Swedish Sports Confederation

Swedish Sports Confederation
Riksidrottsförbundet
AbbreviationRF
Founded31 May 1903 (1903-05-31)
HeadquartersIdrottens hus, Stockholm
ChairmanAnna Iwarsson
Official website
rf.se
Sweden

The Swedish Sports Confederation (Swedish: Riksidrottsförbundet, RF) is the umbrella organisation of the Swedish sports movement founded in 1903. Through its member organisations, it has three million members in 22,000 clubs.[1] Its present chair, since 2024, is Anna Iwarsson.

The Swedish Sports Confederation has its offices at Idrottens hus by Skanstull in Stockholm.[2]

History

Foundation

The Swedish Sports Confederation was founded at the Royal Central Gymnastics Institute on 31 May 1903 under the name Svenska Gymnastik- och Idrottsföreningarnas Riksförbund (lit. 'Swedish Gymnastics Clubs and Sports Clubs National Federation').[3] 35 sports clubs were present at the founding meeting for the organisation that soon organised itself as a confederation of specific sports governing bodies.[4] The first chairman of the board was Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf.[3]

2018 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]

Admission of 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]

Karl-Erik Nilsson

UEFA vice-president Karl-Erik Nilsson was elected chair of the organisation in early 2023, but left after only half a year after UEFA had admitted Russian youth teams to their tournaments.[8]

Tasks

According to the website, their tasks are to:[9]

  • 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:[10][11]

  • Air Sports Federation
  • Association for American Football, Flag Football and Hockey†
  • Archery Association*
  • Athletics Federation†
  • Automobile Sports Federation
  • Badminton Sweden†
  • Bandy Association
  • Baseboll, Softboll and Lacrosse Federation†
  • Basketball Federation†
  • Biathlon Federation†
  • Billiards Federation
  • Bowling Federation
  • Boxing Federation†
  • Budo & Martial Arts Federation
  • Canoe Federation†
  • Casting Federation
  • Cheerleading Federation
  • Climbing Federation
  • Federation for Company Sport
  • Cricket Federation
  • Curling Federation
  • Cycling Federation†
  • Dancesport Federation
  • Dart Federation
  • Deaf Sports Federation
  • Equestrian Federation†
  • Esport Federation
  • Fencing Federation†
  • Figure Skating Association†
  • Floorball Federation
  • Football Association†
  • Frisbeesport Federation
  • Functional Fitness Federation
  • Golf Association
  • Gymnastics Federation†
  • Handball Federation†
  • Ice Hockey Association†
  • Ice Sailing Association
  • Icelandic Horse Association
  • Judo Federation†
  • Karate Association
  • Military Sports Federation†
  • Minigolf Federation
  • Motorsport Federation
  • Orienteering Federation
  • Padel Federation
  • Parasports Federation
  • Petanque Federation
  • Powerlifting Federation
  • Rowing Federation†
  • Rugby Union
  • Sailing Federation†
  • School Sports Federation
  • Shooting Sport Federation†
  • Skateboard Federation
  • Skating, Sliding and Rolling Sports Federation†
  • Ski Association†
  • Federation of Sleddog Sports
  • Sportsdiving Federation
  • Squash Federation
  • Swimming Federation†
  • Table Tennis Association†
  • Taekwondo Union
  • Tennis Federation†
  • Triathlon Federation
  • Tug of War Federation
  • University Sport Federation
  • Varpa Federation
  • Volleyball Federation†
  • Waterski & Wakeboard Federation
  • Weightlifting Federation†
  • Wrestling Federation†
† also member of the Swedish Olympic Committee

Further on, the confederation is organised into 19 districts.[12]

Chairpeople

The Confederation has had the following chairpeople:[13][8]

References

  1. ^ Kanotförbundet
  2. ^ "Kontakt". Swedish Sports Confederation.
  3. ^ a b Lilliehöök, Gösta; Thunvik, Sten (1943). "Riksidrottsförbundet. Den svenska idrottens huvudorganisation". Nordisk familjeboks sportlexikon: uppslagsverk för sport, gymnastik och friluftsliv. Band 5 Lahtis–Röhse (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nordisk familjeboks förlag. pp. 1129–1144.
  4. ^ "Idrottsrörelsens utveckling". Swedish Sports Confederation.
  5. ^ Johnson, Simon; Swahnberg, Olof (15 May 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. 22 June 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  7. ^ Haske, Steve (17 September 2021). "Valve moves Dota 2 International to Romania, adds mask-and-vax rules". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  8. ^ a b "RF-ordföranden avgår efter Rysslandskritiken". Svenska Dagbladet. 6 October 2023.
  9. ^ "The Confederation's old website". Swedish Sports Confederation. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  10. ^ "Idrottskontakter" (in Swedish). Swedish Sports Confederation. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  11. ^ Nationellt förbund—Engelskt namn (PDF), Swedish Sports Confederation
  12. ^ "Våra distrikt". Swedish Sports Confederation.
  13. ^ "Idrottshistoria i punkter" (in Swedish). Swedish Sports Confederation. Archived from the original on 8 June 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
  14. ^ "Anna Iwarsson vald till ordförande". Swedish Sports Confederation.

See also

  • Riksidrottsgymnasium
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