List of football stadiums in Sweden

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This is a list of football stadiums in Sweden , ranked in descending order of capacity.

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There are many football stadiums and pitches in Sweden, so this list is not comprehensive. It includes:

Existing stadiums

Overall RankImageStadiumCapacityClubDivisionRank in Respective DivisionsRef
1 Friends Arena (7751335978).jpg Friends Arena 50,653 Sweden national football team National stadium N/A [1]
AIK Allsvenskan 1
2 Tele2 Arena Globen.jpg Tele2 Arena 31,000 Djurgårdens IF Allsvenskan 2 [2]
Hammarby Allsvenskan 2
3 Mffstadiumnight.jpg Stadion 22,500 Malmö FF Allsvenskan 3 [3]
4 Gamla Ullevi inside.JPG Gamla Ullevi 18,416 Sweden women's national football team National stadium N/A [4]
IFK Göteborg Allsvenskan 4
GAIS Superettan 1
Örgryte IS
5 Nyaparken.jpg Östgötaporten 17,234 IFK Norrköping Allsvenskan 5 [5]
IK Sleipner Division 2N/A
6 Boras arena 17april 2005.jpg Borås Arena 16,899 IF Elfsborg Allsvenskan 6 [6]
Norrby IF Superettan 2
7 Olympiahelsingborg.jpg Olympia 16,500 Helsingborgs IF Superettan 3 [7]
8 Behrn Arena 00575.JPG Behrn Arena 13,129 Örebro SK Allsvenskan 7 [8]
9 Goldenbird arena1.png Guldfågeln Arena 12,150 Kalmar FF Allsvenskan 8 [9]
10 MSH Arena pano 20120727.jpg Visma Arena 12,000 Östers IF Superettan 4
11 HBK-Gefle.JPG Örjans Vall 10,873 Halmstads BK Allsvenskan 9 [10]
12 Studenternas IP (2019-07-27).jpg Studenternas IP 10,522 IK Sirius Allsvenskan 10[ citation needed ]
13= Vangavallen (stand).jpg Vångavallen 10,000 Trelleborgs FF Superettan 5 [11]
13= Landskrona IP.JPG Landskrona IP 10,000 Landskrona BoIS Superettan N/A [12]
13= Tingvalla IP.JPG Tingvalla IP 10,000 Carlstad United Division 1 Norra NA
16 Linkopings Arena.jpg Linköping Arena 8,500 Linköpings FC Damallsvenskan 3 [13]
17 Jamtkraft Arena.jpg Jämtkraft Arena 8,466 Östersunds FK Superettan 6 [14]
18 Kopparvallen.jpg Kopparvallen 8,300 Åtvidabergs FF Division 1 Södra 6 [15]
19= Gammliavallen, Umea.JPG T3 Arena 8,000 Umeå FC Division 1 Norra N/A [16]
19= Starke Arvid.JPG Starke Arvid Arena 8,000 Ljungskile SK Division 1 Södra N/A [17]
21 Tunavallen 2011.jpg Tunavallen 7,800 AFC Eskilstuna Superettan 12 [18]
Eskilstuna United DFF Damallsvenskan 4
22 NorrportenArena.jpg Norrporten Arena 7,700 GIF Sundsvall Allsvenskan 11 [19]
23 Stora Valla sommaren 2005.JPG Stora Valla 7,500 Degerfors IF Allsvenskan 12 [20]
24 Strandvallen entre.JPG Strandvallen 7,000 Mjällby AIF Allsvenskan 13 [21]
25= Bravida Arena (2018).jpg Bravida Arena 6,500 BK Häcken Allsvenskan 14 [22]
25= Gavlevallen 2.jpg Gavlevallen 6,500 Gefle IF Division 1 Norra 8 [23]
25= Borlange Domnarvsvallen hornflagga.JPG Domnarvsvallen 6,500 IK Brage Superettan N/A [24]
Dalkurd FF Superettan
28 Sodertalje Fotbollsarena.jpg Södertälje Fotbollsarena 6,400 Syrianska FC Div 2 Södra Svealand 14 [25]
Assyriska FF Div 2 Södra Svealand N/A
29= Stadsparksvallen.jpg Stadsparksvallen 5,500 Jönköpings Södra IF Superettan 15 [26]
29= Falconalkoholfriarena.jpg Falcon Alkoholfri Arena 5,500 Falkenbergs FF Superettan 11 [27]
31 Grimsta IP Hasselby strand och Malaren mot vast 1988.jpg Grimsta IP 5,100 IF Brommapojkarna Superettan 12 [28]
32 Finnvedsvallen.jpg Finnvedsvallen 5,070 IFK Värnamo Allsvenskan 15 [29]
33 Gutavallen swedish national team 2006.jpg Gutavallen 5,000 FC Gute Division 2 Norra Svealand [30]
34 Hitachi Energy Arena norra.jpg Hitachi Energy Arena 7,044 Västerås SK Superettan 12 [31]
35 Paskbergsvallen.jpg Påskbergsvallen 4,575 Varbergs BoIS FC Allsvenskan 16 [32]
36 Angelholms IP 2.jpg Ängelholms IP 4,000 Ängelholms FF Division 1 Södra 15 [33]

