Karlstads Curlingklubb is a curling club located in Karlstad, Sweden. It is currently best known as the home club of Team Niklas Edin, which holds a record of winning four World Curling Championship titles and seven European Curling Championship titles. It was also the home club of one of the most successful women's curling teams of all time, skipped by Elisabeth Högström. The team skipped by Högström won Sweden's first women's World Curling Championship gold medal, in addition to two World Curling Championship silver medals and four European Curling Championship gold medals.
History
Karlstads CK was founded on October 12, 1926, at Stadshotellet in Karlstad. On December 28, 1927, the club's first match was played against teams from other cities in Sweden. In 2008, the Karlstad Curling Arena was opened and is now the current home for Karlstads CK. Over the course of its history, teams from Karlstads CK have won collectively more than 50 Swedish Curling Championships. Karlstads CK is the home club for several well-known curling teams. The first to achieve notoriety on the global stage was skipped by Elisabeth Högström, who won Sweden's first women's World Championship gold medal in curling in 1981, along with Carina Olsson, Birgitta Sewik and Karin Sjögren. Högström also skipped teams to four European Curling Championship gold medals and won the silver medal in the curling exhibition at the Olympics in 1988. Anette Norberg also skipped the Karlstads CK team of Cecilia Östlund, Sara Carlsson, Liselotta Lennartsson, and Karin Rudström to a World Championship gold medal in 2011. Karlstads CK is also the home club for Team Niklas Edin, which holds the record for having the most World Curling Championships and most European Curling Championship gold medals held by a single team. Team Niklas Edin is also the first non-Canadian team to win three Grand Slams in the Grand Slam of Curling and the only non-Canadian men's team to win the Pinty's Cup. Before Team Edin, the team of Connie Östlund, Per Lindeman, Carl von Wendt and Bo Andersson was the first team from Karlstads CK to win a World Championship medal, taking the bronze in 1984. Other successful curling Karlstads CK teams representing Sweden at the World Championships include teams skipped by Kjell Grengmark, Dan-Ola Eriksson, and Sören Grahn. Today, Karlstads CK is well known for serving different age groups and curling needs. It is certified by the Swedish Curling Association as having a high standard for wheelchair curling.
