Swedish Chess Championship
Year Location Result
1917 Stockholm Otto Löwenborg 3 - Anton Olson 2
1917 Gothenburg Gustaf Nyholm 3½ - Karl Berndtsson 1½
1917 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 4 - Otto Löwenborg 1
1919 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 2½ - Arthur Håkansson 2½
1919 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 3½ - Anton Olson 1½
1921 Gothenburg Gustaf Nyholm 2½ - Allan Nilsson 2½
1921 Stockholm Anton Olson 3 - Gustaf Nyholm 2
1921 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 3½ - Anton Olson 1½
1924 Gothenburg Allan Nilsson 3 - Gustaf Nyholm 1
1927 Gothenburg Allan Nilsson 2½ - Gösta Stoltz 2½
1929 Gothenburg Gideon Ståhlberg 3 - Allan Nilsson 0
1931 Gothenburg Gideon Ståhlberg 3 - Gösta Stoltz 3
The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm who won two matches against winners of national tournaments: Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917. Until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships decided by match play. In the 1930s, Gideon Ståhlberg held the title in spite of results of the national tournaments. Since 1939, only the tournament is played as an official Swedish Championship.