The Swedish Parasport Federation and Swedish Paralympic Committee (), also known as Parasport Sweden (), is the umbrella organization for
parasport in
Sweden
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.
It was formerly known as the Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee ( or ''SHIF/SPK'') and earlier the Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled ( or ''SHIF''). The current name was adopted during a
meeting
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Definiti ...
in
Malmö
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on 9 May 2015.
It is the
National Paralympic Committee
A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the ...
in Sweden for the
Paralympic Games
The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disability, disabilities. There are Winter Paralympic Games, Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 ...
movement. It's a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Swedish competitors to Paralympic events organised by the
International Paralympic Committee
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; ) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement.
The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nin ...
(IPC).
The organisation was founded in 1969, and became a member of the
Swedish Sports Confederation
The Swedish Sports Confederation (, RF) is the umbrella organisation of the Sport in Sweden, Swedish sports movement founded in 1903. Through its member organisations, it has three million members in 22,000 clubs. Its present chair, since 2024, i ...
the same year.
About our organization
Official site of Swedish Parasports Federation
See also
* Sweden at the Paralympics
Sweden first competed at the Paralympic Games in 1960, at the 1960 Summer Paralympics. Sweden first won a medal at the Paralympics in 1964, at the Summer Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Sweden was also the host country of the inaugural Winter Paralympic ...
* Swedish Olympic Committee
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC; (, SOK) 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 a ...
References
External links
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Parasports
Parasports are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. Some parasports are forms of adapted physical activities from existing non-disabled sports, while others have been specifically created f ...
Sports organizations established in 1969
National Paralympic Committees
1969 establishments in Sweden
Disability organizations based in Sweden
Federation
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