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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. Swecon is usually the largest Swedish science fiction convention in any given year.[ 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 .
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
20
2017
Uppsala
Kontur
Kameron Hurley , Ann Leckie , Siri Pettersen
21
2018
Stockholm
Fantastika 2018
Ian Watson , Mike Carey , Kij Johnson
22
2019
Västerås
Replicon
Charlie Jane Anders , Annalee Newitz , Gunilla Jonsson , Michael Petersén
23
2021
Stockholm
Fantastika 2021
Adrian Tchaikovsky , Eva Holmquist , Peadar Ó Guilín , Maria Nilsson
24
2022
Stockholm
Ö-kon 3
Torill Kornfeldt , Boel Bermann
25
2023
Uppsala
Konflikt
Johan Egerkrans , Merja Polvinen , Francesco Verso , Martha Wells
26
2024
Stockholm
Fantastika 2024