Swedish Olympic Committee

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC; Swedish: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK; IOC Code: SWE) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run a support program for Swedish elite athletes called "Topp och Talang".

Members of the committee are 38 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and eight members. The Athletes Committee has one representative and swedish IOC members also have an automatic chair.

History

The Swedish Olympic Committee was founded on 27 April 1913 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee the same year.

Presidents

The Swedish Olympic Committee has had the following presidents:

Notable members

Executive committee

The committee of the SOC is represented by:[needs update?]

• President: Hans von Uthmann[sv]
• Vice Presidents: Anders Larsson[sv], Malin Eggertz Forsmark
• Secretary General: Åsa Edlund Jönsson[sv]
• IOC members: Gunilla Lindberg, Frida Hansdotter
• Athletes representative: Anna Laurell Nash
• Members: Carina Olsson, Eva-Lena Karlsson, Olle Dahlin[de; no; ru], Fredrik Rapp, Petra Sörling, Stefan Rahm

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.

Olympic Sport federations

Non-Olympic Sport federations

See also

• Sweden at the Olympics

External links