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Popular recreational sports and activities include brännboll (popular in schools), boule, kubb, skiing, swimming, gymnastics, walking, running, cycling, dancing, and hunting . Sweden was considered in 2017 to be the fifth best per capita country in the world [ 1 ] and world-leading in two sports, bandy [ 2 ] and orienteering. [ 3 ] The very ...
Sweden has traditionally been a strong team in international football, with 12 World Cup appearances and 3 medals in the Olympics. Sweden national team finished second in the 1958 World Cup, when it was the host team, being beaten by Brazil 5–2 in the final. Sweden has also finished third twice, in 1950 and 1994.
Swedish athletes have won a total of 514 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 176 at the Winter Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee had Swedish officer and sports instructor Viktor Balck as one of its original members. The Swedish Olympic Committee was created and recognized in 1913.
Swedish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Winning gold in three events, it was the most gold medals won by Sweden in the Summer Olympics since the 2004 Games in Athens. The overall 9 medal haul was lower than the three preceding Olympic Games however.
Ice hockey in Sweden has a history going back to at least 1912 [1] and is one of the country's most popular sports. The sport was first organized in the country by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), which was a member of the IIHF in 1912. The ice hockey department of the SvFF eventually split off to become the Swedish Ice Hockey ...
The Sweden women's national football team ( Swedish: Svenska damfotbollslandslaget ), nicknamed Blågult ("The Blue-Yellow"), represents Sweden at international women's association football competitions. It was established in 1973 and is governed by the Swedish Football Association .
Football in Sweden. Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which are playing on the 7,900 pitches available in the country.
The Swedish Sports Confederation ( Swedish: Riksidrottsförbundet, RF) is the umbrella organisation of the Swedish sports movement. Through its member organisations, it has three million members in 22,000 clubs. [1] The Confederation was formed on 31 May 1903. Its present chairman, since 2015, is Björn Eriksson .