HK Aranäs

HK Aranäs
HK Aranäs
Full name	Handbollsklubben Aranäs
Founded	20 February 1947; 77 years ago
Arena	Kungsbacka sporthall
Head coach	Rustan Lundbäck (women's); Magnus Siglev (men's)
League	Handbollsligan (women's); Handbollsligan (men's)
Club colours
Home	Away
	Website ; Official site

Handbollsklubben Aranäs (HK Aranäs) is a handball klub from Kungsbacka, Hallands län, Sweden. It was founded on 20 February 1947. It is known for its extensive youth development program, which is the second biggest in Sweden, only trailing IK Sävehof.^[1]

In the 2010-2011 season the men's team played their first season in the top division of Sweden, the Elitserien.^[2]

History

Handbollsklubben Aranäs was founded on February 20th 1947 at a meeting at Gårdskullavägen in Kungsbacka by Per-Erik Persson, Rune Bergbom, Bengt Landin, Lars Olmarker and Rolf Svensson. On August 14th at the general assembly Elon Josefsson joined the club the club. He was active in the club for 50 years as a board member and was the chairperson for 20 years.^[3]

The women's team was founded in 1957.

Notable former players

Tommy Atterhäll (2010–2017)
Niclas Barud (–2004)
Daniel Bergqvist (2013–2023)
Alexander Borgstedt (2008–2012)
Mathias Franzén (–1995)
Mikael Franzén (–1994)
Magnus Lindén (–1996)
Pelle Linders (–1995, 2010–2011)
Rickard Lönn (–2008)
Pontus Mellegård (2014–2018)
Fredrik Ohlander (–1996)
Hans Olsson
Mikael Sundlin (–1995)
Peter Swenson (–1997)
Hampus Wanne (2011–2013)

References

^ "HK Aranäs – Kungsbackas Stolthet"" [HK Aranäs - The pride of Kungbacka]. www.hkaranas.se (in Swedish). HK Aranäs. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
^ Larson, Patrik (2010-02-28). "Aranäs klart för Elitserien" [Aranäs ready for the Elitserien] (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 2021-04-10.
^ ""Mr Aranäs" har dött" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2025.

[1] "HK Aranäs – Kungsbackas Stolthet"" [HK Aranäs - The pride of Kungbacka]. www.hkaranas.se (in Swedish). HK Aranäs. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

[2] Larson, Patrik (2010-02-28). "Aranäs klart för Elitserien" [Aranäs ready for the Elitserien] (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 2021-04-10.

[3] ""Mr Aranäs" har dött" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2025.

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Handbollsligan
Seasons	1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
2022–23 teams	Alingsås HK Eskilstuna Guif Hammarby IF HK Aranäs HK Malmö IF Hallby IFK Kristianstad IFK Skövde IK Sävehof Lugi HF OV Helsingborg Redbergslids IK Ystads IF Önnereds HK
Former teams	AIK BK Heid BK Söder Borlänge HK Djurgårdens IF F11 Nyköping IF GF Frithiof GF Kroppskultur GIK Wasaiterna GoIF Fram Göteborgs BoIS Göteborgs IK H43 Lund HK Cliff HK Drott HK Varberg HP Warta IF Saab IF Start IFK Borås IFK Karlskrona IFK Lidingö IFK Lund IFK Malmö IFK Trelleborg IFK Tumba IFK Ystad HK IFK Örebro IK Baltichov IK Göta IK Heim IK Tord Irsta HF IS Göta Karlskrona BK Karlskrona Handboll Karlstad BK Katrineholms AIK KFUM Borås Kiruna AIF LIF Lindesberg Ludvika HF Lundens BK Lysekils HK Majornas IK Malmbergets AIF Näsby IF OV Helsingborg HK Ricoh HK Rimbo HK Sandvikens HK Sanna IF Skånela IF Skövde AIK SoIK Hellas Stavstens IF Stockholms-Flottans IF Stockholmspolisens IF UoIF Matteuspojkarna Upsala IF Upsala Studenters IF Vikingarnas IF Visby IF Gute Västerås HF Västerås IK VästeråsIrsta HF Västra Frölunda IF Växjö HF Örebro SK

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