Swecon

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Swecon is the Swedish national convention, started in 1998. Each year, one of the science fiction conventions in the country is selected to host the national awards for science fiction and is given the title "Swecon" in addition to its actual name.

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No. Convention Dates Locale Guests of Honour, Notes
1 ConFuse 98 June 26-28, 1998 Linköping Paul J. McAuley
2 Upsala: 1999 October 15-17, 1999 Uppsala Michael Swanwick, Lars-Olov Strandberg
3 NasaCon 2000 July 7-9, 2000 Stockholm Brian M. Stableford, John-Henri Holmberg
4 Fantastika 2001 June 15-17, 2001 Stockholm Robin Hobb, Robert Rankin, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Pierre Christin, Bein Roimola
5 ConFuse 2002 June 14-16, 2002 Linköping China Miéville, Gwyneth Jones
6 Upsala SF-möte X August 15-17, 2003 Uppsala Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod
7 Swecon 2004 August 20-22, 2004 Stockholm M. John Harrison, Dave Lally, Tim Russ
8 ConCeive June 17-19, 2005 Göteborg Charles Stross, Erik Granström
9 Imagicon 1 October 13-15, 2006 Stockholm Joe Haldeman, Geoff Ryman, Martin Andreasson
10 Conviction 2007 Göteborg Richard Morgan, John Ajvide Lindqvist
11 ConFuse 2008 2008 Linköping Cory Doctorow, Adam Roberts
12 Imagicon 2 2009 Stockholm Liz Williams, Graham Joyce
13 Condense 2010 Göteborg Justina Robson, Nene Ormes
14 Eurocon 2011 June 17-19, 2011 Stockholm Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg, Jukka Halme
15 Kontrast 2012 Uppsala Sara Bergmark Elfgren, Mats Strandberg, Joe Abercrombie, Peter Watts, Kelly Link, Niels Dalgaard
16 Fantastika 2013 October 18-20, 2013 Stockholm Lavie Tidhar, Jo Walton, Johan Anglemark, Karin Tidbeck
17 Steampunkfestival i Gävle 2014 Gävle Cory Doctorow, Mike Perschon, Miriam Rosenberg Rocek, Chris Wooding
18 ConFuse 2015 2015 Linköping Madeline Ashby, Kristina Hård, Ben Aaronovitch
19 Fantastika 2016 June 17-19, 2016 Stockholm Maria Turtschaninoff, Jerry Määttä, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Caroline Mullan
20 Kontur 2017 Uppsala Kameron Hurley, Ann Leckie, Siri Pettersen
21 Fantastika 2018 June 15-17, 2018 Stockholm Ian Watson, Mike Carey, Kij Johnson
22 Replicon 2019 Västerås Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz, Gunilla Jonsson, Michael Petersén
No Swecon in 2020 due to Covid-19
23 Fantastika 2020 Fantastika 2021 March 20-22 2020 March 19-21, 2021 Stockholm Adrian Tchaikovsky, Aliette de Bodard, Peadar Ó Guilín, Eva Holmquist. Postponed due to Covid-19
24 Ökon 3 August 13–14, 2022 Stockholm Torill Kornfeldt, Boel Bermann
25 Konflikt (Eurocon) June 8–11, 2023 Uppsala Johan Egerkrans, Merja Polvinen, Francesco Verso, Martha Wells


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