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Strength athletics in Sweden

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Strength athletics in Sweden refers to the participation of Swedish competitors and holding national strongman competitions.

History

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Sweden has a long and rich history of strength athletics dating back to the mid 1900s in the sport of Olympic weightlifting with Bo Johansson in the 1960s and 1970s, and several top ranked IPF Powerlifters such as Lars Hedlund and Lars Norén during the 1980s. Sweden has been at the top international level in World's Strongest Man since the very beginning in the late 1970s with Lars Hedlund achieving numerous podium finishes. Sweden struggled through the 1980s and early 1990s until the arrival of Magnus Samuelsson in 1995. Samuelsson would go on to win the 1998 World's Strongest Man, Sweden's only WSM title. Magnus continued to win major international contests and be a top podium finisher at WSM until his retirement in 2008. In recent years, Johannes Årsjö has continued to maintain Sweden's top position on the international scene with numerous podium finishes at major international contests.

National competitions

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Sweden's Strongest Man

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Sweden's Strongest Man
Tournament information
LocationSweden
Established1995
FormatMulti-event competition
Current champion
Sweden Fredrik Johansson (2024)

Sweden's Strongest Man (Swedish: Sveriges Starkaste Man) is an annual Strongman competition held in Sweden and featuring exclusively Swedish athletes, to determine who the strongest Swede of the year is.

Magnus Samuelsson and Johannes Årsjö have both won the competition 9 times, thus sharing the record for most wins.

Champions breakdown

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The competition has been held every year since 1995 and has produced nine champions over the years.[1]

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
1995 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Jörgen Ljungberg (To be confirmed)
1996 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Jorma Paananen Sweden Torbjörn Samuelsson
1997 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Jörgen Ljungberg Sweden Torbjörn Samuelsson
1998 Sweden Torbjörn Samuelsson[2] Sweden Jorma Paananen (To be confirmed)
1999 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Jorma Paananen Sweden Torbjörn Samuelsson
2000 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Torbjörn Samuelsson Sweden Anders Johansson
2001 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Torbjörn Samuelsson Sweden Anders Johansson
2002 Sweden Torbjörn Samuelsson Sweden Anders Johansson Sweden Jorma Paananen
2003 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Jörgen Ljungberg Sweden Kalle Lane
2004 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Jörgen Ljungberg Sweden Benny Wennberg
2005 Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Sweden Anders Johansson Sweden Robert Brolin
2006 Sweden Anders Johansson Sweden Björn Andersson Sweden Tomas Karlsson
2007 Sweden Anders Johansson Sweden Stefan Bergqvist Sweden Daniel Wiklund
2008 Sweden Anders Johansson Sweden Peter Rundberg Sweden Stefan Bergqvist
2009 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Anders Johansson Sweden Mikael Hoffner
2010 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Stefan Bergqvist Sweden Peter Rundberg
2011 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark Sweden Stefan Bergqvist
2012 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Sebastian Davidsson Sweden Martin Forsmark
2013 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Sebastian Davidsson Sweden David Nyström
2014 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark Sweden David Nyström
2015 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark Sweden Johnny Hansson
2016 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark Sweden Joachim Gustavsson
2017 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark Sweden Johnny Hansson
2018[3] Sweden Martin Forsmark Sweden Torbjörn Persson Sweden Johan Espenkrona
2019 Sweden Martin Forsmark Sweden Andreas Ståhlberg Sweden Johan Espenkrona
2020 [4] Sweden Johnny Hansson Sweden Martin Forsmark Sweden Fredrik Svensson
2021 Sweden Marcus Yngvesson Sweden Johan Espenkrona Sweden Fredrik Svensson
2022 Sweden Andreas Ståhlberg Sweden Johnny Hansson Sweden Joachim Kvick
2023 Sweden Fredrik Johansson Sweden Marcus Yngvesson Sweden Cim Johansson
2024 Sweden Fredrik Johansson Sweden Cim Johansson Sweden Marcus Yngvesson

Repeat champions

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Champion Times & years
Sweden Magnus Samuelsson 9 (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Sweden Johannes Årsjö 9 (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Sweden Anders Johansson 3 (2006, 2007, 2008)
Sweden Torbjörn Samuelsson 2 (1998, 2002)
Sweden Martin Forsmark 2 (2018, 2019)
Sweden Fredrik Johansson 2 (2023, 2024)

Regional Competitions

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Nordic Strongman Championships

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Nordic Strongman Championships consists of athletes from Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark.[5]

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2005 Norway Svend Karlsen Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Finland Juha-Matti Räsänen
2012[5] Sweden Johannes Årsjö Norway Lars Rorbakken Denmark Mikkel Leicht
2013 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Norway Ole Martin Hansen Finland Juha-Matti Järvi

International Competitions

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Giants Live

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Sweden was also the venue for several Giants Live grand prix competitions with the participation of top athletes of the world. The competitions were named Giants Live Sweden/ Scandinavian Open.

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2014 United States Brian Shaw Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark
2015 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Sweden Johannes Årsjö United Kingdom Mark Felix
2016 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Martin Forsmark United Kingdom Mark Felix
2017 Sweden Johannes Årsjö Sweden Johnny Hansson Lithuania Žydrūnas Savickas

References

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  1. ^ "davidhorne-gripmaster.com". Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  2. ^ "magnus-samuelsson.net". Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  3. ^ "Sveriges Starkaste Man 2018". 2 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Strength Results".
  5. ^ a b "Nordic Strongman Championships: Viking Loses His Title!". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-06-21.