Swedish Olympic Committee

Swedish Olympic Committee
Swedish Olympic Committee logo
Swedish Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region  Sweden
Code SWE
Created 1913
Recognized 1913
Continental
Association		 EOC
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
President Hans Vestberg
Secretary General Gunilla Lindberg
Website www.sok.se
The Swedish Olympic Committee has its offices in one of the towers of the Stockholm Olympic Stadium, the main arena of the 1912 Summer Olympics.

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) (Swedish: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (SOK)) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC). The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics, choose the participants and run the "Elitprogrammet".

The committee has 35 Olympic national federations members and 12 by the IOC national federations members.

History

The SOC was founded in 1913 and recognized by International Olympic Committee in the same year.

Presidents

The Swedish Olympic Committee has had the following presidents

NameOffice
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf 1913–1933
Prince Gustaf Adolf 1933–1947
Prince Bertil 1947–1997
Carl Gustav Anderberg 1997–2000
Stefan Lindeberg 2000–2016
Hans Vestberg 2016– present

Notable names of the International Olympic Committee

NameCommentsYear
Viktor BalckOriginal member 1894–1921
Sigfrid EdströmFormer President 1942–1952
Gunilla LindbergVice President 2001–2013

See also


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