IF Boltic was a Swedish sports club from the town Karlstad

Karlstad

Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...

. It existed from 1946 to 2000. In 2000, IF Boltic was merged with IF Karlstad-Göta and formed the new club BS BolticGöta

BS BolticGöta

BS BolticGöta, or for short "BG", is a bandy club in Karlstad, Sweden.The two major bandy clubs in Karlstad, IF Boltic and IF Karlstad-Göta, was merged in the year 2000 and founded Föreningen Bandysällskapet BolticGöta Karlstad, in a shorter form called BS BolticGöta....

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Men's team

IF Boltic was for a number of years the most successful bandy

Bandy

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

 team in Sweden and also one of the best in the world.

IF Boltic was founded in 1946 in Herrhagen in Karlstad. Originally, the club did not only play bandy, but had also sections for team 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...

 and football (soccer)

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...

. The name Boltic was created due to the interest for British football, by adding the beginning of Bolton

Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

 to the end of Celtic

Celtic F.C.

Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...

. Together, this makes Boltic.

In the early and mid-1980s IF Boltic dominated Swedish bandy and became Swedish champions

Swedish bandy champions

Swedish bandy champions is a title held by the winners of the final of the highest Swedish bandy league played each year, Elitserien. The final is played in March. From the 2007-2008 season, Saturday replaced Sunday as the final date, but was changed back in 2010...

 eight times from 1979 to 1988, all years except for 1986 and 1987 when they lost the finals against Vetlanda BK

Vetlanda BK

Vetlanda BK, founded in 1945, is a bandy club in Vetlanda, Sweden.The home arena is called Sapa Arena. The team colour is yellow. Vetlanda BK has won the Swedish bandy championship three times, 1986, 1991 and 1992 and European Cup once, 1991....

 and IFK Motala

IFK Motala

IFK Motala is a Swedish bandy club that were founded in 1932. IFK Motala currently play in the elitserien. They are in their 28th season in the Elitserien.IFK Motala play at the Motala Isstadion. They finished 3rd in the Superallsvenskan last season....

. Another national championship was won in 1995. The team also won the World Cup

Bandy World Cup

The Bandy World Cup is held every year in Ljusdal in Sweden. 2009 and 2010 it will be played indoors in Sandviken until Ljusdal get their indoor arena...

and the European Cup a number of times.

Men's honours

Honour	Times	Years
World Cup champions	6	1979/80, 1980/81, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1994/95, 1995/96
World Cup runners-up	1	1981/82
European Cup champions	6	1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1995
Swedish masters champions	9	1978/79-1984/85, 1987/88, 1994/95
Swedish master runners-up	4	1985/86, 1986/87, 1991/92, 1992/93

Women's team

IF Boltic were also successful in women's bandy where they were dominant in the 1980s and reached the final of the women's Swedish masters in nine successive seasons, winning six of them.

Women's honours

Honour	Times	Years
Swedish masters champions	6	1981/82, 1983/84-1986/87, 1988/89
Swedish master runners-up	3	1982/83, 1987/88, 1989/90