The Cancer Society in Stockholm was founded in 1910 in order to manage the funds set up from Radiumhemmet - the first cancer treatment clinic in Sweden.

Cancer Society in Stockholm and The King Gustaf V Jubilee Fund worked closely together from the start with cancer care and cancer research but when health care in Sweden was nationalised in the 1940´s the two funds joined forces and concentrated on the funding of Swedish cancer research.

In 1962, the Cancer Society in Stockholm became a full UICC member.