Ystad is a town and the seat of Ystad Municipality, in Scania County, Sweden. Ystad had 18,350 inhabitants in 2010. The settlement dates from the 11th century and has become a busy ferryport, local administrative centre, and tourist attraction. The detective series Wallander, created by Henning Mankell, is set primarily in Ystad.
Conny and Johanna Strandberg is a Swedish sidecarcross team, and one of very few male-female teams in this sport. They started racing in 1998 for the fun of it, only doing one race. Continued until 2005 after they missed the Swedish Championship's third place in 2004 by two points, yet making their best result ever. First mixed team to take World Championships points, in 2002 and then again in 2003. Throughout their career they changed appearance many times, with new colour schemes on bike and clothes every year. Only in 2004 did they keep the same colours.
Bengt Johansson was a Swedish handball player and coach. He was born in Halmstad in south-west Sweden and played in the Sweden men's national handball team between 1964 and 1972. He is better known as being the coach for the Swedish team from 1988 to 2004.
The Sweden men's national handball team is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark (1948–1967) and Bengt Johansson (1988–2004). The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed Bengan Boys in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like Tomas Svensson, Staffan Olsson, Magnus Wislander and Stefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002.
The Egyptian national handball team is the national handball team of Egypt, is supervised by the Egyptian Handball Federation represents Egypt in international matches. Egypt was the first non-European team to reach the semifinals in the World Championships, And the first African team to reach the semifinals in the Olympic tournament.
SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since forming in 1990, the club has been one of Germany's most successful teams domestically and in European tournaments. The club is best known for winning the EHF Champions League in 2014 by defeating arch-rivals THW Kiel in the final 30–28.
The Sweden women's national handball team is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation and takes part in international handball competitions.
The International Handball Federation (IHF) is the administrative and controlling body for handball and beach handball. IHF is responsible for the organisation of handball's major international tournaments, notably the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1938, and the IHF World Women's Handball Championship, which commenced in 1957.
Per Ola Markus Lindgren is a Swedish former handball player and current coach. He is the head coach for IFK Kristianstad since 2012 and was head coach for Sweden from 2008 to 2016. As a player, he won two World Championships, four European Championships and participated in four Olympic Games. He also won four Swedish Championships with Drott.
Ljubomir Vranjes is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Carmen Dolores Martín Berenguer is a Spanish handballer who plays as a right wing for IK Sävehof and the Spanish national team.
Håkan Lennart Jeppsson was a Swedish businessman who was the chairman of the Swedish Association football club Malmö FF, a post he held from 2010 until his death in 2018. Jeppsson received his education at Lund University and worked as CEO for Inwido.
Nathalie Mari Hagman is a Swedish handball player for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea and the Swedish national handball team.
The Swedish Handball Federation is the national handball association in Sweden.
Niclas Ekberg is a Swedish professional handballer for THW Kiel.
The Sweden national beach handball team is the national beach handball team of Sweden and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Federation. Their best result in the European Championship is 2017, when Sweden finished in 5th place. The team played for the first time in the 2018 World Championships.
HC Erlangen is a handball club from Erlangen, Germany. They currently compete in the Handball-Bundesliga.
Jerry Tollbring is a Swedish handball player for Füchse Berlin and the Swedish national team.
Jim Gottfridsson is a Swedish handball player for SG Flensburg-Handewitt and the Swedish national team.
Hampus Wanne is a Swedish professional handballer for FC Barcelona and the Swedish national team.
