The Swedish Bandy Association () is the governing body of the winter team sport of

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

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. It organizes the bandy leagues, Elitserien and

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for men and

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for women, and the men's and women's national teams. It was established in

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on 5 April 1925, and is based in Stockholm, after moving from

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. It is a founding member of FIB,

Federation of International Bandy The Federation of International Bandy (FIB; , , ) is the international governing body for the sport of bandy, including the variant called rink bandy. The federation is headquartered in Karlstad Municipality, Sweden. History Bandy as known tod ...

. Bandy was introduced in Sweden in 1895 by all-round athlete Clarence von Rosen. He picked the game up during a visit to bandy's home country

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. He started the first bandy club in Sweden, Stockholm Hockeyklubb. First in 1905 bandy was organized within Swedish Ballgame Association and a year later within

Swedish Football Association The Swedish Football Association (, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and for women – and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in Solna and is a ...

. At a meeting April 5, 1925, the Swedish Bandy Association was formed, representing 49 clubs. Since 1931, the Swedish Bandy Association regularly arranges national leagues in Sweden. Swedish bandy champions is a title held by the winners of the final. The final is played in March. The Swedish Bandy Association consisted of 23 district associations until 2013, when these were replaced by 6 larger districts for a more efficient administration. The six districts are Mellansverige (Central Sweden), Nord (North), Stockholm, Småland, Sydväst (South West), and Västergötland. Swedish Bandy Association was one of the founding members of the

in 1955. On 11 June 2022, Gisela Stockhaus was appointed the first female chairperson of the Swedish Bandy Association.

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{{Sports governing bodies in Sweden Bandy in Sweden Sports organizations established in 1925 1925 establishments in Sweden

Bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The playin ...

National members of the Federation of International Bandy Sport in Stockholm Sport in Katrineholm

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