Hammarby IF
Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhâmːarˌbyː] or, especially locally, [-ˌbʏ]), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of different sports.
| Full name | Hammarby Idrottsförening |
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| Nickname | Bajen |
| Founded | 10 April 1889 (as Hammarby Roddförening) 7 March 1897 (as Hammarby Idrottsförening) |
| Based in | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Colors | Green and white |
| Chairman | Henrik Appelqvist |
| Website | www |
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It was founded in 1889 as Hammarby Roddförening ("Hammarby Rowing Association"), but by 1897 the club had diversified and was participating in different sports, leading to the renaming to Hammarby IF.
In 1999, the club was reorganized into a legal format referred to in Swedish as an alliansförening ("alliance association"), with each of the club's departments becoming a separate legal entity cooperating under the "Hammarby IF" umbrella.
As of 2020, the club had record high number of 22,746 active members in all of its sections.