Luncon

Luncon, the first Swedish sf convention, was held August 18–19, 1956, in Lund, arranged by the Lund club Utopia and chaired by the club chairman, Kjell Pettersson. 41 attendees.

Very sercon program, with lectures on the soon-to-be-expected discovery of antigravity, on UFOs, on mutations, and on modern foreign sf, the last given by author Björn Nyberg, who knew L. Sprague de Camp. A congratulatory letter from Danish sf author Niels E. Nielsen was read aloud, and the first known Swedish amateur sf film was shown (written, directed and filmed by Denis Lindbohm; around 20 minutes long and called Den stora nattens vålnad, Spectre of the Great Night, it's about an alien crashing on Earth, then hunted to death by earthlings). Much time was spent discussing the founding of a national organization for sf fans; one was duly formed and just as duly disappeared without a trace almost immediately.

Another Luncon was held May 24–26, 1969; possibly unrelated, as it was said to be very fannish.

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