Swedish Handball Federation

{{Short description|The national handball association of Sweden}}

{{Infobox national sports federations

|assocname= Swedish Handball Federation
{{langx|sv|Svenska Handbollförbundet}}

|abbrev= SHF

|logo= Swedish Handball Federation logo.svg

|logosize= 170px

|countryflag= Sweden

|iocnation= Sweden (SWE)

|url= http://www.svenskhandboll.se

|sport= handball

|othersport1= beach handball

|othersport2= wheelchair handball

|historytitle=History

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|yearfounded= {{Start date and age|1930|11|25|df=y}}

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|IF = International Handball Federation

| IF_abbr = IHF

| IF_joined = {{Start date and age|1946|df=y}}

|nationalolympiccom= Swedish Olympic Committee

|continentalassoc= European Handball Federation

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|otheraff2= Swedish Sports Confederation

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|electedtitle= Governing body

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|president= Fredrik Rapp {{flagicon|SWE}}

|sectitle= Headquarters

|address1= Idrottens Hus SE-114 73 Stockholm

|country= Sweden

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|secretarygeneral= Robert Wedberg {{flagicon|SWE}}

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Sparbanken Skåne
Lidl

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The Swedish Handball Federation ({{langx|sv|Svenska Handbollförbundet}}, SHF) is the national handball association in Sweden.

The Swedish Handball Federation was founded out of the Swedish Game Association on 25 November 1930{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskhandboll.se/Handbollinfo/SvenskaHandbollforbundet/SvenskaHandbollforbundetshistoria/|title=Svenska handbollförbundets historia|publisher=Swedish Handball Federation|language=sv|author=Björn Persson|access-date=19 March 2018}} and joined the Swedish Sports Confederation ({{langx|sv|Riksidrottsförbundet}}, RF) in 1931. It is also a member of the Swedish Olympic Committee ({{langx|sv|Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté}}, SOK), the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF). Its headquarters are in Stockholm.

In 1948, the Swedish Handball Federation set up a basketball section, which existed until the October 1952 establishment of the Swedish Basketball Federation.{{cite web|url=http://www.basket.se/Forbundet/Historia/Forbundetshistoria|title=Förbundets historia|publisher=Swedish Basketball Federation|language=sv|access-date=19 September 2011}}

Its chairperson, since August 2016, is Fredrik Rapp.{{cite web|url=http://www.svenskhandboll.se/Landslag/Landslagsnyheter/FredrikRappnyordforandeiSvenskaHandbollforbundet/|title=Fredrik Rapp ny ordförande i Svenska Handbollförbundet|publisher=Swedish Handball Federation|language=sv|author=Björn Persson|date=28 August 2016|access-date=29 August 2016}}