SvFF — Svenska Fotbollförbundet (Swedish Football Association)

What is the SvFF?

Svenska Fotbollförbundet (SvFF), the Swedish Football Association, is the national football association of Sweden. Its website calls itself “Svenska Fotbollförbundets officiella hemsida”, the association’s official site.^[3] FIFA lists it as the Swedish Football Association, its member for Sweden in the UEFA confederation, with its website at svenskfotboll.se.^[2] The association describes its organisation section as covering “Svenska Fotbollförbundet och den svenska fotbollsrörelsens organisation, historia, värdegrund och roll i samhället” — the Swedish football movement’s organisation, history, values and role in society.^[4]

What does the SvFF govern or do?

UEFA’s profile covers the association’s national teams, coaching and grassroots strategy. It reports that it trains roughly 8,000 to 10,000 newly educated coaches a year and that, according to its strategy, it aims to keep people playing longer rather than only to grow participation.^[1]

Its own site links to programmes including Trygg Fotboll, on child safety, the Klubbkollen survey tool for clubs, referee recruitment and the values programme Ett steg framåt, and to services such as Fogis and Min fotboll.^[4]

When was the SvFF founded and where is it based?

UEFA’s profile records 1904 as the year “The Swedish Football Association (SvFF) is founded”.^[1] The association gives its postal address as Box 1216, SE-171 23 Solna.^[3][4]

UEFA lists Simon Åström as president since 2025 and Niclas Carlnén as general secretary since 2026.^[1] The association’s site refers to a representative assembly (Representantskapet) and a nomination committee (Valberedning) among its bodies.^[4]

How is the SvFF recognised?

FIFA. FIFA’s member-association page lists the Swedish Football Association as its member for Sweden, in the UEFA confederation, with Simon Åström as president.^[2]

UEFA. UEFA’s directory of national associations lists Sweden among its member associations and links to the association’s profile.^[5] UEFA’s profile notes that its HatTrick programme has funded the association’s projects since 2013, including artificial pitches and indoor halls, and the anti-discrimination project “Alla Är Olika – Olika Är Bra”.^[1]

What does the SvFF organise?

National championships. UEFA’s timeline records Sweden’s first national championship, a knockout event run by an unofficial association, in 1896, and the first official national league edition in 1925.^[1]

Events hosted. UEFA lists the 1958 FIFA World Cup, UEFA EURO ’92 and the 2013 UEFA Women’s EURO among the tournaments Sweden has hosted.^[1]

Youth football. UEFA reports that during the pandemic the association streamed youth matches free on its Min Fotboll app; the association’s site links to Min fotboll among its services.^[1][4] As of October 2026, the site also refers to a review of the league structure (serieutredning).^[4]

Who are its members?

The association presents “Information från Sveriges 23 fotbollsdistrikt” — information from Sweden’s 23 football districts — and links to each district association, from Blekinge and Bohuslän-Dalsland to Örebro län and Östergötland.^[3][4]

UEFA records the association’s historic motto, “a club in every village”, and reports almost 150,000 registered female players over 18 and over 120,000 girls and young women under 18 playing.^[1]