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Swedish Sports Confederation

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Swedish Sports Confederation
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The Swedish Sports Confederation (Swedish: Riksidrottsförbundet, RF) is the umbrella organisation of the Swedish sports movement founded in 1903. Through its member organisations, it has three million members in 22,000 clubs.[1] Its present chair, since 2024, is Anna Iwarsson.

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The Swedish Sports Confederation has its offices at Idrottens hus by Skanstull in Stockholm.[2]

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History

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Foundation

The Swedish Sports Confederation was founded at the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute on 31 May 1903 under the name Svenska Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningarnas Riksförbund (lit. 'Swedish Gymnastics Clubs and Sports Clubs National Federation').[3] 35 sports clubs were present at the founding meeting for the organisation that soon organised itself as a confederation of specific sports governing bodies.[4] The first chairman of the board was Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf.[3]

2018 hacking

In 2018, the Swedish Sports Confederation reported the Russian-linked group Fancy Bear was responsible for an attack on its computers, targeting records of athletes' doping tests.[5]

Admission of esports

The Swedish Sports Confederation held a vote on admitting esports into the federation with a negative result.[6] This had an adverse effect on the Dota 2 esports event The International 2020, which was originally planned to be hosted at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the event could not be covered by the exemptions from pandemic restrictions in the country that other sporting events had, it was moved to Romania in 2021.[7]

Karl-Erik Nilsson

UEFA vice-president Karl-Erik Nilsson was elected chair of the organisation in early 2023, but left after only half a year after UEFA had admitted Russian youth teams to their tournaments.[8]

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Tasks

According to the website, their tasks are to:[9]

  • Speak on behalf of the united sports movement in contacts with politicians, the government and other institutions/organisations
  • Coordinate the sports movement in fields like research and development
  • Provide service in areas where these cannot or don't want to build up their own competence
  • In certain areas act in place of the government, e g through distributing governmental grants to sports
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Member organisations

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Specialised sports federations affiliated to the Swedish Sports Confederation:[10][11]

† also member of the Swedish Olympic Committee

Further on, the confederation is organised into 19 districts.[12]

Chairpeople

The Confederation has had the following chairpeople:[13][8]

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