Sport administration in Sweden

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Sport administration in Sweden

• Athletic

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Structure of organisation

• 1000 Athletic clubs
• 23 District federations of athletic
• The national federation of athletic

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The clubs - tasks

• Developing high perfomance athlets
• Developing juniors/youths
• The recruiting process
• Administrating and participating in competitions
• Fitness training
• Social activities

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The district federation - tasks

• To support the process of recruiting
• Education (together with SISU)
• To support the talent development 14-17 years
• To provide the clubs with more sofisticated
  logistics
• District teams

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National federation - tasks

• The national team
• To support the process of developing high
  performance athlets
• Official statistics
• To distribute some targeted financial support to
  the clubs
• Education

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Clubs - organisation

• The elected council
• (ev.) elected committees
• People responsible for special activities, like
  sponsors, lottery or the club house
• Coaches
• Project administraters

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The District federation - organisation

• An elected council
• Executive groups to administrate special issues
  like competitions and masters

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The national federation - organisation

• An elected council
• Elected and non elected committees
• Coaches
• Health support

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Economy - clubs

• General public support
• Targeted public support, in projects
• Targeted private support (foundations)
• Employment support for disabled people
• Arrangements lotteries
• Private sponsors
• Member fees

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Economy district federations

• General public support
• Member fees
• Arrangements

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Economy national federation

• General public support
• Sponsors
• Arrangements
• Member fees
• Fees from arrangement administrators

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Athletic and educationnational and municipal
institutions

• National Athletic high schools (7 schools and
  about 400 students)
• Municipal Sport high schools including athletic
• National sport universities (5)
• International universities (scholarships)
• SISU with Bosön

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Logistic

• 150 arenas with permanent tracks
• 20 indoor arenas with 200m course
• Good facilities for powertraining, alternative
  training and running on soft surfaces
• About 100 arenas got their own electrical time
  systems

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Problem issues

• Long cool winters and a lot of rain.
• A limited population (9 millions)
• A situation of hard concurance
• Sport is connected to few social and economic
  benefits for young people
• A huge emigration from our traditionally strong
  districts (the forrest region)

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