Stockholm to Bid for 2022 Winter Olympics

November 11, 2013

Stockholm has become the sixth city to declare their bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics before next week’s deadline.

Sweden will be competing with a joint Poland and Slovakea bid, Norwegian capital of Oslo, Ukrainian city of Lviv; Beijing and the northern Chinese city of Zhangjiakou; and Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The Swedish Olympic Committee said in a statement:  “The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOC) today put forward Stockholm to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as a possible host city for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in 2022. “

“If the ongoing investigations reveal that the project is viable, an application will be submitted to the IOC on March 14 2014. That will be deepened in January 2015 when the issue of government guarantees will also be dealt with.”.

The IOC will select the 2022 host city in 2015.