Glímufélagið Ármann

Glímufélagið Ármann
Nicknames	Ármenningar
Short name	Ármann
Founded	15 December 1888
Based in	Reykjavík
Website	armenningar.is

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]

History

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]

Basketball

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]

Football

Trophies

2. deild karla (1):
- 1969

3. deild karla (1):
- 1982

Source

Trophies

Icelandic Champions (1):
- 1973

Source Archived 2018-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

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

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

References

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.

External links

(in Icelandic) Official site

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[1] Þorsteinn Einarsson (15 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 50–51. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.

[2] "Saga Ármanns". armenningar.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2018 – via Tímarit.is.

[3] Kjartan Bergmann Guðjónsson (15 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára - Fyrri hluti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). p. 10. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.

[4] Kjartan Bergmann Guðjónsson (16 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára - Seinni hluti". Tíminn (in Icelandic). p. 14. Retrieved 7 April 2022 – via Tímarit.is.

[5] "Íslandsmót í Körfuknattleik". Vísir (in Icelandic). April 21, 1952. Retrieved 3 September 2017 – via Tímarit.is.

[dagbladid-meistari-6] "Eftir 25 ár í Kuldanum, - Meistari!". Dagblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 March 1976. Retrieved 18 November 2017 – via Tímarit.is.

[7] "Meistaratitlar kvenna" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.