Other stadiums

Overall RankImageStadiumCapacityClubDivisionRank in Respective DivisionsRef
1 Ullevi stadium in gothenburg 20060510.jpg Ullevi 43,000NoneN/AN/A [34]
2 South Stand, Malmo Stadion.jpg Malmö Stadion 26,500 IFK Malmö Division 2 1 [35]
3 120603 Varendsvallen 4610.jpg Värendsvallen 13,800NoneN/AN/A [36]
4 Curve and Ryahallen at Ryavallen January 2008.JPG Ryavallen 12,000NoneN/AN/A [37]

Stadiums under construction

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References

  1. ↑ "This is Friends Arena". Friends Arena. Archived from the original on 30 March 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Välkommen till Tele2 Arena" (in Swedish). Tele2 Arena. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Malmö FF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  4. ↑ IFK Göteborg The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  5. ↑ IFK Norrköping The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  6. ↑ IF Elfsborg The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  7. ↑ Helsingborgs IF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  8. ↑ Örebro SK The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  9. ↑ Kalmar FF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  10. ↑ Halmstads BK. Accessed 06 April 2017
  11. ↑ Trelleborgs FF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  12. ↑ Landskrona BoIS The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  13. ↑ Linköpings FC The Swedish FA. Accessed 23 March 2014
  14. ↑ Östersunds FK The Swedish FA. Accessed 15 July 2017
  15. ↑ Åtvidabergs FF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  16. ↑ Umeå FC The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  17. ↑ Ljungskile SK The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  18. ↑ Eskilstuna Kommun. Accessed 16 July 2017
  19. ↑ GIF Sundsvall The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  20. ↑ Degerfors IF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  21. ↑ Mjällby AIF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  22. ↑ BK Häcken The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  23. ↑ Gefle IF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  24. ↑ IK Brage The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  25. ↑ Syrianska FC The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  26. ↑ Jönköpings Södra IF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  27. ↑ Falkenbergs FF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  28. ↑ IF Brommapojkarna The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  29. ↑ IFK Värnamo The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  30. ↑ Ulf Jönsson (2008-04-08). "Henke Larsson mot FC Gute" (in Swedish). Helagotland. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  31. ↑ "Boden Arena". boden.se. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  32. ↑ Varbergs BoIS FC The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  33. ↑ Ängelholms FF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  34. ↑ Ullevi Archived 2012-05-17 at the Wayback Machine Got Event. Accessed 30 March 2012
  35. ↑ Malmö Stadion Archived 2011-11-22 at the Wayback Machine Malmö Stad. Accessed 30 March 2012
  36. ↑ Östers IF The Swedish FA. Accessed 30 March 2012
  37. ↑ Ryavallen IKYmer-Friidrott. Accessed 30 March 2012
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