IS Lyckans Soldater were a now defunct Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 football club

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...

 located in Göteborg. The club was founded in 1883 but did not play football until 1888, and at that time the code played was Swedish football

Swedish football (code)

Swedish football was a code of football devised and played in Sweden from the 1870s to the early 1890s, when the modern association football was introduced...

, not association 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...

.

They were then one of two teams in the first association football match played in Sweden

First football match in Sweden

The first football match in Sweden was played at Heden, Gothenburg 22 May 1892 between Örgryte IS and Idrottssällskapet Lyckans Soldater. Örgryte IS won the game. The final score was 1-0.To memorize this event there is a stone at Heden with the inscription:...

 in 1892, the other team being Örgryte IS

Örgryte IS

Örgryte IS, also commonly referred to as ÖIS, is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg.-History:The club was founded on 4 December 1887 and participated in the first football match in Sweden on 22 May 1892. Örgryte IS has won 12 national championship titles and one national cup title. After...

. The football section of the club merged with Göteborgs Velocipedklubb and Skridskosällskapet Norden to create Göteborgs IF

Göteborgs IF

Göteborgs IF is a now defunct Swedish football club which was located in Gothenburg. They won the Swedish Championship in 1903. The club was founded in 1900 when the three clubs Göteborgs Velocipedklubb, Skridskosällskapet Norden and Idrottssällskapet Lyckans Soldater merged...

 in 1903.

Eric Lemming

Eric Lemming

Eric Valdemar Lemming was a Swedish athlete who competed in a wide variety of events.Lemming won a total of 7 Olympic medals over three Olympics including 4 golds....

, seven time Olympic medal winner, competed for the club in the 1900s.