Swedish Chess Championship

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 were 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.

Matches (official Champions)

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! 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
 * }
 * 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
 * }
 * 1929 || Gothenburg || Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Allan Nilsson 0
 * 1931 || Gothenburg || Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Gösta Stoltz 3
 * }
 * 1931 || Gothenburg || Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Gösta Stoltz 3
 * }

Tournaments (no champions)

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! 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
 * 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        || 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
 * }
 * 1928 || Hälsinborg  || Gösta Stoltz
 * 1929 || Västerås    || Einar Pettersson
 * 1931 || Uddevalla   || Erik Lundin
 * 1932 || Karlskrona  || Erik Lundin Gideon Ståhlberg
 * 1933 || Lund        || 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
 * }
 * 1934 || Falun       || Erik Lundin
 * 1935 || Härnösand   || Gösta Stoltz John B. Lindberg
 * 1936 || Borås       || Ernst Larsson
 * 1937 || Stockholm   || Ragnar Pettersson
 * 1938 || Kalmar      || Erik Lundin
 * }
 * 1937 || Stockholm   || Ragnar Pettersson
 * 1938 || Kalmar      || Erik Lundin
 * }
 * }

Tournaments (official Champions)

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! 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
 * 1967 || Stockholm   || Rolf Martens
 * 1968 || Norrköping  || Börje Jansson
 * 1969 || Sundsvall   || Ulf Andersson
 * 1970 || Nässjö      || Börje Jansson
 * 1971 || Eskilstuna   || Sven Malmgren
 * 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
 * 1990 || Gothenburg  || Michael Wiedenkeller
 * 1991 || Helsingborg || Stellan Brynell
 * 1992 || Borlänge    || Lars Karlsson
 * 1993 || Lindesberg  || Thomas Ernst
 * 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
 * 2019 || Eskilstuna   || Erik Blomqvist
 * 2020 ||    || NA
 * 2021 || Helsingborg   || Tiger Hillarp Persson
 * }
 * Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.
 * 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
 * 1990 || Gothenburg  || Michael Wiedenkeller
 * 1991 || Helsingborg || Stellan Brynell
 * 1992 || Borlänge    || Lars Karlsson
 * 1993 || Lindesberg  || Thomas Ernst
 * 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
 * 2019 || Eskilstuna   || Erik Blomqvist
 * 2020 ||    || NA
 * 2021 || Helsingborg   || Tiger Hillarp Persson
 * }
 * Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.
 * 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
 * 2019 || Eskilstuna   || Erik Blomqvist
 * 2020 ||    || NA
 * 2021 || Helsingborg   || Tiger Hillarp Persson
 * }
 * Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.
 * 2013 || Örebro || Hans Tikkanen
 * 2014 || Borlänge || Daniel Semcesen
 * 2015 || Sunne || Nils Grandelius
 * 2016 || Uppsala || Erik Blomqvist
 * 2017 || Stockholm   || Hans Tikkanen
 * 2018 || Ronneby     || Hans Tikkanen
 * 2019 || Eskilstuna   || Erik Blomqvist
 * 2020 ||    || NA
 * 2021 || Helsingborg   || Tiger Hillarp Persson
 * }
 * Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.
 * 2019 || Eskilstuna   || Erik Blomqvist
 * 2020 ||    || NA
 * 2021 || Helsingborg   || Tiger Hillarp Persson
 * }
 * Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.
 * 2021 || Helsingborg   || Tiger Hillarp Persson
 * }
 * Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.

Women

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! Year !! Champion
 * 1998 || Eva Berglund
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