Voluntary Shooting Movement), formerly known as Frivilliga Skytteväsendet, was a Swedish shooting sport association and a voluntary defense organization.
[1] They considered themselves as in 1860 by the start of the Swedish shooting movement,[2][3] and together with its youth organization Ungdomsorganisation Skytte (UO) ceased to exist in 2009.
[4] The organization long had close ties to the Swedish Armed Forces and was operated with the help of government subsidies, but these gradually weakened during the years as more and more shooters wanted to separate civilian and military shooting.
[6] The member mass was evenly maintained above 200 000 until the end of the 1980s, and FSR celebrated its 125-year anniversary in 1985.
[2] The shooting disciplines maintained by FSR were: Most of FSR's activities have been continued in the Swedish Shooting Sport Federation, which today is considered the sister organization of the Norwegian Shooting Association, Det frivillige Skyttervesen and the Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations.