{"id":114,"date":"2014-10-19T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-19T10:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idrottsforum.org\/ecss2015malmo\/?p=114"},"modified":"2014-10-19T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T11:13:07","slug":"the-football-capital-of-scandinavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/idrottsforum.org\/ecss2015malmo\/the-football-capital-of-scandinavia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Football Capital of Scandinavia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Post by Aage Radmann and Susanna Hedenborg<\/p><\/div>\n

For the second year running the two Malm\u00f6 football teams, Malm\u00f6 FF (the men’s team) and Roseng\u00e5rd FC (the women’s team), won their respective Swedish top leagues for association football clubs. Both teams play in this year\u2019s Champions League. Football is the most popular sport for children and young people in Sweden \u2013 both boys and girls play football. Some of you may have heard of Zlatan Ibrahimovic \u2013 Malm\u00f6 FF used to be his team. Maybe you have heard of his book too, it has been translated into several languages \u2013 in Sweden it actually gave rise to a sort of \u201cHarry Potter effect\u201d when it comes to reading and boys. Sport can really play many different roles!<\/p>\n

Other popular sports that you may encounter on your visit to Malm\u00f6 are floor ball, golf and horse riding \u2013 they are very popular sports here as well. Floor ball was developed in Sweden in the 1970\u2019s and is a kind of floor hockey. At the Department of Sport Sciences at Malm\u00f6 University it is played every Friday between 12 and 1 PM \u2013 make sure you try it while visiting the ECSS Congress next year!<\/p>\n

There are several golf courses in the region and golf players from northern Sweden envy the opportunities to (almost) all year golf in this southernmost part of the country.<\/p>\n

Guests from abroad are often surprised that horse riding is one of the most popular sports for girls and women. Horse riding has really changed since the beginning of the 20th century. A hundred years ago, horses were used in agriculture, forestry and the transport sector as well as in the army. Most horses were draught horses and working with horses was connected to masculinity. Today young girls and women occupy the horse riding clubs and compared to many other countries, horse riding in Sweden is not an exclusive occupation for the upper classes. Why not try a ride on an Icelandic horse in one of the small forests not far from Malm\u00f6 while visiting the conference!<\/p>\n

In addition, there are good jogging opportunities close to the conference venue \u2013 not least along the beautiful beach at Ribersborg. That\u2019s where we\u2019ll host a Conference Run in honour of Bengt Saltin \u2013 come join us!<\/p>\n

Susanna Hedenborg & Aage Radmann<\/em>
\nCongress presidents<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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