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 were 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.
| 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 |
| Year | Location | Swedish Champion | U20 Champion | U16 Champion | U13 Champion | O60 Champion | O50 Champion | O65 Champion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Stockholm | Gideon Ståhlberg | |||||||
| 1940 * | Stockholm | Nils Bergkvist | |||||||
| 1941 | Gothenburg | Erik Lundin | |||||||
| 1942 | Östersund | Erik Lundin | |||||||
| 1943 | Malmö | Bengt Ekenberg | |||||||
| 1944 | Lidköping | Stig Lundholm | |||||||
| 1945 | Visby | Erik Lundin | |||||||
| 1946 | Motala | Erik Lundin | |||||||
| 1947 | Stockholm | Folke Ekström | |||||||
| 1948 | Sundsvall | Folke Ekström | |||||||
| 1949 | Eskilstuna | Kristian Sköld | Åke Westman | ||||||
| 1950 | Kristianstad | Kristian Sköld | Sven Palmqvist | ||||||
| 1951 | Halmstad | Gösta Stoltz | Sven Asker | ||||||
| 1952 | Hålland | Gösta Stoltz | Åke Olsson | ||||||
| 1953 | Örebro | Gösta Stoltz | Berndt Sehlstedt | ||||||
| 1954 | Hälsingborg | Bengt-Eric Hörberg | Hans Brodén | ||||||
| 1955 | Södertälje | Gösta Danielsson | Staffan Eriksson | ||||||
| 1956 | Borås | Åke Stenborg | Ralph Halleröd | ||||||
| 1957 | Stockholm | Zandor Nilsson | Hans-Ove Hålén | ||||||
| 1958 | Växjö | Inge Johansson | Ove Kinnmark | ||||||
| 1959 | Västerås | Kristian Sköld | Börje Jansson | ||||||
| 1960 | Kiruna | Erik Lundin | Karl-Gustaf Dahl | ||||||
| 1961 | Avesta | Erik Lundin | Lars Esselius | ||||||
| 1962 | Örnsköldsvik | Bengt Ekenberg | Rune Litsberger | ||||||
| 1963 | Karlskrona | Kristian Sköld | Lars Gösta Cederquist | ||||||
| 1964 | Gothenburg | Erik Lundin | Jan Sibe | ||||||
| 1965 | Falköping | Zandor Nilsson | lennart Liljedahl | ||||||
| 1966 | Malmö | Martin Johansson | Gert Svensson | ||||||
| 1967 | Stockholm | Rolf Martens | Axel Ornstein | ||||||
| 1968 | Norrköping | Börje Jansson | Anders Wirgren | ||||||
| 1969 | Sundsvall | Ulf Andersson | Jaan Eslon | ||||||
| 1970 | Nässjö | Börje Jansson | Konstanty Kaiszauri | ||||||
| 1971 | Eskilstuna | Sven Malmgren | Anders Larsson | ||||||
| 1972 | Skellefteå | Axel Ornstein | Roland Ekström | ||||||
| 1973 | Bollnäs | Axel Ornstein | Caspar Carleson | ||||||
| 1974 | Lund | Magnus Wahlbom | Anders Wengholm | ||||||
| 1975 | Gothenburg | Axel Ornstein | Dan Cramling | ||||||
| 1976 | Motala | Harry Schüssler | Gösta Svenn | ||||||
| 1977 | Stockholm | Axel Ornstein | Michael Wiedenkeller | ||||||
| 1978 | Degerfors | Nils Gustav Renman Harry Schüssler |
Anders Lundin | ||||||
| 1979 | Borås | Lars-Åke Schneider | Göran Marklund | ||||||
| 1980 | Luleå | Nils-Gustav Renman | Peter Fransson | ||||||
| 1981 | Ystad | Dan Cramling | Ferdinand Hellers | ||||||
| 1982 | Gävle | Lars-Åke Schneider | Hans Jonsson | ||||||
| 1983 | Karlskrona | Lars-Åke Schneider | Per Thorén | ||||||
| 1984 | Linköping | Axel Ornstein | Richard Wessman | ||||||
| 1985 | Uppsala | Ralf Åkesson | Rikard Winsnes | Teodor Hellborg | |||||
| 1986 | Malmö | Lars-Åke Schneider | Richard Wessman | Stefan Solbrand | |||||
| 1987 | Stockholm | Axel Ornstein | Pontus Sjödahl | Anders Burman | |||||
| 1988 | Norrköping | Axel Ornstein | Per Vernersson | Mikael Jonsson | |||||
| 1989 | Sundsvall | Jan Johansson | Jonas Berkhagen | Michael Wiander | |||||
| 1990 | Gothenburg | Michael Wiedenkeller | Anton Åberg | Erik Hedman | |||||
| 1991 | Helsingborg | Stellan Brynell | Johan Hellsten | Martin Nilsson | |||||
