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Swedish Masters International Badminton Championships or Swedish International Stockholm is an annual badminton tournament held in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

and hosted by

Svenska Badmintonförbundet Badminton Sweden ( sv, Svenska Badmintonförbundet) is the governing body for the sport of badminton in Sweden. The organization was established in 1936, and hosts the annual Swedish Open tournament. It has been affiliated with Badminton World Fede ...

. It is part of the

European Badminton Circuit The European Badminton Circuit is a series of international badminton tournaments in Europe, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The circuit consists of BWF International Challenge, BWF International Series and BWF Future Series The BWF ...

. The tournament was started by Stockholms Badmintonförbund in 2004. Stockholms Badmintonförbund was running the tournament until 2008 and was handed over to Svenska Badmintonförbundet. The tournament was played in Sweden's capital Stockholm up until the 2013 edition. In 2014 the tournament moved to Uppsala, about 1 hour north of

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, and was run by former Swedish player

Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson (born 6 August 1963) is a retired badminton player from Sweden. Career He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships The 1993 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in Birmingham, ...

. The 2016 edition represented the first BE International Challenge circuit tournament with the new increased prize money from US$15,000 to US$17,000, and will reach $25,000 by 2018. The Swedish Masters tournament also has one of the most unusual tournament trophies, in a circular shape representing the ring on the cork of the shuttle, with all the names of previous winners engraved on the inside. In 2017 the tournament went back to an International Series from its previous position as an International Challenge and moved to a new home in Lund, just north of Malmo. The tournament also reverted to its original name of Swedish International from the previous three editions as the Swedish Masters. In 2018 the tournament will revert to the name of Swedish Open (badminton), as used between 1956 and 2000. The tournament will be hosted in Lund as an International Series.

Past winners

Performances by nation

References

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External links

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2004 establishments in Sweden Recurring sporting events established in 2004 Badminton tournaments in Sweden