Swedish Swimming Championships

Swedish Swimming Championships
Sport	Swimming
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

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

Name	Clubs	Titles	Years	Best event (titles)
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

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

References

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