Swimming in Sweden

The first Swedish swimming club, Upsala SS, was started in 1796 by Jöns Svanberg.

Sweden organized the third FINA Short Course Swimming Championships in Scandinavium in Gothenburg in 1997.

Both Malmö and Stockholm has organized meets in the FINA Swimming World Cup.

Non-Swedish swimmers who have participated include Anthony Ervin and Attila Czene.

The first time it was held was in Gävle after an initiative by NN from the Swedish tabloid Expressen.

For the long course championships, held in the summer each year, there are qualifying times for each event.

The events take place in Long Course with morning finals as in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sweden has seven Olympic gold medalists; Sarah Sjöström (twice), Arne Borg, Bengt Baron, Håkan Malmrot (twice), Pär Arvidsson, Lars Frölander and Gunnar Larsson (twice).

Swedish swimmers have become world champions at the World Aquatics Championships five times; Sarah Sjöström, Gunnar Larsson, Lars Frölander, Therese Alshammar and the 1994 men's 4 × 200 m freestyle time consisting of Christer Wallin, Tommy Werner, Lars Frölander and Anders Holmertz.