At the first Session of the International Olympic Committee, in 1894, Athens was chosen to stage the first Olympic Games of the Modern Era, in 1896, as an honour to the birthplace of the Ancient Olympics.
Thụy Điển có nhiều lần vận động đăng cai Thế vận hội Mùa đông nhất nhưng chưa một lần giành quyền đăng cai. ^ At the first Session of the International Olympic Committee, in 1894, Athens was chosen to stage the first Olympic Games of the Modern Era, in 1896, as an honour to the birthplace of the Ancient Olympics.