted again in 2017 and will play in Handbollsligan in 2017-18.[4]
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- ^ "Placeringar i högsta serien" (PDF). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "OV fortsätter att bygga truppen inför handbollsligan". Retrieved 4 July 2017.