Swedish Ultimate is a strange bird. They used to be a power house in the ’80s and ’90s, always finishing in the top 3 at the World Championships. However this seemed to have subsided somewhat in the last 10 years. Unlike many other European countries their players don’t travel much to other tournaments and you rarely hear about them internationally.
But that is not to say that Swedish (Beach) Ultimate is dead. There are still enough players and tournaments and now they are organizing an international beach hat tournament 21-22 August in Halmstad: the Bull’s Fat Hat (www.frisbee.se/beachhat or on Facebook).
Is this the start of the revival of Swedish Ultimate? I hope so. I liked seeing their yellow and blue outfits on the field.
Swedish National Beach Ultimate Team at the World Championships in 2004
