The Swedish Athletics Championships () is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Swedish Athletics Association, which serves as the national championship for the sport in Sweden.

History The first Swedish Athletics Championships were held at Fridhem in Helsingborg, 7–9 August 1896 with twelve athletics events: the 100 metres, 1500 metres, 10,000 metres, 110 metres hurdles, high jump, grenhopp, long jump, pole vault, shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, and hammer throw; and other sports, namely wrestling, tug of war, football, tennis, and weightlifting. A separate Swedish Women's Athletics Championships was held starting in 1928, the first time at Strömvallen in Gävle. A non-official championship had been held in Lidköping the year before. From 1956 on, the women's event have been held at the Swedish Athletics Championships.

Separate annual championship events are held for cross country running, road running and racewalking events. There is also a Swedish Indoor Athletics Championships. There is also a Swedish Athletics Team Championship.

Events The competition programme features a total of 38 individual Swedish championship athletics events, 19 for men and 19 for women. For each of the sexes, there are seven track running events, three obstacle events, four jumps, four throws, one walking event.

Track running 100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, 5000 metres, 10,000 metres Obstacle events 100 metres hurdles (women only), 110 metres hurdles (men only), 400 metres hurdles, 3000 metres steeplechase Jumping events Pole vault, high jump, long jump, triple jump Throwing events Shot put, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw Racewalking 5000 metres race walk (women only), 10,000 metres race walk (men only)

The combined events, men's decathlon and women's heptathlon, as well as para athletics events may be included or held separately. Of the other Olympic events, the 4 × 100 metres relay and 4 × 400 metres relay events are contested at thee Swedish Athletics Relay Championship, the marathon events are contested at the Swedish Marathon Championship, and the 20 km race walk events are contested at the Swedish Racewalking Championship, while the mixed 4 × 400 m relay and mixed marathon walk relay events are not contested.

A men's pentathlon featured on the programme from 1971 to 1987. The men's 10,000 metres race walk was held in 1960, but went through periods of being dropped from the programme. A 5000 m walk for men was held from 1970 to 1976.

The women's programme gradually expanded to match the men's. On the track, the 1500 m was added in 1969, the 3000 metres in 1972 and the 10,000 metres in 1985. The 3000 m was replaced with the international standard 5000 m in 1995. Similarly, the women's pentathlon was replaced by the heptathlon in 1980. The 80 metres hurdles was contested until 1969, after which the international standard distance of 100 m hurdles was used. A 400 m hurdles event was introduced in 1970. The women's field events reached parity with the men's after the addition of triple jump in 1990, and hammer throw and pole vault in 1996. From the period 1969–86 women had two track walking events over 3000 m and 5000 m, with the shorter event being dropped later. The women's steeplechase was the last event to be added to the schedule, with women first competing in a national championship event in 2001.

