The Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships () are annually in late November in an indoor 25m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the World Championships and European Short Course Swimming Championships. Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate. Non-Swedish swimmers who have participated include Anthony Ervin and Attila Czene.
History
The first Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships was swum in 1953 in Stockholm, but the first Swedish Swimming Championship was held in 1899.
On the first championship, the events were 50 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke, 100 m butterfly and 4×50 m freestyle relay for men and women. Swimmers from SK Neptun won three of the events, while SK Poseidon's swimmers won two.
Two times the Short Course Championships has been swum in long course in pools, in 1988, when it worked as 1988 Summer Olympics trials and in 1990, when it worked as 1991 World Aquatics Championships trials.
The swimmer with the most individual gold medals is Therese Alshammar (41 titles), Anders Holmertz (33), Agneta Eriksson (24) and Thomas Lejdström and Johanna Sjöberg (both 20). Of them, Therese Alshammar is the only swimmer still active.
Champions
Name Clubs Titles Years Best event (titles) Järfälla SS, SK Neptun, Helsingborgs SS 41 1991–2006 12 50 m backstroke (12) Motala SS, Spårvägens SF 33 1984–1997 14 400 m freestyle (14) Västerås SS 24 1980–1987 07 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly (all 7) Västerås SS 20 1979–1985 06400 m IM (6) Helsingborgs SS, Södertälje SS, Spårvägens SF 20 1995–2005 09 100 m butterfly (9) Malmö KK, Simavdelningen 1902 17 1990–1995 06 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle (both 6) Skärets SS 15 1980–1989 08 100 m breaststroke (8) Skärets SS, Helsingborgs SS 15 1990–1997 04 50 m breaststroke (4) Stockholmspolisens IF 14 1980–1986 08100 m breaststroke (8) Borlänge SS, Sundsvalls SS, Linköpings ASS 14 1992–2006 07 100 m butterfly (7) Simavdelningen 1902, Göteborg Sim, Väsby SS 14 1996–2006 06 200 m freestyle, 400 m freestyle (both 6) Simavdelningen 1902 13 1969–1975 04 400 m IM (4) Finspångs SK 13 1977–1983 05 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly (both 5) Finspångs SK 13 1979–1984 06 100 m backstroke (6) Väsby SS 13 1996–2005 05 200 m IM (5)
Venues
1953 – Stockholm 1954 – Stockholm 1955 – Stockholm 1956 – Valhallabadet, Gothenburg 1957 – Simhallsbadet, Malmö 1958 – Stockholm 1959 – Simhallsbadet, Helsingborg 1960 – Stockholm 1961 – Gävle 1962 – Valhallabadet, Gothenburg 1963 – Simhallsbadet, Malmö 1964 – Kristianborgsbadet, Västerås 1965 – Kristinehamn 1966 – Simhallsbadet, Helsingborg 1967 – Kristianborgsbadet, Västerås 1968 – Halmstad 1969 – Maserhallen, Borlänge 1970 – Linköpings simhall, Linköping 1971 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall 1972 – Umeå simhall, Umeå 1973 – Växjö simhall, Växjö 1974 – Linköpings simhall, Linköping 1975 – Lugnets simhall, Falun 1976 – Valhallabadet, Gothenburg 1977 – Umeå simhall, Umeå 1978 – Simhallsbadet, Malmö 1979 – Kristianborgsbadet, Västerås 1980 – Maserhallen, Borlänge 1981 – Linköpings simhall, Linköping 1982 – Valhallabadet, Gothenburg 1983 – Jakobsbergs simhall, Järfälla 1984 – Centralbadet, Norrköping 1985 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall 1986 – Simhallsbadet, Malmö 1987 – Linköpings simhall, Linköping 1988 – Gustavsviksbadet, Örebro (LCM) 1989 – Aq-Va-Kul, Malmö 1990 – Valhallabadet, Gothenburg (LCM) 1991 – Sydpoolen, Södertälje 1992 – Centralbadet, Norrköping 1993 – Linköpings simhall, Linköping 1994 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall 1995 – Växjö simhall, Växjö 1996 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall 1997 – Kristianborgsbadet, Västerås 1998 – Tivolibadet, Kristianstad 1999 – Sydpoolen, Södertälje 2000 – Eriksdalsbadet, Stockholm 2001 – Aq-Va-Kul, Malmö 2002 – Valhallabadet, Gothenburg 2003 – Eriksdalsbadet, Stockholm 2004 – Aq-Va-Kul, Malmö 2005 – Valhallabadet, Gothenburg 2006 – Fyrishov, Uppsala 2007 – Rosenlundsbadet, Jönköping 2008 – Aq-Va-Kul, Malmö 2009 – Gothenburg 2010 – Stockholm 2011 – Stockholm 2012 – Helsingborg 2013 – Gothenburg 2014 – Stockholm 2015 – Helsingborg
See also Swedish Swimming Grand Prix series Swedish Swimming Championships List of sporting events in Sweden
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