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Sport Clubs in Sweden

In: Sport Clubs in Europe

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  • Josef Fahlén

    (Umeå University)

Abstract

Sweden is home to Upsala Simsällskap, founded in 1796, often mentioned as the oldest sport club in the world still competing in regular contests. Since then, Swedish voluntary and membership-based club sport has grown exponentially and come to embrace nearly a third of the Swedish population. This phenomenon is often credited in international comparisons of physical activity and civic engagement but also often claimed as an explanation for the success of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Annika Sörenstam, Björn Borg and Sarah Sjöström. For many Swedes, sport is an integral part of everyday life as pastime, entertainment, physical exercise, competition or volunteer work. In this chapter, the background to and specifics of these features are outlined together with an analysis of current tensions in the landscape of Swedish club sport.

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  • Josef Fahlén, 2015. "Sport Clubs in Sweden," Sports Economics, Management, and Policy, in: Christoph Breuer & Remco Hoekman & Siegfried Nagel & Harold van der Werff (ed.), Sport Clubs in Europe, chapter 0, pages 343-367, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:semchp:978-3-319-17635-2_19
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17635-2_19
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