Swedish Sports Awards

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Swedish Sports Awards
Svenska Idrottsgalan 2023 (2 av 5).jpg
Awarded forExcellence in sports
Location Ericsson Globe, Stockholm
CountrySweden
First awarded2000
Website idrottsgalan.se OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Television/radio coverage
Network Sveriges Television (SVT)

The Swedish Sports Awards (Swedish : Svenska idrottsgalan) is a show to honor the past year's Swedish sports and athletes' achievements. It is hosted annually at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm in mid or late January. The event was first held in the year 2000. [1]

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In the years 2021 and 2022, the event was held in Annexet instead, following the Coronavirus pandemic reducing the number of spectators. [2] [3]

Awards and winners

Anja Parson (alpine skiing) Anja Parson Semmering 2008.jpg
Anja Pärson (alpine skiing)
Christian Olsson (athletics) Christian Olsson 2010 European Team Championships.jpg
Christian Olsson (athletics)
Marcus Hellner (cross-country skiing) HELLNER Marcus Tour de Ski 2010.jpg
Marcus Hellner (cross-country skiing)
Carolina Kluft (athletics) Carolina Kluft -2.jpg
Carolina Klüft (athletics)
Lisa Norden (triathlon) Lisa Norden - vinnare av Jerringpriset 2013.JPG
Lisa Nordén (triathlon)

Sportswoman of the Year

YearWinnerSport
2000 Ludmila Engquist Athletics
2001 Therese Alshammar Swimming
2002 Annika Sörenstam Golf
2003 Kajsa Bergqvist Athletics
2004 Annika Sörenstam (2) Golf
2005 Carolina Klüft Athletics
2006 Anja Pärson Alpine skiing
2007 Anna Carin Olofsson Biathlon
2008 Anja Pärson (2) Alpine skiing
2009 Emma Johansson Cycling
2010 Helena Jonsson Biathlon
2011 Charlotte Kalla Cross-country skiing
2012 Therese Alshammar (2) Swimming
2013 Lisa Nordén Triathlon
2014 Abeba Aregawi Athletics
2015 Charlotte Kalla (2) Cross-country skiing
2016 Sarah Sjöström Swimming
2017 Sarah Sjöström (2) Swimming
2018 Sarah Sjöström (3) Swimming
2019 Sarah Sjöström (4) Swimming
2020 Tove Alexandersson Orienteering
2021 Linn Svahn Cross-country skiing

Sportsman of the Year

YearWinnerSport
2000 Lars Frölander Swimming
2001 Lars Frölander (2) Swimming
2002 Per Elofsson Cross-country skiing
2003 Christian Olsson Athletics
2004 Christian Olsson (2) Athletics
2005 Stefan Holm Athletics
2006 Tony Rickardsson Motorcycle speedway
2007 Björn Lind Cross-country skiing
2008 Zlatan Ibrahimović Football
2009 Robert Karlsson Golf
2010 Zlatan Ibrahimović (2) Football
2011 Marcus Hellner Cross-country skiing
2012 Marcus Hellner (2) Cross-country skiing
2013 Zlatan Ibrahimović (3) Football
2014 Henrik Stenson Golf
2015 Zlatan Ibrahimović (4) Football
2016 Johan Olsson Cross-country skiing
2017 Henrik Stenson Golf
2018 Daniel Ståhl Athletics
2019 Armand Duplantis Athletics
2020 Daniel Ståhl (2) Athletics
2021 Armand Duplantis (2) Athletics

Team of the Year

YearWinnerSport
2000 Men's national team Handball
2001Men's national team Table tennis
2002 Men's national team Football
2003 Men's national team (2) Handball
2004 Women's national team Football
2005 Henrik Nilsson and Markus Oscarsson Canoeing
2006 Men's national team (2) Football
2007 Men's national team Ice hockey
2008 C. J. Bergman, B. Ferry, H. Jonsson and A. Olofsson Biathlon
2009 Thomas Johansson and Simon Aspelin Tennis
2010 Robert Karlsson and Henrik Stenson Golf
2011 M. Hellner, J. Olsson, D. Richardsson and A. Södergren Cross-country skiing
2012 Ida Ingemarsdotter and Charlotte Kalla Cross-country skiing
2013 Fredrik Lööf and Max Salminen Sailing
2014 Men's national team (2) Ice hockey
2015 A. Haag, I. Ingemarsdotter, C. Kalla and E. Wikén Cross-country skiing
2016 Men's national under-21 team Football
2017 Women's national team (2) Football
2018 Men's national team (3) Ice hockey
2019 P. Femling, J. Nelin, S. Samuelsson, F. Lindström Biathlon
2020 E. Andersson, F. Karlsson, C. Kalla and S. Nilsson Cross-country skiing
2021Team Hasselborg: A. Hasselborg, S. McManus, A. Knochenhauer, S. Mabergs and J. Heldin Curling

