Swedish Chess Federation
The Swedish Chess Federation ( SSF ) (Swedish: Sveriges Schackförbund) is the national chess federation in Sweden and was founded in 1917. The Swedish Chess Federation is a member of the World Chess Federation FIDE and the European Chess Union . The SSF organizes, among other things, the Swedish individual ( Schack-SM ) and team championships ( Allsvenskan ) and publishes the Tidskrift för schack as an association magazine.
Presidents ( Ordförande ) of the SSF
Since its inception, the SSF has had a total of 10 presidents, of which Ludvig Collijn and Christer Wänéus were the longest at 22 years each. Folke Rogard was initially Vice President of FIDE during his tenure , from 1949 he was FIDE President and remained so until 1970.
Term of office | Surname | place |
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1917 to 1939 | Ludvig Collijn | Stockholm |
1940 to 1947 | Erik Olsson | Gothenburg |
1947 to 1964 | Folke Rogard | Stockholm |
1964 to 1965 | Nils Grenander | Gothenburg |
1965 to 1969 | Nils Kellgren | Stockholm |
1969 to 1977 | Birger Öhman | Stockholm |
1977 to 1999 | Christer Wänéus | Norrkoping |
2000 to 2007 | Ingvar Carlsson | Linkoping |
2007 to 2010 | Ari Ziegler | Gothenburg |
since 2010 | Anil Surender | Malmo |
Sub-associations
The SSF is divided into 25 sub-associations (districts). Basically, the district boundaries correspond to those of the Län with the following exceptions:
- The Gävleborgs län is divided into the Gästriklands Schackforbund (SF) and the Hälsinglands SF.
- The Västra Götaland County is divided in Gothenburg SF and SF Västergötlands.
- The Västernorrlands län is divided into the Medelpads SF and the Ångermanlands SF.
- The Skåne län is divided into the Nordskånes SF, the Nordvästra Skånes SF and the Skånes SF.
- The Uppsala län is divided into the Roslagens SF and the Upplands SF.
- In Smålands SF the Jönköpings län , the Kalmar län and the Kronobergs län are united.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Fakta om SSF" at the Swedish Chess Federation (Swedish)
- ↑ SSF anniversary publication (PDF; 276 kB, Swedish)
- ↑ Report on the SSF Congress 2007 in Tidskrift för Schack 5/2007 (PDF; 2.0 MB, Swedish)
- ↑ Report on the SSF congress 2010 in Tidskrift för Schack 3/2010 (PDF; 3.1 MB, Swedish)
- ^ District overview at the SSF
Web links
- Homepage of the Association