Balders Hage
| Balders Hage | |
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 Göteborg , Västra Götalands län
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 41 '36 " N , 11 ° 59' 46" E |
| start of building | 1887 |
| opening | 1887 |
| Renovations | 1901 |
| demolition | 2003 |
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Balders Hage is a former sports field in Gothenburg , Sweden . Since 2003, the square has been part of the Liseberg amusement park .
history
In 1887 Wilhelm Friberg and Walfrid Silow , who a short time later were involved in founding Örgryte IS , started an initiative to build an ice rink, which later became the basis of the Balders Hage sports field. It was inaugurated on New Year's Day 1888. However, this was closed again in 1898 due to financial difficulties. This was followed by a renovation in 1901. The IFK Gothenburg graduated in the years of its founding, among others, a few games here.
Until 1908, ÖIS, at that time Sweden’s most important soccer team, used Balders Hage as the venue for soccer matches. In 1908 the club built Valhalla idrottsplats , a stadium with 8,000 seats, for 40,000 kroner , and played its home games there on September 6th of that year.
Allegedly, on July 12, 1908, Balders Hage was the venue for the first international match of the Swedish national football team . In front of 3,000 spectators, Norway was defeated 11: 3. However, the game actually took place on a sports field in Tegelbruksängen, on the grounds of which the Gamla Ullevi was later to emerge.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Kortfattad historik över 1880-talet" - History of ÖIS in the 1880s on ois.o.se ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 11, 2008)
- ↑ "Kortfattad historik över 1900-talet" - History of ÖIS in the 1880s on ois.o.se ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 11, 2008)
- ↑ "År for År / Årtalen" - Statistics of the Swedish Football Association year after year on www.svenskfotboll.se ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 11, 2008)
