The Swedish Sports Confederation (Swedish: Riksidrottsförbundet, RF) is the umbrella organisation of the Swedish sports movement. Through its member organisations, it has three million members in 22,000 clubs. The Confederation was formed on 31 May 1903. Its present chairman, since 2015, is Björn Eriksson.
Tasks
According to the website, their tasks are to:
- 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
Member organisations
Specialised sports federations affiliated to the Swedish Sports Confederation:
- American Football Federation
- Archery Association*
- Athletic Association*
- Automobile Sports Federation
- Aviation Sports Federation
- Badminton Association*
- Bandy Association
- Baseball and Softball Federation*
- Basketball Federation*
- Biathlon Federation*
- Billiard Association
- Bobsleigh and Luge Association*
- Boule Federation
- Bowling Federation
- Boxing Federation*
- Budo & Martial Arts Confederation
- Canoe Federation*
- Canoe Sailing Association
- Casting Federation
- Association for Company Sports
- Climbing Association
- Cricket Federation
- Curling Association
- Cycling Federation*
- Dancesport Federation
- Darts Federation
- Deaf Sports Federation
- Parasports Federation
- Equestrian Federation*
- Fencing Federation*
- Figure Skating Association*
- Floorball Federation
- Football Association*
- Frisbee Disc Association
- Golf Federation
- Gymnastics Federation*
- Handball Federation*
- Hockey Association*
- Ice Hockey Association*
- Ice Sailing Association
- Judo Union*
- Military Sports Federation*
- Minigolf Federation
- Motorcycle Federation
- Orienteering Federation
- Powerboat Association
- Powerlifting Federation
- Ringette Association
- Rowing Federation*
- Rugby Union
- Sailing Federation*
- School Sports Federation
- Sport Shooting Federation*
- Skating Association*
- Ski Association*
- Sled Dog Racing Association
- Squash Federation
- Student Sports Federation
- Swimming Federation*
- Sex Federation
- Table Tennis Association*
- Taekwondo Federation
- Tennis Association*
- Triathlon Federation
- Tug of War Federation
- Underwater Federation
- Varpa Association
- Walking Association*
- Water Ski Federation
- Weightlifting Federation*
- Volleyball Federation*
- Wrestling Federation*
* Also member of the Swedish Olympic Committee
List of presidents
The Confederation has had the following presidents:
- Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (later Gustaf VI Adolf), unknown-1933
- Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, 1933–1947
- Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, 1947–1991
- Arne Ljungqvist, 1991–2001
- Gunnar Larsson, 2001–2005
- Karin Mattsson Weijber, 2005–2015
- Björn Eriksson, 2015–present
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.
Esports
The Swedish Sports Confederation held a vote on admitting esports into the federation with a negative result. 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.
References
- Kanotförbundet
- "The Confederation's old website". Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
- "Idrottskontakter" (in Swedish). Swedish Sports Confederation. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
- "Idrottshistoria i punkter" (in Swedish). Swedish Sports Confederation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- Johnson, Simon; Swahnberg, Olof (May 15, 2018). Pollard, Niklas; Lawson, Hugh (eds.). "Swedish sports body says anti-doping unit hit by hacking attack". Reuters.
- "The International may move from Sweden due to visa issues". Reuters. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- Haske, Steve. "Valve moves Dota 2 International to Romania, adds mask-and-vax rules". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
External links
- Riksidrottsförbundet (in Swedish)
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