Södertälje-Nykvarn Orientering

Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering is a Swedish orienteering club in Södertälje. Its activities are based in Tveta by the lake Måsnaren, just west to the town.^[1]

History

It started in 1999 by merging the orienteering activities of three sports clubs: IFK Södertälje, Södertälje IF och Oxvretens SK. In 2011 it became an independent association.^[1]

IFK Södertälje

This club got a fourth place in Tiomila in 1966. ^[2]

It won the Tiomila relay in 1986, 1992, 1993 and 1996.^[3]

It won the women's relay in Tiomila in 1989^[4]

Södertälje IF

This club won Tiomila in 1961 and come second in 1966.^[2][3]

Södertälje-Nykvarn orientering

As a merged club, it won the Tiomila relay in 2005 and in 2016.^[3] In 2005 Petr Losman managed to pass Tore Sandvik from Halden SK on the arena.^[5] In 2016 Andreu Blanes Reig got the lead on the fourth leg, which the kept until the ninth leg. Finally Jonas Leandersson managed to win with a margin of one meter.^[6]

Leandersson won three World Championships (sprint, relay and sprint relay)^[7][8] as well as the Swedish Championships in sprint in 2018.^[9]

Other runners in the club are Michael Wehlin, Panu Piiparinen [fi], Ivar Lundanes [no], Jon-Are Myhren [no] and Matthias Gilgien [fr] and Katarina Borg.