The Swedish Sports Confederation ( sv, 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 Björn (traditionally ruled 882–932) according to the '' Hervarar saga'' and ''Harald Fairhair's saga'' was the father of Olof (II) Björnsson and Eric the Victorious, also a grandfather of Styrbjörn the Strong. According to the two sagas, he ...

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: * Also member of the

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List of presidents

The Confederation has had the following presidents: *

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf Gustaf VI Adolf (Oscar Fredrik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf; 11 November 1882 – 15 September 1973) was King of Sweden from 29 October 1950 until his death in 1973. He was the eldest son of Gustaf V and his wife, Victoria of Baden. Before Gustaf A ...

(later Gustaf VI Adolf), unknown-1933 *

Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (Gustaf Adolf Oscar Fredrik Arthur Edmund; 22 April 1906 – 26 January 1947) was a Swedish prince, who for most of his life was second in the line of succession to the Swedish throne. He was the eldest ...

, 1933–1947 *

Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland (Bertil Gustaf Oskar Carl Eugén; 28 February 1912 – 5 January 1997), was a member of the Swedish royal family. He was the third son of King Gustaf VI Adolf and his first wife, Princess Margaret of Connaught, ...

, 1947–1991 *

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, 1991–2001 * Gunnar Larsson, 2001–2005 *Karin Mattsson Weijber, 2005–2015 *

, 2015–present

Hacking

In 2018, the Swedish Sports Confederation reported the Russian-linked group

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was responsible for an attack on its computers, targeting records of athletes' doping tests.

Esports

The Swedish Sports Confederation held a vote on admitting

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into the federation with a negative result. This had an adverse effect on the ''

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'' esports event

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, which was originally planned to be hosted at the

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before being postponed due to the

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. 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

External links

Riksidrottsförbundet
{{Authority control 1903 establishments in Sweden Organizations established in 1903