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'''Luncon''', the first [[Swedish]] [[sf]] [[convention]], was held August 18–19, 1956, in Lund, arranged by the Lund [[club]] [[Utopia (Sweden)]] and [[chaired]] by the club chairman, [[Kjell Pettersson]]. 41 attendees.  
A [[convention]] or, more likely, a series of conventions, held in [[Lund, Sweden]].  It was reported as being very [[fannish]].
 
  
We are presently aware of one which was held May 24-26, 1969.
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Very [[sercon]] [[program]], with lectures on the soon-to-be-expected discovery of antigravity, on [[UFO]]s, on [[mutant|mutations]], and on modern foreign sf, the last given by [[author]] [[Björn Nyberg]], who knew [[L. Sprague de Camp]]. A congratulatory letter from [[Danish]] sf author [[Niels E. Nielsen]] was read aloud, and the first known Swedish [[amateur]] [[movies|sf film]] was shown (written, directed and filmed by [[Denis Lindbohm]]; around 20 minutes long and called ''Den stora nattens vålnad, Spectre of the Great Night'', it's about an [[alien]] crashing on Earth, then hunted to death by [[terran|earthlings]]). Much time was spent discussing the founding of a national [[organization]] for sf [[fans]]; one was duly formed and just as duly disappeared without a trace almost immediately.  
  
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Another Luncon was held held May 24–26, 1969; possibly unrelated, as it was said to be very [[fannish]].
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Revision as of 15:55, 26 March 2023

Luncon, the first Swedish sf convention, was held August 18–19, 1956, in Lund, arranged by the Lund club Utopia and chaired by the club chairman, Kjell Pettersson. 41 attendees.

Very sercon program, with lectures on the soon-to-be-expected discovery of antigravity, on UFOs, on mutations, and on modern foreign sf, the last given by author Björn Nyberg, who knew L. Sprague de Camp. A congratulatory letter from Danish sf author Niels E. Nielsen was read aloud, and the first known Swedish amateur sf film was shown (written, directed and filmed by Denis Lindbohm; around 20 minutes long and called Den stora nattens vålnad, Spectre of the Great Night, it's about an alien crashing on Earth, then hunted to death by earthlings). Much time was spent discussing the founding of a national organization for sf fans; one was duly formed and just as duly disappeared without a trace almost immediately.

Another Luncon was held held May 24–26, 1969; possibly unrelated, as it was said to be very fannish.


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