Swecon

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

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

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.

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
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, 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

• List of science fiction conventions

External links

• Swedish fandom – Swecon
• Swecon 2025