Glímufélagið Ármann
NicknamesÁrmenningar
Short nameÁrmann
Founded15 December 1888
Based inReykjavík
Websitearmenningar.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

Men's football

Trophies

Source

Women's football

Trophies

Source Archived 2018-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

Handball

Men's handball

Trophies

  • 2. deild karla: (2):
    • 1982, 1984

Source Archived 2017-11-25 at the Wayback Machine

Women's handball

Trophies

  • Icelandic Champions (12):
    • 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963

Source Archived 2017-11-25 at the Wayback Machine

References

  1. Þorsteinn Einarsson (15 December 1988). "Glímufélagið Ármann 100 ára". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 50–51. Retrieved 7 April 2022 via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  2. "Saga Ármanns". armenningar.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2018 via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  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. Open access icon
  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. Open access icon
  5. "Íslandsmót í Körfuknattleik". Vísir (in Icelandic). April 21, 1952. Retrieved 3 September 2017 via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  6. "Eftir 25 ár í Kuldanum, - Meistari!". Dagblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 March 1976. Retrieved 18 November 2017 via Tímarit.is. Open access icon
  7. "Meistaratitlar kvenna" (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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