The Swedish Shooting Sport Federation ( sv, Svenska Skyttesportförbundet, SvSF) is a Swedish sport shooting association founded in 2009 by merging the three former organisations Swedish Sport Shooting Association (''Svenska Sportskytteförbundet'', SSF),
Frivilliga Skytterörelsen Frivilliga Skytterörelsen (FSR) (lit. ''Voluntary Shooting Movement''), formerly known as ''Frivilliga Skytteväsendet,'' was a Swedish shooting sport association and a voluntary defense organization. They considered themselves as in 1860 by the s ...
(FSR) and Skytterörelsens Ungdomsorganisation (Skytte UO).
FSR is now discontinued - the Swedish Shooting Association (FSR är nu avvecklat - Svenska Skyttesportförbundet)
/ref> In addition to being their well-known Nordic shooting disciplines, they are also affiliated internationally with the International Shooting Sport Federation
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of the Olympic shooting events in rifle, pistol and shotgun (clay target) disciplines, and of several non-Olympic shooting sport events. ISSF's activities include regula ...
(ISSF), (FITASC) and the International Precision Rifle Federation
The International Precision Rifle Federation (IPRF) is an international federation for field and long range shooting. The shooting takes place from various positions and at varied distances within a limited par time, so that the competitors need to ...
(IPRF).
See also
* Swedish Dynamic Sports Shooting Association
* Norwegian Shooting Association
Norges Skytterforbund (NSF), literally the Norwegian Shooting Association, is a Norwegian umbrella organization for shooting sports, and is internationally affiliated with the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), Fédération Internatio ...
and Det frivillige Skyttervesen
Det frivillige Skyttervesen (DFS) (), known in English as the National Rifle Association of Norway, and by DFS themselves as the Norwegian Civilian Marksmanship Association since 2020, is a civilian marksmanship association in Norway and the lar ...
* Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations
'DGI'' (DGI, literally ''Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations'') is a Danish association of sports clubs which includes 6,600 local sports clubs and 1.6 million athletes. DGI was formed in November 1992 as a merger of "De Danske Gymnastik- o ...
References
External links
Official website of the Swedish Shooting Sport Federation
{{Sports governing bodies in Sweden
2009 establishments in Sweden
Shooting sports organizations
Shooting
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can ...
National members of the European Shooting Confederation