- Matches (official Champions)
- Tournaments (no champions)
- Tournaments (official Champions)
- Women
- References
The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm who won two matches against winners of national tournaments: Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917. Until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships decided by match play. In the 1930s, Gideon Ståhlberg held the title in spite of results of the national tournaments. Since 1939, only the tournament is played as an official Swedish Championship.[1][2] Matches (official Champions) Year | Location | Result | 1917 | Stockholm | Otto Löwenborg 3 – Anton Olson 2 | 1917 | Gothenburg | Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Karl Berndtsson 1½ | 1917 | Stockholm | Gustaf Nyholm 4 – Otto Löwenborg 1 | 1919 | Stockholm | Gustaf Nyholm 2½ – Arthur Håkansson 2½ | 1919 | Stockholm | Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Anton Olson 1½ | 1921 | Gothenburg | Gustaf Nyholm 2½ – Allan Nilsson 2½ | 1921 | Stockholm | Anton Olson 3 – Gustaf Nyholm 2 | 1921 | Stockholm | Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Anton Olson 1½ | 1924 | Gothenburg | Allan Nilsson 3 – Gustaf Nyholm 1 | 1927 | Gothenburg | Allan Nilsson 2½ – Gösta Stoltz 2½ | 1929 | Gothenburg | Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Allan Nilsson 0 | 1931 | Gothenburg | Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Gösta Stoltz 3 |
Tournaments (no champions) Year | Location | Champion | 1917 | Stockholm | Otto|Löwenborg}} Anton Olson | 1918 | Gothenburg | Karl|Berndtsson}} | 1919 | Malmö | Anton|Olson}} | 1920 | Eskilstuna | Karl|Berndtsson}} | 1921 | Jönköping | Karl|Berndtsson}} Gustaf Nyholm | 1922 | Gävle | Arthur|Håkansson}} | 1923 | Uppsala | Allan|Nilsson}} Anton Olson | 1924 | Norrköping | Karl|Olson|Karl Olson (chess player)}} | 1925 | Trollhättan | Olof|Kinnmark}} | 1926 | Karlstad | Karl|Berndtsson}} | 1927 | Örebro | Gösta|Stoltz}} Gideon Ståhlberg | 1928 | Hälsinborg | Gösta|Stoltz}} | 1929 | Västerås | Einar|Pettersson}} | 1931 | Uddevalla | Erik|Lundin}} | 1932 | Karlskrona | Erik|Lundin}} Gideon Ståhlberg | 1933 | Lund | Danielsson, Gösta|Nils Bergkvist Gösta Danielsson Gösta Forhaug Gunnar Skarp}} | 1934 | Falun | Erik|Lundin}} | 1935 | Härnösand | Gösta|Stoltz}} John B. Lindberg | 1936 | Borås | Ernst|Larsson}} | 1937 | Stockholm | Ragnar|Pettersson}} | 1938 | Kalmar | Erik|Lundin}} |
Tournaments (official Champions) Year | Location | Champion | 1939 | Stockholm | Gideon|Ståhlberg}} | 1940 * | Stockholm | Nils|Bergkvist}} | 1941 | Gothenburg | Erik|Lundin}} | 1942 | Östersund | Erik|Lundin}} | 1943 | Malmö | Bengt|Ekenberg}} | 1944 | Lidköping | Stig|Lundholm}} | 1945 | Visby | Erik|Lundin}} | 1946 | Motala | Erik|Lundin}} | 1947 | Stockholm | Folke|Ekström}} | 1948 | Sundsvall | Folke|Ekström}} | 1949 | Eskilstuna | Kristian|Sköld}} | 1950 | Kristianstad | Kristian|Sköld}} | 1951 | Halmstad | Gösta|Stoltz}} | 1952 | Hålland | Gösta|Stoltz}} | 1953 | Örebro | Gösta|Stoltz}} | 1954 | Hälsingborg | Bengt-Eric|Hörberg}} | 1955 | Södertälje | Gösta|Danielsson}} | 1956 | Borås | Åke|Stenborg}} | 