Swecon

The spirit of Swecon being handed over. Ylva Spångberg, Geoff Ryman, Joe Haldeman and Martin Andreasson at Imagicon, Swecon, 2006 in Stockholm.

Swecon is a title annually awarded to a Swedish science fiction convention.

Since 1998, one Swedish science fiction convention per year has been elected to host national awards in science fiction and has been awarded the title "Swecon" in addition to its actual name. Swecon is usually the largest Swedish science fiction convention in any given year.[1]

The name Swecon is part of a larger tradition and similar conventions are held in Norway, Denmark and Finland under the names Norcon, Dancon and Finncon.

List of Swecons

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Year Location Name Guest(s) of Honour
1 1998 Linköping ConFuse 98 Paul J. McAuley
2 1999 Uppsala Upsala: 1999 Michael Swanwick
3 2000 Stockholm NasaCon 2000 Brian M. Stableford, John-Henri Holmberg
4 2001 Stockholm Fantastika 2001 Robin Hobb, Robert Rankin, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Pierre Christin
5 2002 Linköping ConFuse 2002 China Miéville, Gwyneth Jones
6 2003 Uppsala Upsala SF-möte X Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod
7 2004 Stockholm Swecon 2004 M. John Harrison, Dave Lally, Tim Russ
8 2005 Gothenburg ConCeive Charles Stross, Erik Granström
9 2006 Stockholm Imagicon Joe Haldeman, Geoff Ryman, Martin Andreasson
10 2007 Gothenburg Conviction Richard Morgan, John Ajvide Lindqvist
11 2008 Linköping ConFuse 2008 Cory Doctorow,[2] Adam Roberts
12 2009 Stockholm Imagicon 2 Liz Williams, Graham Joyce
13 2010 Gothenburg Condense Justina Robson, Nene Ormes
14 2011 Stockholm Eurocon 2011 Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg, Jukka Halme
15 2012 Uppsala Kontrast Sara Bergmark Elfgren, Mats Strandberg, Joe Abercrombie, Peter Watts, Kelly Link, Niels Dalgaard
16 2013 Stockholm Fantastika 2013 Lavie Tidhar, Jo Walton, Johan Anglemark, Karin Tidbeck
17 2014 Gävle Steampunkfestival i Gävle Cory Doctorow, Mike Perschon, Miriam Rosenberg Rocek, Chris Wooding
18 2015 Linköping ConFuse 2015 Madeline Ashby, Kristina Hård, Ben Aaronovitch
19 2016 Stockholm Fantastika 2016 Maria Turtschaninoff, Jerry Määttä, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Caroline Mullan
20 2017 Uppsala Kontur Kameron Hurley, Ann Leckie, Siri Pettersen
21 2018 Stockholm Fantastika 2018 Ian Watson, Mike Carey, Kij Johnson
22 2019 Västerås Replicon Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz, Gunilla Jonsson, Michael Petersén
23 2021 Stockholm Fantastika 2021 Adrian Tchaikovsky, Eva Holmquist, Peadar Ó Guilín, Maria Nilsson
24 2022 Stockholm Ö-kon 3 Torill Kornfeldt, Boel Bermann
25 2023 Uppsala Konflikt Johan Egerkrans, Merja Polvinen, Francesco Verso, Martha Wells
26 2024 Stockholm Fantastika 2024 Juliet E. McKenna, Tendai Huchu, Åsa Schwarz, Lena Karlin
27 2025 Lund Lucon 2025

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Swecon – riks-sf-kongressen". Fandom.se. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  2. ^ Guest of Honour at SweCon, Sweden, next weekend, Boing Boing June 10, 2008, retrieved April 8, 2011
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