Swedish Ice Hockey Association

Sweden
Organization	Swedish Ice Hockey Association
Joined IIHF	March 23, 1912
President	Anders Larsson
IIHF Men's Ranking	4
IIHF Women's Ranking	9
Website	http://www.swehockey.se

The Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) or Svenska Ishockeyförbundet in Swedish, is an association of Swedish sports clubs with ice hockey activities.

It was established in Stockholm on 17 November 1922 by representatives from seven clubs. Before then, organized ice hockey in Sweden had been administered by the Swedish Football Association. In 1920, Sweden became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). In addition to ice hockey, SIF is also responsible for inline hockey.

The association's general secretary is Tommy Boustedt.

Leagues and levels

The Swedish Ice Hockey Association is involved in all levels of ice hockey in Sweden. It organizes the two Swedish Championship leagues, the men's Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), in addition to other national, regional, and district leagues and tournaments.

Men's National Swedish Hockey League (SHL) HockeyAllsvenskan Hockeyettan (previously called Division 1) J20 SuperElit (also called J20 Nationell) J18 Allsvenskan ('Under-18 All-Swede') U16 SM-slutspel (Under-16 Swedish Championship Playoff')

Women's National Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL)

Men's Regional Hockeytvåan HockeyTrean HockeyFyran J18 Elit J16 Elit

Women's Regional Damettan DamTvåan

Regional Districts

Region Syd	Region Väst	Region Öst	Region Norr
Blekinge	Dalarna	Gotland	Jämtland/Härjedalen
Bohuslän/Dal	Gästrikland	Stockholm	Medelpad
Göteborg	Hälsingland	Södermanland	Norrbotten
Skåne	Värmland	Uppland	Västerbotten
Småland	Västmanland		Ångermanland
Västergötland	Örebro län
Östergötland

National teams

• Men's National Team - Tre Kronor
• Women's National Team - Damkronorna
• Men's National U20 - Juniorkronorna (also called Team 20)
• Men's National U18 - Småkronorna (also called Team 18)
• Women's National Under-18 Team – Damlandslaget U18

Chairmen

The following individuals have been chairmen.

• 1922-1924: Isaac Westergren
• 1924-1948: Anton Johanson
• 1948-1973: Helge Berglund
• 1973-1978: Ove Rainer
• 1978-1983: Arne Grunander
• 1983-2002: Rickard Fagerlund
• 2002-2004: Kjell Gustav Nilsson
• 2004-2017: Christer Englund
• 2017-: Anders Larsson

References

• "GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SWEDISH ICE HOCKEY". The Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on September 7, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060907220546/http://www.swehockey.se/files/%7b4FC9B5E5-7EB8-4E83-9A20-097C7271FF26%7d.pdf. Retrieved May 24, 2006. 

External links

• Svenska Ishockeyförbundet (Official site both in Swedish only)

IIHF member associations

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