The Swedish Sailing Federation (, SSF) is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in Sweden, recognised by World Sailing.
History The Swedish Sailing Federation was founded on 16 December 1905 on initiative from the Royal Swedish Yacht Club, 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, , , , 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 International Yacht Racing Union together with Austria-Hungary, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Spain, 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 Royal Norwegian Yacht Club 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 Swedish Sports Confederation; 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 49er FX 420 470 5 Metre 505 6 Metre Accent 26 Albin Express Albin Vega Ballad 30 Beneteau and Jeanneau boats C 55
Contrast (33, 345, 36/362, and 400) Cumulus 28 DF (65 and 95) Dragon Europe Fareast 28R Finn Formula 18 H-boat IF-boat ILCA (4, 6, and 7) J/24 J/70
kiteboarding classes Kona One Mälar (15, 22, 25, and 30)
Melges 24 Monark 606 Moth multihulls Neptunkryssare Nordic Folkboat
Nova 33 offshore sailing OK Omega 42 One Metre Optimist
RC Laser
RS (Aero, Feva, and Tera)
Skerry cruisers (15 m, 22 m, 30 m, 40 m, 55 m, 75 m, 95 m, 120 m, and 150 m) Smaragd Snipe
Wētā Trimaran windsurfing classes Zoom 8
The Swedish Sailing Federation also administers the rating system SRS.
People National team
and – 470 and – Nacra 17 and – 49er FX – ILCA 6 and – Nacra 17 – iQFoil
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 and Vendela Zachrisson-Santén 2019 – Göran Andersson 2020 – Stig Wennerström 2021 – Fredrik Lööf 2022 – Göran Petersson 2023 – Ingvar Hansson
Notable sailors See :Category:Swedish sailors
Olympic sailing See :Category:Olympic sailors for Sweden
Offshore sailing See :Category:Swedish sailors (sport)
Yacht clubs See :Category:Yacht clubs in Sweden
References
External links Official website ISAF MNA Microsite Swedish Olympic Committee