The Swedish Orienteering Federation ( sv, Svenska Orienteringsförbundet, SOFT) is the national
orienteering association
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in
Sweden. It is recognized as the national federation for Sweden by the
International Orienteering Federation
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Karlstad, Sweden. The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering, mountain bi ...
, of which it is a member.
History
The federation was founded on
Strömsborg
Strömsborg () is a small islet in central Stockholm, Sweden, located north of Stadsholmen, and west of Helgeandsholmen, between the bridges Centralbron, a motorway passing through central Stockholm, and Vasabron. Strömsborg is part of Gamla s ...
in
Stockholm on 6 January 1938. It was among the ten founding members of the
International Orienteering Federation
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Karlstad, Sweden. The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering, mountain bi ...
in 1961, and Sweden participated in the first
European Orienteering Championships
The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000. From 2020, the European Orienteering Championships will be held annually, with sprint events and forest events in alternate years.
Format
T ...
in 1962.
The 1968
World Orienteering Championships
The World Orienteering Championships (or WOC for short) is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2 ...
were held in
Linköping
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, Sweden, and in 1971 the Nordic Championships were held in
Sundsvall.
[Berglia 1987, p. 206] In 1989 the World Championships were held in
Skövde
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Skövde is situated some 150 ...
, and in 2004 in
Västerås
Västerås ( , , ) is a city in central Sweden on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province of Västmanland, west of Stockholm. The city had a population of 127,799 at the end of 2019, out of the municipal total of 154,049.
Västerås is the se ...
, Sweden.
The Swedish team won the men's relay in the World Championships in 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 2003 and 2014. The Swedish women's team won the World Championships relay in 1966, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997 and 2004.
See also
*
Swedish orienteers
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References
External links
Information site about orienteeringrun by the Federation
The federation's siteResults of the Swedish Championships
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International Orienteering Federation members
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Orienteering in Sweden
Sports organizations established in 1938
1938 establishments in Sweden