Swedish Basketball Federation

Swedish Basketball Federation
Svenska Basketbollförbundet
Formation	25 October 1952 (1952-10-25)
Type	sports governing body
Headquarters	Stockholm
Location	Sweden
Official language	Swedish

The Swedish Basketball Federation (Swedish: Svenska Basketbollförbundet) is a special sports association for basketball in Sweden. It was established on 25 October 1952 out of the Swedish Handball Federation's basketball section, which had been started in 1948.^[1] Its headquarters are in Stockholm.

Chairmen

1952-1969 - Lars-Åke Nilsson
1969-1975 - Leif Forsberg
1975-1979 - Anders Wijkman
1979-1986 - Bengt Wallin
1986-1990 - Arne Jansson
1990-1991 - Kaj Sandell
1991-1992 - Eleonor Rehn-Jacobsson
1992-1996 - Kenny Lövingson
1996-1999 - Kari Marklund
1999-2001 - Kaj Krantz
2001-2004 - Niklas Nordström
2004-2008 - Jan Jacobsen
2008-2009 - Anna Westin
2009- Hans Von Uthmann

References

↑ "Förbundets historia" (in Swedish). Swedish Basketball Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

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