Editing Akureyri (section)

==Sports==
[[File:Skautahöllin á Akureyri-20210228 115725.jpg|thumb|Skautahöllin ice hall in Akureyri]]
[[Knattspyrnufélag Akureyrar]] (KA) and [[Þór Akureyri]] are the two biggest [[multi-sport club]]s in the town. They field teams in several sports, such as [[basketball]], [[Association football|football]] and [[Team handball|handball]].

The most successful football team of late in the town has been [[Þór/KA]], a joint women's team from KA and Þór. Since 2008, it has finished in the top four in the top-tier [[Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football)|Úrvalsdeild kvenna]], winning the national championship in 2012 and [[2017 Úrvalsdeild kvenna (football)|2017]]. The clubs also have two men's football teams under their own names.

The clubs field a joint team in women's handball, [[KA/Þór]]. They fielded a joint men's team under the name [[Akureyri Handboltafélag]] from 2016 to 2017 before KA broke off from the cooperation and fielded a [[KA Handball|separate team]] in 2017–2018.

In basketball, [[Þór Akureyri (basketball)|Þór]] fields both men's and women's team. Its women's team has won the [[Úrvalsdeild kvenna (basketball)|national championship]] three times: in 1969, 1971 and 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kki.is/sagan/meistaratitlar-kvenna/ |title=Meistaratitlar kvenna |access-date=2018-07-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725153246/http://kki.is/sagan/meistaratitlar-kvenna/ |archive-date=2018-07-25 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The town's ice hockey team, [[Skautafélag Akureyrar]], is the most successful team in the history of the [[Icelandic Hockey League]], with 20 championships from 1992 to 2018.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Einar Sigtryggsson |title=Tuttugasti Íslandsmeistaratitill SA |url=https://www.mbl.is/sport/ishokki/2018/04/07/tuttugasti_islandsmeistaratitill_sa_2/ |access-date=25 July 2018 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |date=7 April 2018 |language=is |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725122859/https://www.mbl.is/sport/ishokki/2018/04/07/tuttugasti_islandsmeistaratitill_sa_2/ |archive-date=25 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Akureyri Golf Club]] is the second oldest golf club in Iceland behind the [[Reykjavik Golf Club|Reykjavík Golf Club]]. It was established in 1935 and is the annual location of The Arctic Open held each summer solstice. The town is also the birthplace of [[Icelanders|Icelandic]] footballers [[Birkir Bjarnason]] and [[Aron Gunnarsson]], as well as [[mixed martial arts]] fighter [[Gunnar Nelson (fighter)|Gunnar Nelson]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitakureyri.is/en/things-to-do/activities/akureyri-golf-club|title=Golf|website=Visit Akureyri|access-date=2016-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509192718/http://www.visitakureyri.is/en/things-to-do/activities/akureyri-golf-club|archive-date=2016-05-09|url-status=live}}</ref>