Coach of the Year

YearWinnerSport
2000 Bengt Johansson Handball
2001 Hans Chrunak Swimming
2002 Sven-Göran Eriksson Football
2003Ulf Karlsson Athletics
2004Ulf Karlsson (2) Athletics
2005 Yannick Tregaro Athletics
2006 Yannick Tregaro (2) Athletics
2007 Bengt-Åke Gustafsson Ice hockey
2008Anders Pärson Alpine skiing
2009 Nanne Bergstrand Football
2010Staffan Eklund Biathlon
2011Joakim Abrahamsson and Magnus Ingesson Cross-country skiing
2012 Per Johansson Handball
2013 Pia Sundhage Football
2014 Pär Mårts Ice hockey
2015Rikard Grip Cross-country skiing
2016 Håkan Ericson Football
2017 Lars Lagerbäck Football
2018 Graham Potter Football
2019 Janne Andersson Football
2020 Peter Gerhardsson Football
2021 Greg and Helena Duplantis Athletics

Newcomer of the Year

YearWinnerSport
2000 Anna-Karin Kammerling Swimming
2001 Jonas Edman Shooting
2002 Susanna Kallur Athletics
2003 Kim Källström Football
2004 Linus Thörnblad Athletics
2005 Joachim Johansson Tennis
2006 Emma Green Athletics
2007 Nicklas Bäckström Ice hockey
2008 Jens Byggmark Alpine skiing
2009 Sarah Sjöström Swimming
2010 Jonas Jerebko Basketball
2011 Angelica Bengtsson Athletics
2012 Moa Hjelmer Athletics
2013 Gabriel Landeskog Ice hockey
2014 Irene Ekelund Athletics
2015 Sandra Näslund Ski cross
2016 Khaddi Sagnia Athletics
2017 Jesper Svensson Bowling
2018 Armand Duplantis Athletics
2019 Elias Pettersson Ice hockey
2020 Frida Karlsson Cross-country skiing
2021 Dejan Kulusevski Football

Performance of the Year

YearWinnerSport
2000 Ludmila Engquist Athletics
2001 Lars Frölander Swimming
2002 Christian Olsson Athletics
2003 Carolina Klüft Athletics
2004 Carolina Klüft (2) Athletics
2005 Stefan Holm Athletics
2006 Kajsa Bergqvist Athletics
2007 Anette Norberg Curling
2008 Carolina Klüft (3) Athletics
2009 Charlotte Kalla Cross-country skiing
2010 Sarah Sjöström Swimming
2011 Björn Ferry Biathlon
2012 Therese Alshammar Swimming
2013 Lisa Nordén Triathlon
2014 Johan Olsson Cross-country skiing
2015 A. Haag, I. Ingemarsdotter, C. Kalla and E. Wikén Cross-country skiing
2016 Men's national under-21 team Football
2017 Jenny Rissveds Cross-country cycling
2018 Östersunds FK Football
2019 Armand Duplantis Athletics
2020 Mattias Falck Table tennis
2021 Armand Duplantis (2) Athletics

Lifetime Achievement Award

YearWinnerSport/Profession
2003 Lennart Johansson President of UEFA
2004 Sven Pettersson Journalist
2005 Ingemar Johansson Boxing
2006Not awarded
2007Not awarded
2008 Sven Tumba Ice hockey
2009 Arne Ljungqvist Leader in Athletics
2010Not awarded
2011 Ingemar Stenmark Alpine skiing
2012Not awarded
2013 Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund Cross-country skiing
2014Not awarded
2015Not awarded
2016 Peter Forsberg, Nicklas Lidström, Mats Sundin Ice hockey
2017 Jan-Ove Waldner Table tennis
2018Not awarded
2019 Pernilla Wiberg Alpine skiing
2020 Annika Sörenstam Golf
2021 Mats Wilander Tennis

Sportsperson of the century

YearWinnerSport
2000 Björn Borg Tennis

Svenska Spel and the Swedish Sportjournalist Federation's Grant

YearWinnerSport
2015 Mattias Löw Women's Ice hockey

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References

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