Helsingfors Skridskoklubb (in Swedish

Swedish language

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, HSK), in Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 Helsingin Luistinklubi, is the oldest figure skating

Figure skating

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 club in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. It was founded in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 in 1875. When spoken in Finnish, the Swedish name is, however, more common than the Finnish, the only abbreviation used is HSK.

HSK in ice hockey

HSK had a successful ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team during the 1930s which won the SM-sarja

SM-sarja

SM-Sarja was the top level of ice hockey in Finland from 1928 to 1975. SM-sarja is a common abbreviation for Suomen mestaruussarja, "Finnish Championship Series"....

 twice (1933

1932-33 SM-sarja season

The 1932-1933 SM-sarja season would become the last one played as a Cup series. The season also had the smallest number of participating teams as there was 4 teams from 2 cities.- Semifinals :HSK and HJK advance to Final- Final :...

 & 1934

1933-34 SM-sarja season

The 1933-1934 SM-sarja season was the first one to be played as a League rather than a Cup. There was 4 Teams from 2 cities participating.The 4 teams played 3 games each. The team who wins the regular season wins the championship- SM-sarja Championship :...

). The Ice hockey team ceased to exist in early 1950s.