| 1992 | Borlänge | Lars Karlsson | Johan Eriksson | Johan Upmark | |||||
| 1993 | Lindesberg | Thomas Ernst | Mikael Jonsson | Robert Wikström | |||||
| 1994 | Haparanda | Richard Wessman | Erik Hedman | Tommy Andersson | |||||
| 1995 | Borlänge | Lars Degerman | Erik Malmstig | Björn Lundberg | |||||
| 1996 | Linköping | Robert Åström | Dennis Rylander | Jonas Morin | |||||
| 1997 | Haninge | Lars Degerman | Joel Åkesson | Nissim Laksman | |||||
| 1998 | Ronneby | Evgeny Agrest | Anders Olsson | Fredrik Holmberg | |||||
| 1999 | Lidköping | Ralf Åkesson | Dennis Rylander | Ulf Hammar | Anton Frisk Kockum | ||||
| 2000 | Örebro | Tom Wedberg | Anders Olsson | Erik Jacobson | Drazen Dragicevic | ||||
| 2001 | Linköping | Evgeny Agrest | Jonas Eriksson | Marta Nesterow | Drazen Dragicevic | ||||
| 2002 | Skara | Jonny Hector | Hans Tikkanen | Mikael Andersson Fraenkel | Christopher Lissäng | ||||
| 2003 | Umeå | Evgeny Agrest | Kezli Ong | Adam Blomqvist | Inna Agrest | ||||
| 2004 | Gothenburg | Evgeny Agrest | Bo Lindberg | Gustav Hedén | Börje Jansson | ||||
| 2005 | Gothenburg | Stellan Brynell | Rauan Sagit | Linus Centerström | Eric Vaarala | Ralph Halleröd | |||
| 2006 | Gothenburg | Johan Hellsten | Axel Smith | Martin Alarik | Carl Eidenert | Ralph Halleröd | |||
| 2007 | Stockholm | Tiger Hillarp Persson | Nils Grandelius | Simon Hänninger | Martin Lundberg | Bo Kyhle | |||
| 2008 | Växjö | Tiger Hillarp Persson | Simon Hänninger | Erik Thörn | Linus Johansson | Bo Plato | |||
| 2009 | Kungsör | Emanuel Berg | Arash Abdollah Zadeh | Harald-Berggren Torell | Sam Kassani | Nils Åke Malmdin | |||
| 2010 | Lund | Emanuel Berg | Jonathan Westerberg | Frans Dahlstedt | Tom Rydström | Bengt Hammar | |||
| 2011 | Västerås | Hans Tikkanen | Eric Vaarala | Mattis Olofsson-Dolk | Martin Jogstad | Nils Åke Malmdin | |||
| 2012 | Falun | Hans Tikkanen | Philip Lindgren | Joar Ölund | Joakim Mörling | Bengt Hammar | |||
| 2013 | Örebro | Hans Tikkanen | Carl Cederstam-Barsk | Martin Jogstad | Lisa Fredholm | Jan-Olov Lind | |||
| 2014 | Borlänge | Daniel Semcesen | Joar Ölund | Joakim Mörling | Klemens Ng | Nils-Åke Malmdin | |||
| 2015 | Sunne | Nils Grandelius | Joakim Mörling | Isak Storme | Ludvig Carlsson | Lars Blomström | |||
| 2016 | Uppsala | Erik Blomqvist | Martin Jogstad | Santiago Grueso Cordoba | Gabriel Nguyen | Åke Westin | |||
| 2017 | Stockholm | Hans Tikkanen | Seo Jung-min | Leo Crevatin | Gustav Törngren | Luis Couso | Nils-Åke Malmdin | ||
| 2018 | Ronneby | Hans Tikkanen | Kaan Kücüksarı | Jacob Jönsson | Arvin Rasti | Dan Cramling | Juan Bellon | ||
| 2019 | Eskilstuna | Erik Blomqvist | Isak Storme | Gabriel Nguyen | Axel Falkevall | Krister Lagerborg | Juan Bellon | ||
| 2020 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | |||
| 2021 | Helsingborg | Seo Jung-min | Ludvig Carlsson | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
| 2022 | Uppsala | Jonny Hector | William Olsson | Sebastian Persson | Oscar Morell | Håkan Svensson | Björn Gillefalk | ||
| 2023 | Helsingborg | Vitaly Sivuk | Joar Östlund | Lavinia Valcu | Rohan Gore | Max Wahlund | Per Söderberg | ||
| 2024 | Växjö | Vitaly Sivuk | Axel Falkevall | Melvin Ral Lustig | Svante Nödtveidt | Bengt Lindberg | Kaj Engström | ||
| 2025 | Uppsala | Seo Jung-min | Hugo Wernberg | Lo Ljungros | David León | Per Vernersson | Jan Johansson | ||
| 2026 | Jönköping | Edvin Trost | Vidar Grahn | Alfons Jouandet-Dahlén | William Mårdh | Gösta Svenn | Håkan Rothén |
| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Eva Berglund |