Alstermo Idrottsförening is a sports club from Alstermo

Alstermo

Alstermo is a locality situated in Uppvidinge Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 859 inhabitants in 2005.- Overview :Alstermo is situated along theAlster River in the deep forests of Uppvidinge...

 (in Kronoberg County

Kronoberg County

Kronoberg County is a County or län in southern Sweden. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar and Blekinge. Its capital is the city Växjö.- Province :For History, Geography and Culture see: Småland...

), Sweden

Sweden

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 that was founded on the 22nd August 1927. The club currently specialises in football, handball, gymnastics, orienteering, skiing, cross-country skiing and roller skiing. The club has seen the greatest success in handball. Other sports that have been active within the club at various times include bandy, table tennis, cycling, athletics, ice hockey, swimming, tennis, Weightlifting and volleyball.

Departments

• Alstermo IF Handboll
  Alstermo IF Handboll
  Alstermo IF Handboll are a professional handball team based in Alstermo, Sweden. They are the handball department of the sports club Alstermo IF. The department was formed in 1971 with the help of Allan Myhrberg, Lars-Gunnar Serell, Lars Åberg, Reine Blad och Åke Erlandsson...
  
   – handball
  Team handball
  Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
  
   department.
• Alstermo IF Fotboll
  Alstermo IF Fotboll
  Alstermo IF Fotboll is a Swedish football team located in Alstermo in Uppvidinge Municipality, Kronoberg County. They are the football department of the sports club Alstermo IF.-Background:...
  
   – football
  Football (soccer)
  Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
  
   department.
• Alstermo IF Skidor – skiing
  Skiing
  Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
  
   department.
• Alstermo IF Gymnastik – gymnastics
  Gymnastics
  Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
  
   department.
• Alstermo IF Orientering – orienteering
  Orienteering
  Orienteering is a family of sports that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, and normally moving at speed. Participants are given a topographical map, usually a specially prepared orienteering map, which they...
  
  department.

External links

• Alstermo IF - Official Website