General Information


The Swedish Association of Physicists has arranged a National Physics Competition since 1976. The competition has two stages, the first is a combined qualification and team competition. The first stage consists of a set of eight theoretical problems, one in English. About 1000 students from 150 schools participate in the first stage. The three best students from each school constitute a team and the six best teams receive money prizes. The 10-15 individually best students are invited to the second stage in Stockholm. The first day they solve experimental problems and the second day they are confronted with a set of written theoretical problems. The six best participants receive money prizes and we also select among the second stage participants the five students that will represent Sweden at the International Physics Olympiad.

Download Competition Problems



The files below are stored as Acrobat PDF files. They can be read by Acrobat Reader that you can find as freeware for several platforms on the net At the moment there are only the 1994-1999 competitions. I intend to add earlier years later on .

  • National Physics Competition 1999, Stage 1
  • National Physics Competition 1999, Stage 1, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1999, Stage 2
  • National Physics Competition 1999, Stage 2, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1999, English, text only
  • National Physics Competition 1998, Stage 1
  • National Physics Competition 1998, Stage 1, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1998, Stage 2
  • National Physics Competition 1998, Stage 2, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1998, English, text only
  • National Physics Competition 1997, Stage 1
  • National Physics Competition 1997, Stage 1, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1997, Stage 2
  • National Physics Competition 1997, Stage 2, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1997, English, text only
  • National Physics Competition 1996, Stage 1
  • National Physics Competition 1996, Stage 1, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1996, Stage 2
  • National Physics Competition 1996, Stage 2, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1996, English, text only
  • National Physics Competition 1995, Stage 1
  • National Physics Competition 1995, Stage 1, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1995, Stage 2
  • National Physics Competition 1995, Stage 2, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1995, English, text only
  • National Physics Competition 1994, Stage 1
  • National Physics Competition 1994, Stage 1, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1994, Stage 2
  • National Physics Competition 1994, Stage 2, Solutions
  • National Physics Competition 1994, English, text only

    If you have problems downloading or unpacking the files you can write directly to me:

    Lars Gislén
    Department of Theoretical Physics
    Solvegatan 14
    223 62 Lund, SWEDEN