Göteborgs IK

Göteborgs IK, GIK, is an ice hockey club from Kortedala in eastern Gothenburg, Sweden. The team is based out of the Kviberg is och sporthall, which opened in 2023, and they previously played out of the Isdala ishall. The club was formed in 1973 by a merger of Kortedala HC’s and Kobbens IF’s ice hockey sections. In the beginning they played in Swedish Division 3, which they won several times, but only in the 1981-82 season did they manged to advance to Swedish Division 2. The team played in Swedish Division 1 for the first time in the 1999-00 season. They only lasted one season in the league, but the club would return for another one year stint in 2007-08. Since then, they have perambulated between Division 2 and Division 3.