Holmgång is a yearly HEMA competition hosted by SPIFF, taking place in Stockholm.
Check out @holmgang.competion on Instagram and Facebook for regular updates.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the Holmgång team at holmgang.competition@gmail.com
2026
Holmgång returns on 18–19 April 2026 with another two-day event at Eriksdalshallen in Stockholm!
This year, our aim is to significantly increase the number of participants compared to previous years. We are also introducing a Women’s Sabre discipline.
Holmgång 2026 will consist of following disciplines:
Registration is open!
Registration will be closed on 28th of February at 24:00.
Register here: Holmgång 2026 Registration Form
Saturday 18th of April:
- Beginners’ Longsword (morning)
- Women’s Longsword (morning-midday)
- Open Longsword (afternoon/evening)
Sunday 19th of April:
- Open Single Rapier (morning)
- Open Arming Sword & Buckler (morning-midday)
- Women’s Sabre (afternoon)
- Open Sabre (afternoon)
All finals (Bronze and Gold medal matches) will take place at the end of each respective day.
The Beginners’ Longsword discipline is aimed at fencers who have no or little experience competing in Longsword. (There are however no definite limitations regarding previous competition attendance or performance).
The Women’s tournaments are open to all women.
The Open tournaments are open to all fencers.
The entire event will be hosted through HEMA-Scorecard where schedules, brackets, results and more will be available.
BRING YOUR OWN
Holmgång fencers are asked to bring their own weapons. All of the most common manufacturer’s common models are likely to be fine (e.g. SIGI, Regenyei, Kvetun, Pike, Darkwood, etc). More detailed weapon requirements and further information can be found within the ruleset. A limited number of weapons will also be available for rent from SPIFF at a price of 250 SEK per weapon and discipline. Please reach out to the Holmgång team beforehand if you wish to rent a weapon (beginners will be prioritised).
Payment and Deadlines
The registration fee will be 200 SEK base fee + 500 SEK per discipline.
Your spot in the tournament is secured only after we have received the registration fee.
As an option you may also pre-order a Holmgång sports shirt when registering (registration and payment required before 15th of March).
Staffing discount
As Holmgång is increasing in scope, we’ll be needing more judges and scorekeepers than former years. To fill these positions we are therefore opening-up staffing to competitors willing to help out. Signing-up does not guarantee a spot as a judge nor scorekeeper as we will only reach out to a limited number of competitors as the need arises. A competitor will receive a 200 SEK discount per discipline judged and 100 SEK discount per discipline acting as scorekeeper.
Charity prize pool
As in earlier editions of Holmgång there will be a charity prize pool. Each fencer will be allowed to choose one of four charities to champion. The further the fencer advances in any given discipline, the larger portion of the prize pool will be donated to their championed charity. Together with our participants and sponsors we last year donated a total of 14 000 SEK to the charities Givewell, Naturskyddsföreningen, UNICEF and WWF. We encourage all who wish and can, to contribute to the prize pool by donation. All donations matter, however small. You may choose to donate a sum in conjunction with registering, or at a later time via swish or bank transfer. Donations are of course entirely voluntary.
If you have any problems, feel free to reach out to the Holmgång team at holmgang.competition@gmail.com
2025
Holmgång 2025 took place at Eriksdalshallen as a 2-day event on the 26-27th of April. It featured 6 disciplines: Beginners’ Longsword, Women’s Longsword, and Open Longsword on the Saturday, as well as Open Single Rapier, Open Sword & Buckler, and Open Sabre on the Sunday. It was attended by 54 different fencers from 6 different countries.
Link to results: https://hemascorecard.com/infoSummary.php?e=641&t=0&m=0
The charity prize pool managed to raise a total of 13 100 SEK towards charity! This will be donated to Givewell, Naturskyddsföreningen, UNICEF, and WWF.
2024
Holmgång 2024 took place at Rödabergshallen as a 2-day event on the 25-26th of May. It featured 6 disciplines: Beginners’ Longsword, Open Longsword, Women’s and underrepresented gender’s Longsword, Open Sword & Buckler, Open Single Rapier and Open Sabre.
Link to results with medalists:
HEMA Scorecard
Together with our participants and sponsors, we last year donated a total of 10 000 SEK to the charities Cancerfonden, Insamlingsstiftelsen Baltic Waters, Médecins Sans Frontières and Riksföreningen Sveriges Stadsmissioner!
Sponsors:
Holmgång 2024 was sponsored by Stockholmspolisens IF Fäktning and SPES Histfenc!
2023
Holmgång 2023 took place at Eriksdalshallen on June 3rd, and featured 4 open disciplines: Rapier, Sabre, Sword & buckler, and Longsword.
A total of 40 unique fencers took part representing 5 different countries and 14 different clubs.
Listed below are the medalist in each discipline:
Rapier
Gold medal: Rasmus Rolandsson, SPIFF
Silver medal: Henric Hintze, SPIFF
Bronze medal: Kristofer Stanson, Stockholm Stigmän
Saber
Gold medal: Dennis Ljungqvist, KuHFS
Silver medal: Pontus Westerholm, Lunds Kontrafäktare
Bronze medal: Jimmy Olsson, West Coast HEMA
Sword & Buckler
Gold medal: Miro Lahtela, EHMS
Silver medal: Kristofer Stanson, Stockholm Stigmän
Bronze medal: Jimmy Olsson, West Coast HEMA
Longsword
Gold medal: Ville Välimäki, EHMS
Silver medal: Dennis Ljungqvist, KuHFS
Bronze medal: Pontus Westerholm, Lunds Kontrafäktare
For the full result see Holmgang 2023 – HEMA Ratings
Charity prize pool
The competition also had a charity drive component that allowed the fencers to champion one of eight charities. The better the fencers did in the tournaments, the more money was contributed to their chosen charity. In total 5101 kr was raised and donated to charity during Holmgång 2023.
Ruleset
Check out this video explaining the most important part of the ruleset: Holmgång 2023 Ruleset
