The Swedish Sailing Federation (, SSF) is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in Sweden, recognised by

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History

The Swedish Sailing Federation was founded on 16 December 1905 on initiative from the

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, after discussions had been held about a formation since 1904 by 17 yacht clubs. Among the yacht clubs at the first meeting in 1905 were the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, the

Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club (, ''GKSS'') is a yacht club in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was founded in 1860. Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club resides in Långedrag and Marstrand. Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club organises Stena Match Cup Sweden. References

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, , , , Söderhamns Segelsällskap, Norrköpings Segelsällskap, Lidingö Segelsällskap, Segelsällskapet Æolus, Segelsällskapet Viken, Segelsällskapet Götarne, , , and Vaxholms Segelsällskap. The first chairman was R. Öhnell 1905–1907. In 1907, the Swedish Sailing Federation was one of the founders of the

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together with Austria-Hungary,

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, Belgium and the Netherlands,

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, and Switzerland. In 1908, K. Ljungberg took over as the chairman, followed by Oscar Holtermann 1909—1921. In 1915, the Swedish Sailing Federation, the Royal Danish Yacht Club and

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founded the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union. From 1922 to 1937, was the chairman of the federation. In the first half of the 20th century, yacht clubs were also affiliated to more local federations, e.g. Mälarens Seglarförbund, Hanöbuktens Seglarförbund, Ostkustens Seglarförening, Saltsjöns Seglarförbund, Vänerns Seglarförbund, and Vätterns Seglarförbund, that were not associated with the Swedish Sailing Federation. In 1960, the Swedish Sailing Federation joined the

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; in the same meeting Gudmund Silfverstolpe was elected chairman of the federation. In 2004, Stefan Rahm was appointed secretary-general. Later in the year, Magnus Grävare was appointed national team coach for after Björn Johansson. The following year, the senior national team, the development national team and the youth national team was merged into one team. In 2016, Anders Selling was elected chairman of the federation. In 2017, Marie Björling Duell was appointed secretary-general after Rahm. In 2021, was elected chairman.

Classes

The following class organisations are affiliated to the Swedish Sailing Federation: * 11:Metre One Design * 2.4 Metre * 29er, 49er, and

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* 5 Metre *

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* Accent 26 * Albin Express *

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* Ballad 30 * Beneteau and

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boats * C 55 * * * Contrast ( 33, 345, 36/ 362, and

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) * Cumulus 28 * DF ( 65 and 95) *

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* Fareast 28R * Finn *

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* H-boat * IF-boat * ILCA ( 4, 6, and 7) * J/24 * J/70 * *

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classes * Kona One * Mälar ( 15, 22, 25, and 30) * * Melges 24 * Monark 606 *

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* multihulls * Neptunkryssare * Nordic Folkboat * * Nova 33 * offshore sailing * OK * Omega 42 * One Metre * Optimist * * RC Laser * * * RS (

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, Feva, and Tera) * * *

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s (15 m, 22 m, 30 m, 40 m, 55 m, 75 m, 95 m, 120 m, and 150 m) * Smaragd *

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* * * Wētā Trimaran *

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classes * Zoom 8 The Swedish Sailing Federation also administers the rating system

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People

National team

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Hall of fame

In 2011, the Swedish Sailing Federation introduced its own hall of fame, members are:. * 2011 – Pelle Petterson * 2012 – Marit Söderström Nord * 2013 – Magnus Olsson * 2014 – Jörgen Sundelin, Peter Sundelin och Ulf Sundelin * 2015 – Göran Marström * 2016 – Anders Bringdal * 2017 – Sune Carlsson * 2018 –

Therese Torgersson Therese Torgersson (born 28 March 1976 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of ...

and Vendela Zachrisson-Santén * 2019 – Göran Andersson * 2020 – Stig Wennerström * 2021 –

Fredrik Lööf Max Emil Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in six Summer Olympics, winning one gold and two bronze medals. He won the gold medal in Star with Max Salminen at t ...

* 2022 – Göran Petersson * 2023 – Ingvar Hansson

Notable sailors

See :Swedish sailors

Olympic sailing

See :Olympic sailors for Sweden

Offshore sailing

See :Swedish sailors (sport)

Yacht clubs

See :Yacht clubs in Sweden

References

External links

Official website

ISAF MNA Microsite

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