Swedish Parasport Federation

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Swedish Parasport Federation and Swedish Paralympic Committee
Swedish Parasport Federation and Swedish Paralympic Committee logo
National Paralympic Committee
Country Sweden
CodeSWE
Created1969 (1969)
Continental
association		EPC
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
PresidentAsa Llinares Norlin[1]
Website

The Swedish Parasport Federation and Swedish Paralympic Committee (Swedish: Svenska Parasportförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté), also known as Parasport Sweden (Swedish: Parasport Sverige),[2] is the umbrella organization for parasport in Sweden.

It was formerly known as the Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee (Swedish: Svenska Handikappidrottsförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté or SHIF/SPK) and earlier the Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled (Swedish: Svenska Handikappidrottsförbundet or SHIF). The current name was adopted during a meeting in Malmö on 9 May 2015.[3][4]

It is the National Paralympic Committee in Sweden for the Paralympic Games movement. It's a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Swedish competitors to Paralympic events organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The organisation was founded in 1969, and became a member of the Swedish Sports Confederation the same year.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sweden". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Parasport Sweden and the Stockholm School of Economics to collaborate as Parasport takes the next step". hhs.se. Stockholm School of Economics. 2 April 2019. The Swedish Parasport Federation and the Swedish Paralympic Committee (Parasport Sweden) is a sports association that arranges sports events for people with disabilities, visual impairment and developmental disabilities within 15 different sports.
  3. ^ "Handikappidrott blir parasport". Svenska dagbladet (in Swedish). 9 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Israelsson returns as chairman of Swedish Paralympic Committee". International Paralympic Committee. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  5. ^ About our organization, Official site of Swedish Parasports Federation


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