Swedish Sports Confederation Explained

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.

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]

 * 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]

External links

• Riksidrottsförbundet sv

Notes and References

1. http://www.kanot.com/files/%7B8D0039E6-92AC-4156-843C-16DBD4E38D4B%7D.pdf Kanotförbundet
2. Web site: The Confederation's old website . 2009-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081225092828/http://www2.rf.se/t3.asp?p=17080 . 2008-12-25 . dead .
3. Web site: Idrottskontakter. Swedish Sports Confederation. sv. 2019-08-04.
4. Web site: Idrottshistoria i punkter . Swedish Sports Confederation . Swedish . 1 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070608165416/http://www2.rf.se/t3.asp?p=14734 . 8 June 2007 .
5. News: Swedish sports body says anti-doping unit hit by hacking attack . . May 15, 2018 . Simon . Johnson . Olof . Swahnberg . Niklas . Pollard . Hugh . Lawson.
6. News: 2021-06-22. The International may move from Sweden due to visa issues. en. Reuters. 2021-10-06.
7. Web site: Haske . Steve . Valve moves Dota 2 International to Romania, adds mask-and-vax rules . . 2 October 2021.