Swedish Sailing Federation

The Swedish Sailing Federation (Swedish: Svenska Seglarförbundet, 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, Jönköpings Segelsällskap, Westerås Segelsällskap, Karlstads Segelsällskap, Söderhamns Segelsällskap, Norrköpings Segelsällskap, Lidingö Segelsällskap, Segelsällskapet Æolus, Segelsällskapet Viken, Segelsällskapet Götarne, Segelsällskapet Svearna, Stockholms Segelsällskap, 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, Rolf von Heidenstam 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, Olof Granander was elected chairman.

Classes

The following class organisations are affiliated to the Swedish Sailing Federation:

The Swedish Sailing Federation also administers the rating system SRS.

People

National team

As of 18 February 2025

Anton Dahlberg (Royal Swedish Yacht Club) and Lovisa Karlsson (Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club) – 470
Emil Järudd (Royal Swedish Yacht Club) and Hanna Jonsson (Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club) – Nacra 17
Vilma Bobeck (Royal Swedish Yacht Club) and Rebecca Netzler (Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club) – 49er FX
Josefin Olsson (Royal Swedish Yacht Club) – ILCA 6
Ida Svensson (Royal Swedish Yacht Club) and Marcus Dackhammar (Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club) – Nacra 17
Johanna Hjertberg (Royal Swedish Yacht Club) – iQFoil