Guldbollen
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Guldbollen ( German Golden Ball ) is a trophy awarded by the Swedish daily Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association (SvFF). It has been awarded to the best Swedish footballer of the year every year since 1946 . From 1946 to 1965 the award was given in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen . The election, together with the Austrian sports radio footballer election, is the oldest award for a footballer of the year. Finland followed in 1947 and England in 1948 .
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The first title holder was Gunnar Gren in 1946 , Zlatan Ibrahimović is the record holder with eleven awards received between 2005 and 2016. In addition, Bo Larsson (1965, 1973), Ronnie Hellström (1971, 1978), Ralf Edström (1972, 1974), Glenn Hysén (1983, 1988), Tomas Brolin (1990, 1994), Patrik Andersson (1995, 2001) Henrik Larsson (1998, 2004) and Freddie Ljungberg (2002, 2006) have received several awards. Between 1947 and 1949, three brothers in a row, Gunnar Nordahl , Bertil Nordahl and Knut Nordahl, were awarded the trophy.
Since 1990, the corresponding award for women's football has been given under the name Diamantbollen .
The previous winners
- 1946: Gunnar Gren ( IFK Göteborg )
- 1947: Gunnar Nordahl ( IFK Norrköping )
- 1948: Bertil Nordahl ( Degerfors IF )
- 1949: Knut Nordahl ( IFK Norrköping )
- 1950: Erik Nilsson ( Malmö FF )
- 1951: Olle Åhlund ( Degerfors IF )
- 1952: Kalle Svensson ( Helsingborgs IF )
- 1953: Bengt "Julle" Gustavsson ( IFK Norrköping )
- 1954: Sven-Ove Svensson ( Helsingborgs IF )
- 1955: Gösta Löfgren ( Motala AIF )
- 1956: Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg ( Djurgårdens IF )
- 1957: Åke "Bajdoff" Johansson ( IFK Norrköping )
- 1958: Orvar Bergmark ( Örebro SK )
- 1959: Agne Simonsson ( Örgryte IS )
- 1960: Torbjörn Jonsson ( IFK Norrköping )
- 1961: Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm ( IFK Norrköping )
- 1962: Prawitz Öberg ( Malmö FF )
- 1963: Harry Bild ( IFK Norrköping )
- 1964: Hans "Tjalle" Mild ( Djurgårdens IF )
- 1965: Bo Larsson ( Malmö FF )
- 1966: Ove Kindvall ( IFK Norrköping / Feyenoord Rotterdam )
- 1967: Ingvar Svahn ( Malmö FF )
- 1968: Björn Nordqvist ( IFK Norrköping )
- 1969: Tommy Svensson ( Östers IF )
- 1970: Jan Olsson ( VfB Stuttgart )
- 1971: Ronnie Hellström ( Hammarby IF )
- 1972: Ralf Edström ( Åtvidabergs FF )
- 1973: Bo Larsson ( Malmö FF )
- 1974: Ralf Edström ( PSV Eindhoven )
- 1975: Kent Karlsson ( Åtvidabergs FF )
- 1976: Anders Linderoth ( Östers IF )
- 1977: Roy Andersson ( Malmö FF )
- 1978: Ronnie Hellström ( 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
- 1979: Jan Möller ( Malmö FF )
- 1980: Rolf Zetterlund ( IK Brage )
- 1981: Thomas Ravelli ( Östers IF )
- 1982: Torbjörn Nilsson ( IFK Göteborg / 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
- 1983: Glenn Hysén ( IFK Gothenburg )
- 1984: Sven "Dala" Dahlkvist ( AIK Solna )
- 1985: Glenn Strömberg ( Atalanta Bergamo )
- 1986: Robert Prytz ( BSC Young Boys )
- 1987: Peter Larsson ( IFK Göteborg )
- 1988: Glenn Hysén ( Fiorentina )
- 1989: Jonas Thern ( Malmö FF / Benfica Lisbon )
- 1990: Tomas Brolin ( IFK Norrköping / AC Parma )
- 1991: Anders Limpar ( Arsenal FC )
- 1992: Jan Eriksson ( IFK Norrköping / 1. FC Kaiserslautern )
- 1993: Martin Dahlin ( Borussia Mönchengladbach )
- 1994: Tomas Brolin ( AC Parma )
- 1995: Patrik Andersson ( Borussia Mönchengladbach )
- 1996: Roland Nilsson ( Helsingborgs IF )
- 1997: Pär Zetterberg ( RSC Anderlecht )
- 1998: Henrik Larsson ( Celtic Glasgow )
- 1999: Stefan Schwarz ( Valencia CF / Sunderland AFC )
- 2000: Magnus Hedman ( Coventry City )
- 2001: Patrik Andersson ( FC Bayern Munich / FC Barcelona )
- 2002: Freddie Ljungberg ( Arsenal FC )
- 2003: Olof Mellberg ( Aston Villa )
- 2004: Henrik Larsson ( Celtic Glasgow / FC Barcelona )
- 2005: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Juventus Turin )
- 2006: Freddie Ljungberg ( Arsenal FC )
- 2007: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Inter Milan )
- 2008: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Inter Milan )
- 2009: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Inter Milan / FC Barcelona )
- 2010: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( FC Barcelona / AC Milan )
- 2011: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( AC Milan )
- 2012: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( AC Milan / Paris Saint-Germain )
- 2013: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Paris Saint-Germain )
- 2014: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Paris Saint-Germain )
- 2015: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Paris Saint-Germain )
- 2016: Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Paris Saint-Germain / Manchester United )
- 2017: Andreas Granqvist ( FK Krasnodar )
- 2018: Victor Lindelöf ( Manchester United )
- 2019: Victor Lindelöf ( Manchester United )
Web links
- fogis.se: Guldbollen (Swedish)
- rsssf.com: Sweden - Footballer of the Year (Guldbollen )