Swedish Ice Hockey Association
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association in Swedish, is an association of Swedish ice hockey clubs. 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. 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 and Swedish Women's Hockey League, in addition to other national, regional, and district leagues and tournaments.Men's National
- Swedish Hockey League
- HockeyAllsvenskan
- Hockeyettan
- J20 SuperElit
- J18 Allsvenskan
- U16 SM-slutspel
Men's Regional
- Hockeytvåan
- HockeyTrean
- J18 Elit
- J16 Elit
- Damettan
- DamTvåan
National teams
Sweden has eight national hockey teams:- Men's National Team - Tre Kronor
- Women's National Team - Damkronorna
- Men's National U20 - Juniorkronorna
- Men's National U19 – Team 19
- Men's National U18 - Småkronorna
- Women's National Under-18 Team – Damlandslaget U18
- Men's National U17 – Team 17
- Women National U16 – Damlandslaget U16
- Men's National U16 – Team 16
- Men's National Inline Team
Chairmen
The following have served as chairman.- 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 Nilsson
- 2004–2017: Christer Englund
- 2017–: Anders Larsson