en Swedish Parasport Federation

Swedish Parasport Federation and Swedish Paralympic Committee
National Paralympic Committee
Country	Sweden
Code	SWE
Created	1969
Continental; association	EPC
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
President	Asa Llinares Norlin
Website	www.parasport.se; www.paralympics.se;

The Swedish Parasport Federation and Swedish Paralympic Committee (Swedish: Svenska Parasportförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté), also known as Parasport Sweden (Swedish: Parasport Sverige),^[2] is the umbrella organization for parasport in Sweden.

It was formerly known as the Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee (Swedish: Svenska Handikappidrottsförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté or SHIF/SPK) and earlier the Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled (Swedish: Svenska Handikappidrottsförbundet or SHIF). The current name was adopted during a meeting in Malmö on 9 May 2015.^[3]^[4]

It is the National Paralympic Committee in Sweden for the Paralympic Games movement. It's a non-profit organisation that selects teams, and raises funds to send Swedish competitors to Paralympic events organised by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The organisation was founded in 1969, and became a member of the Swedish Sports Confederation the same year.^[5]

References

^ "Sweden". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Parasport Sweden and the Stockholm School of Economics to collaborate as Parasport takes the next step". hhs.se. Stockholm School of Economics. 2 April 2019. The Swedish Parasport Federation and the Swedish Paralympic Committee (Parasport Sweden) is a sports association that arranges sports events for people with disabilities, visual impairment and developmental disabilities within 15 different sports.
^ "Handikappidrott blir parasport". Svenska dagbladet (in Swedish). 9 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
^ "Israelsson returns as chairman of Swedish Paralympic Committee". International Paralympic Committee. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
^ About our organization, Official site of Swedish Parasports Federation