Swedish shooting movement

[1] Among the initiators of the Swedish shooting movement were well known authors, such as Viktor Rydberg and Sven Adolf Hedlund in Gothenburg, as well as August Blanche and Lars Johan Hierta in Stockholm.

These men also fought for the representation reform in Sweden, universal suffrage and the folk high schools.

At the time, Sweden had a professional standing army through the allotment system, but the initiators instead wanted general conscription combined with a voluntary armament by citizens, similar to what was the case in Switzerland.

The rifle clubs had a democratic structure and was run by enthusiasts, while the government provided the shooting ranges.

Some years later the popularity of the shooting movement diminished some, and some shooters wanted to distance themselves from military use of firearms.

In 2009 both the FSR and UO were liquidated, and the remaining parts of the organisation was merged into the Swedish Shooting Sport Federation.