1957 | Stockholm | Zandor|Nilsson}} | 1958 | Växjö | Inge|Johansson}} | 1959 | Västerås | Kristian|Sköld}} | 1960 | Kiruna | Erik|Lundin}} | 1961 | Avesta | Erik|Lundin}} | 1962 | Örnsköldsvik | Bengt|Ekenberg}} | 1963 | Karlskrona | Kristian|Sköld}} | 1964 | Gothenburg | Erik|Lundin}} | 1965 | Falköping | Zandor|Nilsson}} | 1966 | Malmö | Martin|Johansson|Martin Johansson (chess player)}} | 1967 | Stockholm | Rolf|Martens}} | 1968 | Norrköping | Börje|Jansson}} | 1969 | Sundsvall | Ulf|Andersson}} | 1970 | Nässjö | Börje|Jansson}} | 1971 | Eskilstuna | Sven|Malmegren}} | 1972 | Skellefteå | Axel|Ornstein}} | 1973 | Bollnäs | Axel|Ornstein}} | 1974 | Lund | Magnus|Wahlbom}} | 1975 | Gothenburg | Axel|Ornstein}} | 1976 | Motala | Harry|Schüssler}} | 1977 | Stockholm | Axel|Ornstein}} | 1978 | Degerfors | Nils|Gustav Renman}} Harry Schüssler | 1979 | Borås | Lars-Åke|Schneider}} | 1980 | Luleå | Nils-Gustav|Renman}} | 1981 | Ystad | Dan|Cramling}} | 1982 | Gävle | Lars-Åke|Schneider}} | 1983 | Karlskrona | Lars-Åke|Schneider}} | 1984 | Linköping | Axel|Ornstein}} | 1985 | Uppsala | Ralf|Åkesson}} | 1986 | Malmö | Lars-Åke|Schneider}} | 1987 | Stockholm | Axel|Ornstein}} | 1988 | Norrköping | Axel|Ornstein}} | 1989 | Sundsvall | Jan|Johansson|Jan Johansson (chess player)}} | 1990 | Gothenburg | Michael|Wiedenkeller}} | 1991 | Helsingborg | Stellan|Brynell}} | 1992 | Borlänge | Lars|Karlsson|Lars Karlsson (chess player)}} | 1993 | Lindesberg | Thomas|Ernst|Thomas Ernst (chess player)}} | 1994 | Haparanda | Richard|Wessman}} | 1995 | Borlänge | Lars|Degerman}} | 1996 | Linköping | Robert|Åström}} | 1997 | Haninge | Lars|Degerman}} | 1998 | Ronneby | Evgeny|Agrest}} | 1999 | Lidköping | Ralf|Åkesson}} | 2000 | Örebro | Tom|Wedberg}} | 2001 | Linköping | Evgeny|Agrest}} | 2002 | Skara | Jonny|Hector}} | 2003 | Umeå | Evgeny|Agrest}} | 2004 | Gothenburg | Evgeny|Agrest}} | 2005 | Gothenburg | Stellan|Brynell}} | 2006 | Gothenburg | Johan|Hellsten}} | 2007 | Stockholm | Tiger Hillarp|Persson}} | 2008 | Växjö | Tiger Hillarp|Persson}} | 2009 | Kungsör | Emanuel|Berg}} | 2010 | Lund | Emanuel|Berg}} | 2011 | Västerås | Hans|Tikkanen}} | 2012 | Falun | Hans|Tikkanen}} | 2013 | Örebro | Hans|Tikkanen}} | 2014 | Borlänge | Daniel Semcesen | 2015 | Sunne | Nils Grandelius | 2016 | Uppsala | Erik Blomqvist | 2017 | Stockholm | Hans|Tikkanen}} | 2018 | Ronneby | Hans|Tikkanen}} |
- Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.[3]
Women Year | Champion | 1998 | Eva Berglund |
References1. ^http://www.schack.se/RK/ssfparm2003-05-20.pdf SVERIGEMÄSTARE page 11/52 2. ^http://www.schack.se/info/mastare.html Winners from the official site of the Swedish Chess Federation 3. ^Roger Paige Chess Site - 1940 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927215743/http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables11.htm |date=2007-09-27 }}
- {{citation | last=Whyld | first=Ken | author-link=Ken Whyld | year=1986 | title=Chess, The Records | publisher=Guinness | pages=115 | isbn=0-85112-455-0}}
- 2007 edition from TWIC
- Swedish Championship 2008
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