The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) ( sv, Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (SOK)) is the

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(NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run the "Elitprogrammet". Members of the committee are 45 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and twelve members.

History

The Swedish Olympic Committee was founded on 27 April 1913 and recognized by

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

the same year.

Presidents

The Swedish Olympic Committee has had the following presidents:

Notable names of the International Olympic Committee

Executive committee

The committee of the SOC is represented by: * President: Mats Årjes * Vice Presidents: Per Palmström, Maria Damgren-Nilsson * Secretary General:

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* IOC members:

, Stefan Holm * Members: Katarina Henriksson, Malin Eggertz Forsmark, Olle Dahlin, Anders Larsson, Hans von Uthmann,

Anette Norberg Anette Norberg (born 12 November 1966) is a retired Swedish curler from Härnösand. She and her team were the Olympic women's curling champions in 2006 and 2010. After winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's Sw ...

Anna Laurell Nash Anna Rosalie Eleonora Laurell Nash (born 12 February 1980) is a Swedish boxer. Laurell has won two World Championship golds, three European Championship Golds and seven National Swedish Championship golds in boxing. Laurell competed in the 2012 ...

, Stefan Holm,

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Member federations

The Swedish National Federations are the organizations that coordinate all aspects of their individual sports. They are responsible for training, competition and development of their sports. There are currently 38 Olympic Summer and seven Winter Sport Federations and the 17 Non-Olympic Sport federations in Sweden.SOC member federations
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Olympic Sport federations

Non-Olympic Sport federations

References

External links

Official website
{{Authority control Sweden at the Olympics National Olympic Committees 1913 establishments in Sweden

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Sports organizations established in 1913