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Swedish Olympic Committee
Swedish Olympic Committee logo
Country/Region Sweden
CodeSWE
Created1913
Recognized1913
Continental
Association
EOC
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
PresidentHans Vestberg
Secretary GeneralGunilla Lindberg
Websitewww.sok.se

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) (Template:Lang-sv) 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.

Presidents

The Swedish Olympic Committee has had the following presidents.[1]

Name Office
King Gustaf VI Adolf 1913–1933
Prince Gustaf Adolf 1933–1947
Prince Bertil 1947–1997
Carl Gustav Anderberg 1997–2000
Stefan Lindeberg 2000–2016
Hans Vestberg 2016–

Notable names of the International Olympic Committee

Name Comments Year
Viktor Balck Original member 1894–1921
Sigfrid Edström Former President 1942–1952
Gunilla Lindberg Vice President 2001–2013

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Swedish Olympic Committee". Swedish Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 February 2010.