After Swedish Championship 16:00 04/01/2014 Last week we had the National Arm Wrestling Championshipin Sweden. It was quiet, effective and well-organized. Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. I must admit, that before coming to Vimmerby, I hadn’t looked up where I was going to. As it turned out on the spot, the town is the birthplace of Astrid Lindgren (the author of Pippi Longstocking) - city, where Astrid was born and raised. There were also some episodes for the movie written there. Between many, we had an opportunity to see the tree, where Pippi hid her lemonade. It was an amazing experience for those who did read the said book more than 30 years ago. Back to the competition – Swedish Championship was organized by the Federation, which exists for over 20 years. The competitions were held few times before, therefore... nobody knows what its number was. There were 264 participants from 28 clubs in 59 categories. At the weigh-in on Thursday, Friday and Saturday every