Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet
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| Full name | Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet | |
| Founded | May 15, 1830 in Stockholm | |
| Association headquarters | Hotellvägen 9, Saltsjöbaden , Stockholm | |
| Chairman | Patrik Salén | |
| Members | 5000 | |
| Club facilities | Saltsjöbaden and Sandhamn ports | |
| Homepage | www.ksss.se | |
Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet KSSS ( German Royal Swedish Sailing Society ) is the oldest and largest yacht club in Sweden. With its founding date of May 15, 1830, the club is one of the five oldest yacht clubs in the world and is also the oldest yacht club in continental Europe.
The club is active in regatta sailing, sailing training, sailing training, fleet sailing, and match racing and other social activities. The KSSS has its own yacht harbors in Saltsjöbaden (Stockholm) and Sandhamn .
The first regatta organized by Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet started on September 12, 1833, and the first regatta with a trophy took place in 1854. Every year the KSSS organizes the Gotland Runt sailing regatta , a race around the island of Gotland with start in Stockholm and finish in Sandhamn and the Sandhamnsregattan ( German Sandhams Regatta ) on the island of Sandön in the Stockholm archipelago .
Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet was Challenger of Record in the 34th America's Cup 2013 with the Artemis Racing team led by Torbjörn Törnqvist and Paul Cayard . Artemis Racing also took part four years later with the boat Mighty Blue in the 35th America's Cup 2017 , which was held in the Great Sound of the Bermuda Islands. As the last European team, Artemis lost 2: 5 to Emirates Team New Zealand after excellent sailing races in the final of the challengers (Challenger Playoffs) and was eliminated.
The members of the KSSS have won numerous medals at the Olympic Games. These include:
- Olle Åkerlund (1911–1978) ( Gold 1932 , 6-meter class )
- Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975) ( Gold 1932 , 6-meter class )
- Martin Hindorff (1897–1969) ( gold 1932 , bronze 1936 , bronze 1948 , 6-meter class )
- Tore Holm (1896–1977) (Gold 1920, Gold 1932, Bronze 1936, Bronze 1948, 40 m² class, 6mR and 8mR )
- Jörgen Sundelin (Gold 1968, 5.5 meter class )
- Peter Sundelin (Gold 1968, 5.5 meter class)
- Ulf Sundelin (Gold 1968, 5.5 meter class)
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Map showing the Gotland Runt race , accessed on June 19, 2020
- ↑ Tatjana Pokorny: Adjö, Artemis! The Kiwis are calling for Oracle to take revenge. In: Yacht-online. June 13, 2017, accessed June 19, 2020 .