Echesspedia

The Swedish Federation was founded in 1917.  From day one the federation had a great role in the world chess by not only participate in 37 Olympiads (its best place was second in 1935) but also by organizing world events like the 1937 Olympiad, the Interzonals of Saltzjobaden in 1948, Stockholm in 1952, Göteborg in 1955, Stockholm in 1962 and the European Team Championships in Skara in 1980  and in Göteborg in 2005.

The known players are: Gideon Ståhlberg, Gösta Stoltz, Erik Lundin and Ulf Andersson

The Swedish champions were:

Until 1939 there were in effect two championships, one by match play and the other by annual tournament. Now only the tournament survives.

Gustaf Nyholm dominated the period 1917-21 and 1922-24, Anton Olson was champion in 1921, Allan Nilsson dominated from 1924-26, Stohlz 1927-28 and Gideon Ståhlberg from 1929-38.
1939 Gideon Ståhlberg, 1941 Erik Lundin, 1942 Erik Lundin, 1943 Bengt Ekenberg, 1944 Stig Lundholm, 1945 Erik Lundin, 1946 Erik Lundin, 1947 Folke Ekström, 1948 Folke Ekström, 1949 Kristian Sköld, 1950 Kristian Sköld, 1951 Gösta Stoltz, 1952 Gösta Stoltz, 1953 Gösta Stoltz, 1954 Bengt Hörberg, 1955 Gösta Danielsson, 1956 Åke Stenborg, 1957 Zandor Nilsson, 1958 Inge Johansson, 1959 Kristian Sköld, 1960 Erik Lundin, 1961 Erik Lundin, 1962 Bengt Ekenberg, 1963 Kristian Sköld, 1964 Erik Lundin, 1965 Zandor Nilsson, 1966 Martin Johansson, 1967 Rolf Martens, 1968 Börje Jansson, 1969 Ulf Andersson, 1970 Börje Jansson, 1971, Sven-Göran Malmgren, 1972 Axel Ornstein, 1973 Axel Ornstein, 1974 Magnus, Wahlbom, 1975 Axel Ornstein, 1976 Harry Schüssler, 1977 Axel Ornstein, 1978 Nils-Gustaf Renman och Harry Schüssler, 1979 Lars-Åke Schneider, 1980 Nils-Gustaf Renman, 1981 Dan Cramling, 1982 Lars-Åke Schneider, 1983 Lars-Åke Schneider, 1984 Axel Ornstein, 1985 Ralf Åkesson, 1986 Lars-Åke Schneider, 1987 Axel Ornstein, 1988 Axel Ornstein, 1989 Jan Johansson, 1990 Michael Wiedenkeller, 1991 Stellan Brynell, 1992 Lars Karlsson, 1993 Thomas Ernst, 1994 Richard Wessman, 1995 Lars Degerman, 1996 Robert Åström, 1997 Lars Degerman, 1998 Evgenij Agrest, 1999 Ralf Åkesson, 2000 Tom Wedberg, 2001 Evgenij Agrest, 2002 Jonny Hector, 2003 Evgenij Agrest, 2004 Evgenij Agrest, 2005 Tiger Hillarp Persson, 2006 Johan Hellsten, 2007 Tiger Hillarp Persson, 2008 Tiger Hillarp Persson, 2009 Emanuel Berg, 2010 Emanuel Berg, 2011 Son Tikkanen.