The Swedish Olympic Committee (Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK) is the National Olympic Committee for Sweden, founded in 1913 and headquartered in Stockholm, the city that hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics. It selects and fields Sweden's Olympic team and oversees the country's Olympic sport federations, with particular Swedish Olympic strength across ice hockey, cross-country skiing and equestrian sport.
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Body Type (category)National Olympic Committee 1 Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK)
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What is the Swedish Olympic Committee called in Swedish and what is its IOC code?
Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (SOK), IOC code SWE.
In Swedish it is the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, abbreviated SOK, while the English abbreviation is SOC. Its IOC code is SWE.
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The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC; Swedish: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK; IOC Code: SWE) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC).
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The Swedish Olympic Committee was founded on 27 April 1913
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Stockholm, Sweden
Associated With: Olympic Games, Opening paragraph
The Swedish Olympic Committee organize the Swedish participation in the Olympics
Governs: Olympic Sports, lead sentence, states the committee role in the Olympic movement
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC; Swedish: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK; IOC Code: SWE) is the Swedish National Olympic Committee (NOC).
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