It was founded in Sala, Sweden 7 November 1981 and held its first annual meeting, where all 15 clubs were represented, 20 March 1982.

After this, the interest for floorball in Sweden grew and many new clubs were founded.

The head office of the Swedish Floorball Federation is located in Solna (a municipality in Stockholm County).

A nationwide league launched and the numbers of registered players exploded.

Today there are around 120,000 registered players in Sweden During the Swedish Floorball Federation's General Assembly in Bromma on 16 June 2019, Märit Bergendahl was elected its first female president.