Swedish Swimming Championships

Swimming competition held in Sweden

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Swedish Swimming ChampionshipsSport| Swimming

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Founded| 1899
No. of teams| 82 (2007)
Country|  Sweden
Most recent
champion(s)| Last winners lists

The Swedish Swimming Championships (Swedish: Svenska Mästerskapen i simning, SM i simning, Sim-SM, Långbane-SM) are held annually in the Swedish summer in outdoor 50 m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the Summer Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. Swimmers representing Swedish swim teams may participate.

## History

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The first Swedish Swimming Championship was held in 1899[1] and in the beginning the championships were held in lakes or seas. During the 1920s and 1930s next to all championships were held in Eriksdalsbadet in Stockholm, but when it was demolished the championships started to move around Sweden.

Since 1988 the Senior's and Junior's Swedish Championships are hosted together with timed finals for the Junior's in the morning together with the prelims for the older swimmer.

The swimmer with the most individual gold medals is Anders Holmertz with 39 titles, before Therese Alshammar with 34, Arne Borg with 30, Lars Frölander with 27 titles and Robert Andersson with 24 titles. Of them, Therese Alshammar and Lars Frölander are the only swimmer still active.

## Champions

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Further information: List of Swedish Swimming Championships champions

Name  | Clubs  | Titles  | Years  | Best event (titles)

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Anders Holmertz | Motala SS, Spårvägens SF | 39 | 1984–1996 | 13 400 m freestyle (13)
Therese Alshammar | Järfälla SS, SK Neptun | 34 | 1993–2007 | 09 50 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke (both 9)
Arne Borg | Stockholms KK | 30 | 1919–1929 | 09 500 m freestyle (9)
Lars Frölander | Borlänge SS, Sundsvalls SS, Linköpings ASS | 27 | 1993–2007 | 10 100 m butterfly (10)
Robert Andersson | Stockholms KK | 24 | 1906–1919 | 05 200 m freestyle, 500 m freestyle (both 5)
Björn Borg | Norrköpings KK | 23 | 1936–1944 | 06 400 m freestyle (6)
Gunnar Larsson | Malmö SS | 21 | 1967–1973 | 05 400 m freestyle, 200 m IM (both 5)
Michael Jacobsson | Täby Sim | 21 | 1997–2003 | 07 400 m IM (7)
Per-Olof Östrand | Hofors AIF, IF Elfsborg | 21 | 1947–1955 | 09 400 m freestyle (9)
Thor Henning | SK Neptun | 21 | 1911–1921 | 06 200 m breaststroke, 400 m breaststroke (both 6)
Per-Olof Olsson | SoIK Hellas | 20 | 1937–1949 | 11 100 m freestyle (11)
Martin Gustavsson | Malmö KK | 19 | 2002–2006 | 07 100 m breaststroke, 200 m breaststroke (both 7)
John Rothman | Stockholms KK | 19 | 1937–1949 | 11 200 m breaststroke (11)
Thomas Lejdström | Västerås SS | 18 | 1979–1987 | 04 400 m freestyle, 400 m IM (both 4)
Jan Bidrman | Malmö KK | 17 | 1986–1992 | 06 400 m IM (6)
Anita Zarnowiecki | Simavdelningen 1902 | 17 | 1969–1975 | 06 400 m IM (6)
Josefin Lillhage | Väsby SS | 16 | 2001–2007 | 07 200 m freestyle (7)
Agneta Eriksson | Västerås SS | 16 | 1979–1987 | 06 100 m butterfly (6)
Sara Nordenstam | Väsby SS | 15 | 1998–2003 | 06 400 m IM (6)
Wilhelm Andersson | SK Neptun | 15 | 1909–1918 | 05 500 m freestyle (5)

