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tournament on the

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, first played in 1996. It became a

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event in 2020. It is always held in

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. Played at Upsala Golf Club, the club had previous experience hosting the Upsala Golf International on the

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and

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. The event was introduced on the 1996 Swedish Golf Tour as one of four new tournaments alongside

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and Delsjö Ladies Open (last played in 1988). In 1998,

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won while still a student at

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, and only narrowly lost out on the

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title to runner-up

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. In 2020,

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claimed her first professional victory at the event.

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