Swecon

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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. This is not necessarily the largest Swedish science fiction convention, but in practice it often is, and it's the most important of the Swedish conventions.[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

Year Location Name Guest(s) of Honour
11998LinköpingConFuse 98Paul J. McAuley
21999UppsalaUpsala: 1999Michael Swanwick
32000StockholmNasaCon 2000Brian M. Stableford, John-Henri Holmberg
42001StockholmFantastika 2001Robin Hobb, Robert Rankin, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Pierre Christin
52002LinköpingConFuse 2002China Miéville, Gwyneth Jones
62003UppsalaUpsala SF-möte XAlastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod
72004StockholmSwecon 2004M. John Harrison, Dave Lally, Tim Russ
82005GothenburgConCeiveCharles Stross, Erik Granström
92006StockholmImagiconJoe Haldeman, Geoff Ryman, Martin Andreasson
102007GothenburgConvictionRichard Morgan, John Ajvide Lindqvist
112008LinköpingConFuse 2008Cory Doctorow,[2] Adam Roberts
122009StockholmImagicon 2Liz Williams, Graham Joyce
132010GothenburgCondenseJustina Robson, Nene Ormes
142011StockholmEurocon 2011Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg, Jukka Halme
152012UppsalaKontrast Sara Bergmark Elfgren, Mats Strandberg, Joe Abercrombie, Peter Watts, Kelly Link, Niels Dalgaard
162013StockholmFantastika 2013 Lavie Tidhar, Jo Walton, Johan Anglemark, Karin Tidbeck

See also

References

  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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