Editions

Ed. Year City Main venue Organiser(s) 1 1896 Helsingborg Fridhem Organisational committee 2 1897 Gothenburg Velocipedklubbens IP Örgryte IS 3 1898 Stockholm Idrottsparken Djurgårdens IF and Stockholms AF 4 1899 Gothenburg Velocipedklubbens IP GAIS and Göteborgs FF 5 1900 Stockholm Idrottsparken AIK 6 1901 Gothenburg Göteborgs Idrottsförbunds IP Göteborgs Idrottsförbund and IS Lyckans Soldater 7 1902 Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Jönköpings AIF 8 1903 Gothenburg Balders hage Örgryte IS 9 1904 Örebro Örnsro IP IFK Örebro 10 1905 Helsingborg Olympia IS Göta and IFK Helsingborg 11 1906 Norrköping Norrköpings Idrottspark IFK Örebro 12 1907 Karlstad temporary stadium in Våxnäs Organisational committee 13 1908 Eskilstuna Djurgårdens IP IFK Eskilstuna and IF Sport 14 1909 Gothenburg Walhalla IP Svenska Idrottsförbundet 15 1910 Falun Kvarnbergets IP Falu IS 16 1911 Jönköping Stadsparksvallen Jönköpings IS 17 1912 Stockholm Olympic Stadium AIK 18 1913 Gothenburg Walhalla IP Örgryte IS 19 1914 Örebro Örnsro IP IFK Örebro 20 1915 Gävle Strömdalens IP Gefle IF 21 1916 Malmö Malmö IP Malmö AI 22 1917 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Fredrikshofs IF, IK Göta, Mariebergs IK and IFK Stockholm 23 1918 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Fredrikshofs IF, IK Göta, Mariebergs IK and IFK Stockholm 24 1919 Karlstad Tingvalla IP IF Göta 25 1920 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 26 1921 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 27 1922 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 28 1923 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 29 1924 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 30 1925 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 31 1926 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 32 1927 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 33 1928 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 34 1929 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 35 1930 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 36 1931 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 37 1932 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 38 1933 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 39 1934 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 40 1935 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 41 1936 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 42 1937 Gothenburg Slottsskogsvallen Göteborgs KIK 43 1938 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 44 1939 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 45 1940 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 46 1941 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 47 1942 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 48 1943 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 49 1944 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Svenska Idrottsförbundet 50 1945 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 51 1946 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 52 1947 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 53 1948 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 54 1949 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 55 1950 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 56 1951 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 57 1952 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 58 1953 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 59 1954 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 60 1955 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 61 1956 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 62 1957 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 63 1958 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 64 1959 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 65 1960 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 66 1961 Gothenburg Nya Ullevi Göteborgs Friidrottsförbund 67 1962 Gothenburg Nya Ullevi Göteborgs Friidrottsförbund 68 1963 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 69 1964 Malmö Malmö Stadium Swedish Athletics Association 70 1965 Västerås Arosvallen Västerås IK 71 1966 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Stockholms Friidrottsförbund 72 1967 Skövde Södermalms IP IF Hagen 73 1968 Malmö Malmö Stadium Heleneholms IF 74 1969 Sollentuna Sollentunavallen Turebergs IF 75 1970 Växjö Värendsvallen IFK Växjö 76 1971 Sollentuna Sollentunavallen Turebergs IF 77 1972 Umeå Gammliavallen IFK Umeå 78 1973 Västerås Arosvallen Västerås IK 79 1974 Helsingborg Hedens IP IFK Helsingborg 80 1975 Karlstad Tingvalla IP IF Göta 81 1976 Gothenburg Slottsskogsvallen Göteborgs Friidrottsförbund 82 1977 Skellefteå Anderstorps IP Skellefteå AIK 83 1978 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Stockholms Friidrottsförbund 84 1979 Malmö Malmö Stadium Heleneholms IF 85 1980 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Turebergs IF and Stockholms Friidrottsförbund 86 1981 Skövde Södermalms IP IF Hagen 87 1982 Piteå Kvarnvallen Riviera Friidrott 88 1983 Örebro GIH:s IP KFUM Örebro 89 1984 Växjö Värendsvallen IFK Växjö 90 1985 Västerås Arosvallen IK VIK-friidrott 91 1986 Karlskrona Västra Marks IP KA 2 IF 92 1987 Gävle Gavlestadion Gefle IF 93 1988 Eskilstuna Tunavallen Råby-Rekarne GIF and Ärla IF 94 1989 Borås Ryavallen IK Ymer 95 1990 Karlstad Tingvalla IP IF Göta 96 1991 Helsingborg Hedens IP IFK Helsingborg 97 1992 Umeå Gammliavallen IFK Umeå 98 1993 Borlänge Kvarnsvedens IP Kvarnsvedens GoIF 99 1994 Gothenburg Nya Ullevi Göteborgs Friidrottsförbund 100 1995 Sollentuna Sollentunavallen Turebergs IF 101 1996 Karlskrona Västra Marks IP KA 2 IF 102 1997 Sundsvall Baldershofs IP Sundsvalls Friidrott 103 1998 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Stockholms Friidrottsförbund 104 1999 Malmö Heleneholms IP Heleneholms IF 105 2000 Uppsala Studenternas IP Upsala IF 106 2001 Växjö Värendsvallen IFK Växjö 107 2002 Gävle Gavlestadion Gefle IF 108 2003 Norrtälje Norrtälje sportcentrum Rånäs 4H 109 2004 Karlstad Tingvalla IP IFK Göta 110 2005 Helsingborg Hedens IP IFK Helsingborg 111 2006 Sollentuna Sollentunavallen Turebergs FK 112 2007 Eskilstuna Ekängens IP Råby-Rekarne Friidrott 113 2008 Västerås Arosvallen Västerås FK 114 2009 Malmö Malmö Stadium Heleneholms IF, Malmö AI and IK Pallas 115 2010 Falun Lugnets IP Falu IK 116 2011 Gävle Gavlestadion Gefle IF 117 2012 Stockholm Olympic Stadium Stadionklubbarna 118 2013 Borås Ryavallen IK Ymer 119 2014 Umeå Campus Arena IFK Umeå 120 2015 Söderhamn Hällåsen Söderhamns IF 121 2016 Sollentuna Sollentunavallen Turebergs FK 122 2017 Helsingborg Hedens IP IFK Helsingborg 123 2018 Eskilstuna Ekängens IP Eskilstuna Friidrottsallians 124 2019 Karlstad Tingvalla IP IF Göta 125 2020 Uppsala Uppsala friidrottsarena Upsala IF 126 2021 Borås Ryavallen IK Ymer 127 2022 Norrköping Norrköpings friidrottsarena Tjalve IF Norrköping 128 2023 Söderhamn Hällåsen Söderhamns IF 129 2024 Uddevalla Rimnersvallen IK Orient 130 2025 Karlstad and Kil IF Göta and Kils AIK 131 2026 Uppsala Uppsala Friidrottsarena Upsala IF

