The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm, who won two matches against winners of national tournaments: Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917. Up until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships decided by match play. In the 1930s,

Gideon Ståhlberg Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg (26 January 1908 – 26 May 1967) was a Swedish chess player. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became ...

held the title in spite of results of the national tournaments. Since 1939, only the tournament is played as an official Swedish Championship.

Matches (official Champions)

Tournaments (no champions)

Tournaments (official Champions)

: * Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.Roger Paige Chess Site - 1940

Women

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{{Chess national championships Chess national championships Women's chess national championships

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