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Short name | KSSS |
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Founded | 15 May 1830 |
Location | Hotellvägen 9, Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm |
Commodore | Patrik Salén[1] |
Website | http://www.ksss.se// |
The Royal Swedish Yacht Club (Swedish: Kungliga Svenska Segelsällskapet, KSSS), is the largest and oldest yacht club in Sweden and one of the five oldest in the world, formed 15 May 1830. The Royal Swedish Yacht Club is also the oldest yacht club in Continental Europe.[2]
Activities include racing, training, education, squadron sailing, match racing and club activities. The Royal Swedish Yacht Club also operates the port and has its own ports in Saltsjöbaden and Sandhamn. Every year the yacht club organizes the Round Gotland Race sailed around Gotland, and the Sandhamsregattan at Sandön, in the Stockholm archipelago.