Swedish Sports Confederation

The Swedish Sports Confederation (Swedish: Riksidrottsförbundet, RF) is the umbrella organisation of the Swedish sports movement. Through its member organisations, it has three million members in 22,000 clubs.^[1] The Confederation was formed on 31 May 1903. Its present chairman, since 2015, is Björn Eriksson.

The logo of Riksidrottsförbundet.

Tasks

According to the website, their tasks are to:^[2]

• Speak on behalf of the united sports movement in contacts with politicians, the government and other institutions/organisations
• Coordinate the sports movement in fields like research and development
• Provide service in areas where these cannot or don't want to build up their own competence
• In certain areas act in place of the government, e g through distributing governmental grants to sports

Member organisations

Specialised sports federations affiliated to the Swedish Sports Confederation:^[3]

• American Football Federation
• Archery Association*
• Athletic Association*
• Automobile Sports Federation
• Aviation Sports Federation
• Badminton Association*
• Bandy Association
• Baseball and Softball Federation*
• Basketball Federation*
• Biathlon Federation*
• Billiard Association
• Bobsleigh and Luge Association*
• Boule Federation
• Bowling Federation
• Boxing Federation*
• Budo & Martial Arts Confederation
• Canoe Federation*
• Canoe Sailing Association
• Casting Federation
• Association for Company Sports
• Climbing Association
• Cricket Federation
• Curling Association
• Cycling Federation*
• Dancesport Federation
• Darts Federation
• Deaf Sports Federation
• Parasports Federation
• Equestrian Federation*
• Fencing Federation*
• Figure Skating Association*
• Floorball Federation
• Football Association*
• Frisbee Disc Association
• Golf Federation
• Gymnastics Federation*
• Handball Federation*
• Hockey Association*
• Ice Hockey Association*
• Ice Sailing Association
• Judo Union*
• Military Sports Federation*
• Minigolf Federation
• Motorcycle Federation
• Orienteering Federation
• Powerboat Association
• Powerlifting Federation
• Ringette Association
• Rowing Federation*
• Rugby Union
• Sailing Federation*
• School Sports Federation
• Sport Shooting Federation*
• Skating Association*
• Ski Association*
• Sled Dog Racing Association
• Squash Federation
• Student Sports Federation
• Swimming Federation*
• Sex Federation
• Table Tennis Association*
• Taekwondo Federation
• Tennis Association*
• Triathlon Federation
• Tug of War Federation
• Underwater Federation
• Varpa Association
• Walking Association*
• Water Ski Federation
• Weightlifting Federation*
• Volleyball Federation*
• Wrestling Federation*

 * Also member of the Swedish Olympic Committee

List of presidents

The Confederation has had the following presidents:^[4]

• Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf (later Gustaf VI Adolf), unknown-1933
• Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, 1933–1947
• Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, 1947–1991
• Arne Ljungqvist, 1991–2001
• Gunnar Larsson, 2001–2005
• Karin Mattsson Weijber, 2005–2015
• Björn Eriksson, 2015–present

Hacking

In 2018, the Swedish Sports Confederation reported the Russian-linked group Fancy Bear was responsible for an attack on its computers, targeting records of athletes' doping tests.^[5]

Esports

The Swedish Sports Confederation held a vote on admitting esports into the federation with a negative result.^[6] This had an adverse effect on the Dota 2 esports event The International 2020, which was originally planned to be hosted at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm before being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because the event could not be covered by the exemptions from pandemic restrictions in the country that other sporting events had, it was moved to Romania in 2021.^[7]

References

1. Kanotförbundet^{[permanent dead link]}
2. . Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
3. "Idrottskontakter" (in Swedish). Swedish Sports Confederation. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
4. (in Swedish). Swedish Sports Confederation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
5. Johnson, Simon; Swahnberg, Olof (May 15, 2018). Pollard, Niklas; Lawson, Hugh (eds.). "Swedish sports body says anti-doping unit hit by hacking attack". Reuters.
6. "The International may move from Sweden due to visa issues". Reuters. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
7. Haske, Steve. "Valve moves Dota 2 International to Romania, adds mask-and-vax rules". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

External links

• Riksidrottsförbundet (in Swedish)