Sport Clubs in Sweden

Josef Fahlén ()
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Josef Fahlén: Umeå University

Chapter Chapter 19 in Sport Clubs in Europe, 2015, pp 343-367 from Springer

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Sport Activity; Civic Engagement; Team Sport; Sport Club; Swedish Society (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17635-2_19

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