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]

 * Also member of the Swedish Olympic Committee

List of presidents

The Confederation has had the following presidents:[4]

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
  2. "The Confederation's old website". Archived from the original on 2008-12-25. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  3. "Idrottskontakter" (in Swedish). Swedish Sports Confederation. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  4. "Idrottshistoria i punkter" (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.
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