Suomen Suunnistusliitto
Suomen Suunnistusliitto (SSL) Finlands Orienteringsförbund |
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Founded | 1945 |
president | Kirre Palmi |
societies | 400 |
Members | 60,000 |
Association headquarters | Helsinki |
Homepage | www.ssl.fi |
The Orienteering Federation of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Suunnistusliitto , SSL; Swedish: Finlands Orienteringsförbund ) is the national orienteering federation of Finland . It was founded in 1945 and is a founding member of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
history
The association was founded on March 18, 1945 under the name Suomen Suunnistamisliitto . In the same year the Norwegian Orienteering Association was founded, and in 1938 the national orienteering association was established in Sweden. In 1959 it was renamed to its current name. The association has been issuing a magazine since 1946, which has been published since 1950 under the name Suunnistaja .
Alignments
Orienteering:
- Orienteering World Championships 1966 in Fiskars
- Orienteering World Championships 1979 in Tampere
- Orienteering World Championships 2001 in Tampere
- Orienteering World Championships 2013 in Vuokatti
- World Junior Orienteering Championships 1992 in Jyväskylä
- World Junior Orienteering Championships 2017 in Tampere
Ski orienteering:
- Orienteering World Championships 1975 in Hyvinkää
- Orienteering World Championships 1988 in Kuopio
- World Orienteering Championships 2005 in Levi
- World Junior Ski Orienteering Championships 1994 in Rovaniemi
- World Junior Ski Orienteering Championships 2004 in Vuokatti
Mountain bike orientation:
Trail Orienteering:
- Trail Orienteering World Championships 2006 in Joensuu
- Trail Orienteering World Championships 2013 in Vuokatti
Chairperson
- 1945–1945: Olli Veijola
- 1946-1953: Lauri Antero
- 1954–1959: Immo Teräs
- 1960–1969: Erkki Sorakuru
- 1970–1983: Osmo Niemelä
- 1984-1991: Seppo Siirilä
- 1992–1997: Erkki Frick
- 1998-2003: Jan-Erik Krusberg
- 2003-2008: Heikki Kauppinen
- since 2008: Kirre Palmi