Swedish Hockey Association

Swedish Hockey Association
Official website
Sport	Hockey
Abbreviation	SLHF
Founded	1973
Affiliation	International Hockey Federation
Regional affiliation	European Hockey Federation
Location	Gothenburg
www.landhockey.se

The Swedish Hockey Association (Swedish: Svenska Landhockeyförbundet, SLHF) is the national hockey association in Sweden.

The Swedish Hockey Association was founded in 1973 as interest in field hockey in Sweden increased substantially following the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. SLHF and is a member of the Swedish Sports Confederation (Swedish: Riksidrottsförbundet, RF), the Swedish Olympic Committee (Swedish: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK), the European Hockey Federation (EHF) and International Hockey Federation (FIH). Its headquarters are in Gothenburg.

History

National members of the International Hockey Federation

AfHF (Africa)	Botswana Egypt Ghana Kenya Libya Malawi Morocco Namibia Nigeria Seychelles South Africa Sudan Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

PAHF (Americas)	Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Brazil Canada Cayman Islands Chile Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad and Tobago USA Uruguay Venezuela

AsHF (Asia)	Afghanistan Bangladesh Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Japan Kazakhstan Korea DPR Korea Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Singapore Sri Lanka Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan

EHF (Europe)	Armenia Austria Arzeibaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Gibraltar Great Britain Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Former members: Soviet Union

OHF (Oceania)	American Samoa Australia Fiji Papua New Guinea(PNG) New Zealand Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Vanuatu

Sports governing bodies in Sweden (SWE)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating (Figure, Speed & Short Track Ice Hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu

Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union

Swedish Olympic Committee Swedish Sports Organization for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee Swedish Sports Confederation

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