Championships records Men : EventRecordAthlete/TeamClubDateLocation 100 m 10.13 Henrik Larsson IF Göta 28 July 2023 Söderhamn 200 m 20.44 Henrik Larsson IF Göta 26 July 2026 Uppsala 400 m 45.68 Jimisola Laursen Malmö AI 19 August 2000 Uppsala 800 m 1:45.14 Andreas Kramer Djurgårdens IF 3 August 2025 Karlstad 1500 m 3:34.55 Andreas Almgren Turebergs FK 29 July 2023 Söderhamn 5000 m 13:30.13 Emil Danielsson Spårvägens FK 30 July 2023 Söderhamn 10,000 m 28:40.37 Mats Erixon Mölndals AIK 29 September 1984 Stockholm 3000 m steeplechase 8:22.03 Leo Magnusson Sävedalens AIK 28 June 2024 Uddevalla 110 m hurdles 13.45 Robert Kronberg IF Kville 24 August 2001 Växjö 400 m hurdles 48.44 Oskar Edlund Täby IS 26 July 2026 Uppsala High jump 2.32 m Stefan Holm Kils AIK 18 August 2002 Gävle 2.32 m Stefan Holm Kils AIK 2 August 2008 Västerås Pole vault 5.80 m Patrik Kristiansson KA 2 IF 3 August 2003 Norrtälje Long jump 8.15 m Thobias Montler Malmö AI 16 August 2020 Uppsala Triple jump 17.54 m Christian Olsson Örgryte IS 1 August 2003 Norrtälje Shot put 20.90 m Wictor Petersson Malmö AI 1 August 2025 Karlstad Discus throw 70.42 m Simon Pettersson Hässelby SK 6 August 2022 Norrköping Hammer throw 78.70 m Tore Gustafsson Mölndals AIK 30 July 1989 Borås Javelin throw 86.24 m Patrik Bodén IF Göta 30 July 1994 Gothenburg 10,000 m walk 39:19.5 Perseus Karlström Eskilstuna Friidrott 8 August 2015 Gothenburg

Women :