Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet

What Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet does

Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet is a Swedish national organization headquartered in Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden, focused on cheerleading activities, competitions, and training programs. According to the firmographic record, it was founded in 1995 and operates with a small team of 11–50 employees. The organization's stated purpose is to provide cheerleading activities, competitions, and training programs, which is consistent with the typical role of a national sports federation ("förbundet") — coordinating member clubs, sanctioning events, and representing the discipline domestically.

The firm's short description characterizes it as a nonprofit, while the firmographics metadata lists company_type as "for_profit" — a material discrepancy that should be reconciled for any transaction work, as the Swedish "förbundet" naming convention and the membership-federation operating model are more consistent with a nonprofit member association than a for-profit entity. The primary revenue mechanics, assuming a nonprofit federation model, would be member/club affiliation fees, athlete and club competition registration fees, training program fees, coaching certification revenue, and potentially sponsorships or public grants supporting youth and elite sport — though none of these specifics were confirmed in the input.

The available data set is extremely thin. The corporate website (cheerleading.se) was inaccessible due to a Cloudflare-style verification challenge, and structured fields for products, technology stack, pricing, customer segments, distribution channels, partnerships, management, ownership, subsidiaries, funding, M&A, and product launches were either empty or unresolved. Consequently, there is no verifiable evidence of proprietary technology, a defined product surface, a named management team, or specific strategic initiatives. The company should be treated as a low-information subject until first-party disclosure (financials, member counts, governance documents) can be obtained.

Name

Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet

Website

https://cheerleading.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet is a Swedish national cheerleading federation based in Göteborg, founded in 1995, providing cheerleading activities, competitions, and training programs to member clubs, athletes, and coaches across Sweden.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sports Federation Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Spectator Sports (71121)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Amateur Sport Governing Bodies & Federations (National/Regional) (MPAKACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Amateur & Grassroots Sport Associations (Community/Youth Governing Orgs) (MPAKAFAF)

Keywords

• Cheerleading training programs
• Cheerleading competitions
• Sports federation services
• Athletic training services
• Competitive cheerleading events

Headquarters

HQ city

Göteborg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Core offering

Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet is a Swedish national cheerleading federation that provides cheerleading activities, competitions, and training programs for athletes, coaches, and clubs across Sweden. The organization operates as a governing body to promote and develop cheerleading as a sport, offering structured pathways for participation in competitive cheerleading within the country. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Göteborg, it functions as the central coordinating body for the Swedish cheerleading community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cheerleading Activities
• Cheerleading Competitions
• Cheerleading Training Programs

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Regional players

• Svenska Basketbollförbundet: Swedish national basketball federation organizing competitions and training. Comparable as another Swedish amateur sport federation with similar structure (member clubs, national competitions, training programs), though serving a different sport.
• Svenska Handbollförbundet: Swedish handball federation running national competitions and club-based member programs. Comparable as a similarly structured Swedish national sport federation with affiliated clubs, competitions, and training infrastructure.

Direct peers

• CheerSport Canada: Canadian cheerleading organization running competitions and athlete development. Direct peer as a national cheerleading body providing competitive programming and training pathways to athletes and clubs.
• British Cheerleading Association: UK national body for cheerleading, organizing competitions, training, and member clubs. A direct peer in both mission and structure as a European national cheerleading federation serving amateur athletes and clubs.
• USA Cheer: The national governing body for cheerleading in the United States. Direct peer as a national cheerleading federation providing activities, competitions, training, and safety programs to athletes, coaches, and member clubs, though operating at much larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Riksidrottsförbundet (Swedish Sports Confederation): The umbrella organization for all Swedish national sport federations. Directly comparable as the parent-tier membership organization that Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet would be affiliated with, governing the broader amateur sport ecosystem in Sweden.
• Svenska Gymnastikförbundet: Swedish national gymnastics federation and one of the country's largest sport federations. Comparable as a fellow Swedish amateur sport governing body that organizes activities, competitions, and training programs, though it operates at significantly greater scale across multiple gymnastics disciplines.
• International Cheer Union (ICU): The international governing body for cheerleading, recognized by Sport Accord and various multi-sport movements. Comparable as a higher-tier governing body for the same sport that Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet's national federation would affiliate with for international competition.
• European Cheer Association (ECA): Pan-European cheerleading association organizing continental championships and supporting member federations. Comparable as a regional governing body for cheerleading that coordinates competitions and training across multiple national federations.

Emerging players

• Cheer Athletics: Large competitive cheerleading gym and event operator. Adjacent peer that illustrates how cheerleading businesses can scale training and competitions commercially, in contrast to a federation model like Svenska Cheerleadingförbundet's nonprofit approach.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/svenskcheerleading

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M&A

Investments

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