| 1975 | Denmark | Aarhus | Dieter Buck-Gramcko | Germany | |||
| 1977 | Norway | Sandelfjord | Guy Pulvertaft | UK | |||
| 1979 | Finland | Esbo | Norbert Gschwend | Switzerland | |||
| 1981 | Sweden | Gothenburg | Kazimierz Kuczynski | UK | |||
| 1983 | Sweden | Örebro | William Souter | UK | |||
| 1985 | Denmark | Odense | Alfred Swanson | USA | |||
| 1988 | Finland | Åbo | Robert McFarlane | Canada | |||
| 1991 | Norway | Trondheim | Douglas Lamb | UK | |||
| 1993 | Sweden | Malmö | Andrew Palmer | USA | |||
| 1996 | Denmark | Gentofte | David Evans | UK | |||
| 1998 | Norway | Oslo | Göran Lundborg | Sweden | |||
| 2000 | Finland | Oulu | Antonio Landi | Italy | |||
| 2002 | Sweden | Uppsala | Rolf Habenicht | Germany | |||
| 2004 | Denmark | Copenhagen | Marc Garcia-Elias | Spain | |||
| 2006 | Norway | Svalbard | Richard Berger | USA | |||
| 2008 | Finland | Helsinki | Arvid Ejeskär | Sweden | |||
| 2010 | Sweden | Visby | Leiv Hove | Norway | |||
| 2012 | Denmark | Copenhagen | Pak Cheong Ho | Hong Kong | |||
| 2014 | Norway | Bergen | Toshiyasu Nakamura | Japan | |||
| 2016 | Finland | Levi | Simo Vilkki | Finland | |||
| 2019 | Estonia | Tallinn | Teoh Lam Chuan | Singapore | |||
| 2022 | Sweden | Malmö | Steven Hovius | The Netherlands | |||
| 2024 | Denmark | Copenhagen | Jin Bo Tang | China |