## Venues

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* 1899 – Stockholm
* 1900 – Stockholm
* 1901 – Stockholm
* 1902 – Stockholm
* 1903 – Stockholm
* 1904 – Styrsö, Gothenburg
* 1905 – Malmö
* 1906 – Styrsö, Gothenburg
* 1907 – Styrsö, Gothenburg
* 1908 – Stockholm / Styrsö, Gothenburg
* 1909 – Stockholm / Örebro / Gothenburg
* 1910 – Stockholm
* 1911 – Stockholm / Eskilstuna / Gothenburg
* 1912 – Stockholm
* 1913 – Stockholm
* 1914 – Stockholm (m), Eskilstuna (f)
* 1915 – Stockholm (m), Gothenburg (f)
* 1916 – Saltsjöbaden
* 1917 – Saltsjöbaden
* 1918 – Stockholm
* 1919 – Malmö
* 1920 – Stockholm
* 1921 – Stockholm
* 1922 – Stockholm
* 1923 – Stockholm
* 1924 – Långedrag
* 1925 – Stockholm
* 1926 – Stockholm
* 1927 – Stockholm
* 1928 – Stockholm
* 1929 – Stockholm
* 1930 – Stockholm
* 1931 – Stockholm
* 1932 – Stockholm
* 1933 – Stockholm
* 1934 – Stockholm
* 1935 – Stockholm
* 1936 – Stockholm
* 1937 – Stockholm
* 1938 – Stockholm
* 1939 – Stockholm
* 1940 – Linköping
* 1941 – Lidköping
* 1942 – Ängelholm
* 1943 – Linköping
* 1944 – Malmö
* 1945 – Varberg
* 1946 – Kalmar
* 1947 – Varberg
* 1948 – Lidköping
* 1949 – Karlskrona
* 1950 – Stora Tuna
* 1951 – Varberg
* 1952 – Kalmar
* 1953 – Linköping
* 1954 – Linköping
* 1955 – Harnäs
* 1956 – Halmstad
* 1957 – Varberg
* 1958 – Eskilstuna
* 1959 – Fyrisbadet, Uppsala
* 1960 – Fyrisbadet, Uppsala
* 1961 – Varberg
* 1962 – Ronneby
* 1963 – Stockholm
* 1964 – Örebro
* 1965 – Valbo Sportcentrum, Valbo
* 1966 – Stockholm
* 1967 – Landskrona
* 1968 – Jönköping
* 1969 – Landskrona
* 1970 – Varberg
* 1971 – Jönköping
* 1972 – Borås
* 1973 – Norrköping
* 1974 – Jönköping
* 1975 – Norrköping
* 1976 – Skövde
* 1977 – Örebro
* 1978 – Landskrona
* 1979 – Ronneby
* 1980 – Ronneby
* 1981 – Gävle
* 1982 – Stockholm
* 1983 – Falun
* 1984 – Västerås
* 1985 – Rosenlundsbadet, Jönköping
* 1986 – Åby simhall, Mölndal
* 1987 – Valhallabadet, Gothenburg
* 1988 – Rosenlundsbadet, Jönköping
* 1989 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
* 1990 – Himmelstalundsbadet, Norrköping
* 1991 – Fyrishov, Uppsala
* 1992 – Alidebergsbadet, Borås
* 1993 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
* 1994 – Himmelstalundsbadet, Norrköping
* 1995 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
* 1996 – Fyrishov, Uppsala
* 1997 – Himmelstalundsbadet, Norrköping
* 1998 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall
* 1999 – Halmstads Simstadion, Halmstad
* 2000 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
* 2001 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall
* 2002 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
* 2003 – Himmelstalundsbadet, Norrköping
* 2004 – Eriksdalsbadet, Stockholm
* 2005 – Sporthallsbadet, Sundsvall
* 2006 – Citadellbadet, Landskrona
* 2007 – Halmstads Simstadion, Halmstad
* 2008 – Himmelstalundsbadet, Norrköping
* 2009 – Linköping
* 2010 – Malmö
* 2011 – Halmstad
* 2012 – Norrköping
* 2013 – Simstadion Brottet, Halmstad

## See also

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* List of Swedish Swimming Championships champions
* Swedish Swimming Grand Prix series
* Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships
* List of sporting events in Sweden

## References

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1. ^ (in Swedish) SM genom tiderna (trans: Swedish Championships through the ages), section of the 2013 Swedish Championships page; retrieved 2013-07-03.

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