Swecon

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The spirit of Swecon being handed over. Ylva Spangberg, Geoff Ryman, Joe Haldeman and Martin Andreasson at Imagicon, Swecon, 2006 in Stockholm. The Spirit of Swecon (1).jpg
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.

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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

YearLocationNameGuest(s) of Honour
11998 Linköping ConFuse 98 Paul J. McAuley
21999 Uppsala Upsala: 1999 Michael Swanwick
32000 Stockholm NasaCon 2000 Brian M. Stableford, John-Henri Holmberg
42001StockholmFantastika 2001 Robin Hobb, Robert Rankin, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Pierre Christin
52002LinköpingConFuse 2002 China Miéville, Gwyneth Jones
62003UppsalaUpsala SF-möte X Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod
72004StockholmSwecon 2004 M. John Harrison, Dave Lally, Tim Russ
82005 Gothenburg ConCeive Charles Stross, Erik Granström
92006StockholmImagicon Joe Haldeman, Geoff Ryman, Martin Andreasson
102007GothenburgConviction Richard Morgan, John Ajvide Lindqvist
112008LinköpingConFuse 2008 Cory Doctorow, [2] Adam Roberts
122009StockholmImagicon 2 Liz Williams, Graham Joyce
132010GothenburgCondense Justina Robson, Nene Ormes
142011Stockholm Eurocon 2011 Elizabeth 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
172014 Gävle Steampunkfestival i Gävle Cory Doctorow, Mike Perschon, Miriam Rosenberg Rocek, Chris Wooding
182015LinköpingConFuse 2015 Madeline Ashby, Kristina Hård, Ben Aaronovitch
192016StockholmFantastika 2016 Maria Turtschaninoff, Jerry Määttä, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Caroline Mullan
202017UppsalaKontur Kameron Hurley, Ann Leckie, Siri Pettersen
212018StockholmFantastika 2018 Ian Watson, Mike Carey, Kij Johnson
222019 Västerås Replicon Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz, Gunilla Jonsson, Michael Petersén
232021StockholmFantastika 2021 Adrian Tchaikovsky, Eva Holmquist, Peadar Ó Guilín, Maria Nilsson
242022StockholmÖ-kon 3 Torill Kornfeldt, Boel Bermann
252023UppsalaKonflikt Johan Egerkrans, Merja Polvinen, Francesco Verso, Martha Wells
262024StockholmFantastika 2024 Juliet E. McKenna, Tendai Huchu, Åsa Schwarz, Lena Karlin
272025LundLuncon 2025 Charles Stross, Hildur Knútsdóttir, Jesper Stage, Jessica Schiefauer

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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