The Svenska Dragkampforbundet was established in 1933. Sweden has a good national organization and together with England they founded TWIF in 1960. They were able to arrange the first real international competition as part of a multi sport event in the Baltic Games 1964, Malmo. The organizers invited two new countries; the Netherlands and Denmark to participate. After the Games the Netherlands joined TWIF, while Denmark did not feel developed enough to join. Currently Sweden has made new contacts with Denmark to help them to join TWIF. Mr. Tage Andersson was the first TWIF President and Mr. Rudolf Ullmark the first TWIF Chairman. For health reasons the two Swedish officials had to step down in 1966 from the TWIF Executive Committee. Sweden participated in 213 TWIF competitions and won 17 World titles as well as 19 European titles. Including the Baltic Games, Sweden has been the host country for 6 TWIF Championships.