Swecon
Swecon is a title annually awarded to a Swedish science fiction convention.
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. This is not necessarily the largest Swedish science fiction convention, but in practice it often is, and it is the most important of the Swedish conventions.[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
| Year | Location | Name | Guest(s) of Honour | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | Linköping | ConFuse 98 | Paul J. McAuley |
| 2 | 1999 | Uppsala | Upsala: 1999 | Michael Swanwick |
| 3 | 2000 | Stockholm | NasaCon 2000 | Brian M. Stableford, John-Henri Holmberg |
| 4 | 2001 | Stockholm | Fantastika 2001 | Robin Hobb, Robert Rankin, Karolina Bjällerstedt Mickos, Pierre Christin |
| 5 | 2002 | Linköping | ConFuse 2002 | China Miéville, Gwyneth Jones |
| 6 | 2003 | Uppsala | Upsala SF-möte X | Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod |
| 7 | 2004 | Stockholm | Swecon 2004 | M. John Harrison, Dave Lally, Tim Russ |
| 8 | 2005 | Gothenburg | ConCeive | Charles Stross, Erik Granström |
| 9 | 2006 | Stockholm | Imagicon | Joe Haldeman, Geoff Ryman, Martin Andreasson |
| 10 | 2007 | Gothenburg | Conviction | Richard Morgan, John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| 11 | 2008 | Linköping | ConFuse 2008 | Cory Doctorow,[2] Adam Roberts |
| 12 | 2009 | Stockholm | Imagicon 2 | Liz Williams, Graham Joyce |
| 13 | 2010 | Gothenburg | Condense | Justina Robson, Nene Ormes |
| 14 | 2011 | Stockholm | Eurocon 2011 | Elizabeth Bear, Ian McDonald, John-Henri Holmberg, Jukka Halme |
| 15 | 2012 | Uppsala | Kontrast | Sara Bergmark Elfgren, Mats Strandberg, Joe Abercrombie, Peter Watts, Kelly Link, Niels Dalgaard |
| 16 | 2013 | Stockholm | Fantastika 2013 | Lavie Tidhar, Jo Walton, Johan Anglemark, Karin Tidbeck |
| 17 | 2014 | Gävle | Steampunkfestival i Gävle | Cory Doctorow, Mike Perschon, Miriam Rosenberg Rocek, Chris Wooding |
| 18 | 2015 | Linköping | ConFuse 2015 | Madeline Ashby, Kristina Hård, Ben Aaronovitch |
| 19 | 2016 | Stockholm | Fantastika 2016 | Maria Turtschaninoff, Jerry Määttä, Carolyn Ives Gilman, Caroline Mullan |
See also
References
- ↑ "Swecon – riks-sf-kongressen". Fandom.se. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
- ↑ Guest of Honour at SweCon, Sweden, next weekend, Boing Boing June 10, 2008, retrieved April 8, 2011
External links
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