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Finnish Shooting Sport Federation

Finnish sports governing body

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ11894804 ↗
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The Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, Finnish Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto (SAL), was founded in 1919 and is an umbrella organization for sport shooting in Finland, representing many international shooting sport organizations in Finland.

SAL is Finlands's representative for the international shooting organizations International Shooting Sport Federation, International Practical Shooting Confederation, World Benchrest Shooting Federation, International Metallic Silhouette Shooting Union, Muzzle Loaders Associations International Committee and the European Shooting Confederation.

Shooting disciplines

Pistol (pistooli)

Rifle (kivääri)

Shotgun (haulikko)

Running target (liikkuva maali)

Practical (practical)

Metallic silhouette (siluetti)

Benchrest (kasa-ammunta)

Black powder (mustaruuti)

National championships

The IPSC Finnish Handgun Championship, Rifle Championship, Shotgun Championship, Tournament Championship and Action Air Championship

See also

List of shooting sports organizations

Nordic Shooting Region

SRA-shooting, a shooting discipline organized by the Finnish Reservist Sports Federation.

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The public source identifies “Finnish Shooting Sport Federation” as finnish sports governing body. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Finnish, Shooting and Sport.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1919—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1919-01-19. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Finnish, Shooting and Sport providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Finnish Shooting Sport Federation” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.