champion of 1930, Erik Andersen, defended his title with 3-3 against Gideon Ståhlberg at Copenhagen 1934 and lost it by 2½-3½ against Erik Lundin at Copenhagen 1937.

Several of the Nordic Championship have been arranged as part of an open tournament, where the best placed player from a Nordic country becomes Nordic champion even if that person did not win the event. For example, the Nordic Champion of 2011, Jon Ludvig Hammer, finished