NORDIC COUNTRIES CHAMPIONSHIP (CHESS UNION OF NORTH COUNTRIES CHAMPIONSHIPS)

The championship also named at the beginning Nordic Chess Congress has been held since 1899 by the Chess Union of North Countries – a regional chess organisation, including chess players of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Faroe Islands, Finland, Sweden and occasionally honourable guests. There were 40 tournaments held in the period of 1899-1987, and since 1953, once in two years. The winners included well-known players like Milan Vidmar, Alexander Alekhine, Aaron Nimzowisch, Bent Larsen, Friðrik Olafsson, etc. The championship winners were: 1899 Moeller DEN, 1901 Moeller DEN, 1903 Y.Girzing DEN, 1905 A.Petersson SWE,  1907 P.Leonhardt, 1909 M.Vidmar, 1912 A.Alekhine, 1916 P.Ioner, 1917 G.Nuholm SWE, 1919 A.Olsson SWE, Spielmann, 1924 A.Nimzowisch, 1928 K.Berndtsson SWE, 1929 G.Stahlberg SWE, 1930 E.Anderssen DEN, 1934 A. Nimzowisch, 1936 E.Lundin SWE, 1938 G.Stahlberg SWE, 1939 Lundin, Stahlberg, 1946 O.Kaila FIN, 1947 E.Book FIN, G.Stoltz SWE, 1948 B.Moeller ISL, 1950 B.Moeller ISL, 1953 F.Olafsson ISL, 1955 B. Larsen DEN, F. Olafsson, the playoff match was won by B. Larsen with a  score of 4,5-3,5, 1957 O.Sterner SWE, 1959 S. Iohannesson NOR, 1961 I.Iohannsson ISL, 1963 B. Brink-Klaussen DEN, 1965 F.Torbergsson ISL, 1967 R. Hoen NOR, 1969 O. Yakobsen DEN, 1971 F. Olafsson, 1973 B. Larsen, 1975 S. Holm DEN, 1977 L. Petersson SWE, 1979 K. Niklasson SWE, 1981 K. Helmers NOR, 1983 K. Hansen DEN, 1985 S. Agdestein NOR, 1987 M. Petursson ISL, 2001 E. Agrest SWE, 2003 E. Agrest SWE, 2005 E. Agrest SWE, 2007 E. Berg SWE, 2009 P.H. Nielsen DEN, 2011 J.L.Hammer NOR, 2013 A. Smith SWE, 2016 E. Blomqvist SWE, 2017 J. Hjartarson ISL, 2019 F. Urkedal NOR.