Association name | Swedish Ice Hockey Association |
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IIHF Code | SWE |
IIHF membership | March 23, 1912 |
President | Christer Englund |
IIHF men's ranking | 1 |
IIHF women's ranking | 6 |
http://www.swehockey.se |
The Swedish Ice Hockey Association (SIHA) or Svenska Ishockeyförbundet in Swedish, is an association of Swedish sports clubs with ice hockey activities.
SIHA was originally part of the Swedish Football Association but became an association of its own on November 17, 1922. In 1920, the SIHA became a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Apart from hockey, inline hockey is the province of the SIHA as well.
The association's general secretary currently is Christer Englund.
In Sweden ice hockey is played nationwide in the following levels:
Sweden has seven national ice hockey teams:
Following persons have been chairmen.