Swecon

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.

Swecon;	Convention	Dates	Guests of Honour
Swecon 1	ConFuse 98	June 26-28, 1998	Paul J. McAuley
Swecon 2	Upsala: 1999	October 15-17, 1999	Michael Swanwick, Lars-Olov Strandberg
Swecon 3	NasaCon 2000	July 7-9, 2000	Brian M. Stableford, John-Henri Holmberg
Swecon 4	Fantastika 2001	June 15-17, 2001	Robin Hobb, Robert Rankin, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Pierre Christin, Bein Roimola
Swecon 5	ConFuse 2002	June 14-16, 2002	China Miéville, Gwyneth Jones
Swecon 6	Upsala SF-möte X	August 15-17, 2003	Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod
Swecon 7	Swecon 2004	August 20-22, 2004	M. John Harrison, Dave Lally, Tim Russ
Swecon 8	ConCeive	June 17-19, 2005	Charles Stross, Erik Granström
Swecon 9	Imagicon 1	October 13-15, 2006	Joe Haldeman, Geoff Ryman, Martin Andreasson
Swecon 10	Conviction	2007	Richard Morgan, John Ajvide Lindqvist
Swecon 11	ConFuse 2008	2008	Cory Doctorow, Adam Roberts
Swecon 12	Imagicon 2	2009	Liz Williams, Graham Joyce
Swecon 13	Condense	2010	Justina Robson, Nene Ormes
Swecon 14	Eurocon 2011	June 17-19, 2011	Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg, Jukka Halme
Swecon 5	Kontrast	2012	Sara Bergmark Elfgren, Mats Strandberg, Joe Abercrombie, Peter Watts, Kelly Link, Niels Dalgaard
Swecon 16	Fantastika 2013	October 18-20, 2013	Lavie Tidhar, Jo Walton, Johan Anglemark, Karin Tidbeck
Swecon 17	Steampunkfestival i Gävle	2014	Cory Doctorow, Mike Perschon, Miriam Rosenberg Rocek, Chris Wooding
Swecon 18	ConFuse 2015	2015	Madeline Ashby, Kristina Hård, Ben Aaronovitch
Swecon 19	Fantastika 2016	June 17-19, 2016	Maria Turtschaninoff, Jerry Määttä, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Caroline Mullan
Swecon 20	Kontur	2017	Kameron Hurley, Ann Leckie, Siri Pettersen
Swecon 21	Fantastika 2018	June 15-17, 2018	Ian Watson, Mike Carey, Kij Johnson
Swecon 22	Replicon	2019	Charlie Jane Anders, Annalee Newitz, Gunilla Jonsson, Michael Petersén
Swecon 23	Fantastika 2020	March 20-22 2020	postponed due to the Covid-19 epidemic
Swecon 23	Fantastika 2021	March 19-21, 2021	Adrian Tchaikovsky, Aliette de Bodard, Peadar Ó Guilín, Eva Holmquist

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