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Sweden has a long history when it comes to gaming and role playing. In 1972, the oldest member organization in SVEROK was founded: Forodrim , in Stockholm. In 1976, GothCon (the oldest still-active gaming convention in the world) took place for the first time. Gamers in Gothenburg gathered over Easter to play games and generally congregate.
In 1982, the first Swedish RPG was published: Drakar och Demoner. The title translates to "Dragons and Demons"--in Swedish, it has the same feel as " Dungeons and Dragons" in English. During the 1980sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s Years: 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Events and trends, the role-playing and board gaming hobby grew to larger proportions. Several new gaming conventions popped up in various parts of the country, some of which are still active. Numerous gaming clubThis article is about clubs referring to a particular organization of people. For other article subjects named club see club (disambiguation). A club (in Greek usually: Mupia in Latin sodalitas consists of an association of people not united together by as were formed as well. In Sweden, most countiesOriginally, a county was the land under the jurisdiction of a count (in Great Britain, an earl, though the original earldoms covered larger areas) by reason of that office. The term has since tended to represent a tertiary geographical unit of administrat give support to youth clubs of a decent size. By uniting the local gamers, many clubs got free or cheap places to keep their equipment and play their games. In 19881988 is a leap year starting on Friday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 2 Georgia celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 9 Connecticut celebrates its bicentennial statehood. January 26 Australia celebrates its bicentennial day., people from a number of gaming clubs founded SVEROK, so as to have an umbrella organizationAn umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, prov for gaming and to raise government funds.
Sverok was actually the second attempt at founding a nationwide federation of role-playing gamers. Local federations had previously formed with the common aim of uniting in a national organization. When this effort stalled, they united into SVEROK instead.
In Sweden, any sufficiently large (over 3000 members, generally) and democraticA democracy is a form of government under which the power to alter the laws and structures of government lies with the voting citizenry (referred to as "the people", because in modern times it usually consists of all people over 18 years of age), and all youthIn law, a youth is a person who is neither an adult nor a child, but somewhere in between, commonly called a teenager. The age in which a person is considered a "youth," and thus eligible for special treatment under the law varies around the world. Common organization receives government funds. Some others are the Boy ScoutsBoy Scouts originally denoted the organization that developed and rapidly grew up during 1908 in the wake of the publication by Lord Robert Baden-Powell of his book Scouting for Boys''. A Boy Scout originally referred to a male youth between the age of 12 and Girl Scouts, the Red Cross youth organization, and quite a few others. All in all, 64 organizations, including SVEROK, receive this support.
In 2002, SVEROK received 5,304,558 krona--roughly 650,000 Euros or $550,000 US. SVEROK's goal is to hand out 50% of this money directly to member organizations. The remaining 50% is used for rent, salaries for administrative staff, travel, events, printing Sverox (a tri-monthly magazine), and general expenses, including hosting the webpages of member organizations. It should be noted that the sum mentioned above is what the national body receives—the eight districts (see below) also get varying amounts of money from their local governments. This ranges from roughly 60,000 krona to 600,000 krona, depending on the number of members the various areas support and on the overall financial situation of the area. See below under 'districts'.