Swedish Sports Awards
| Swedish Sports Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Awarded for | Excellence in sports |
| Location | Ericsson Globe, Stockholm |
| Country | Sweden |
| First awarded | 2000 |
| Website | idrottsgalan.com |
| 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]
In the year 2021, the event was held in Annexet instead, following the Coronavirus pandemic reducing the number of spectators.[2]
Awards and winners
Sportswoman of the Year
| Year | Winner | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ludmila Enquist | 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 |
Sportsman of the Year
| Year | Winner | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Team of the Year
| Year | Winner | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Men's national team | Handball |
| 2001 | Men'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 |
Coach of the Year
| Year | Winner | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Bengt Johansson | Handball |
| 2001 | Hans Chrunak | Swimming |
| 2002 | Sven-Göran Eriksson | Football |
| 2003 | Ulf Karlsson | Athletics |
| 2004 | Ulf Karlsson (2) | Athletics |
| 2005 | Yannick Tregaro | Athletics |
| 2006 | Yannick Tregaro (2) | Athletics |
| 2007 | Bengt-Åke Gustafsson | Ice hockey |
| 2008 | Anders Pärson | Alpine skiing |
| 2009 | Nanne Bergstrand | Football |
| 2010 | Staffan Eklund | Biathlon |
| 2011 | Joakim Abrahamsson and Magnus Ingesson | Cross-country skiing |
| 2012 | Per Johansson | Handball |
| 2013 | Pia Sundhage | Football |
| 2014 | Pär Mårts | Ice hockey |
| 2015 | Rikard Grip | Cross-country skiing |
| 2016 | Håkan Ericson | Football |
| 2017 | Lars Lagerbäck | Football |
| 2018 | Graham Potter | Football |
Newcomer of the Year
| Year | Winner | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Performance of the Year
| Year | Winner | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ludmila Enquist | 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 |
Lifetime Achievement Award
| Year | Winner | Sport/Profession |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Lennart Johansson | President of UEFA |
| 2004 | Sven Pettersson | Journalist |
| 2005 | Ingemar Johansson | Boxing |
| 2006 | Not awarded | |
| 2007 | Not awarded | |
| 2008 | Sven Tumba | Ice hockey |
| 2009 | Arne Ljungqvist | Leader in athletics |
| 2010 | Not awarded | |
| 2011 | Ingemar Stenmark | Alpine skiing |
| 2012 | Not awarded | |
| 2013 | Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund | Cross-country skiing |
| 2014 | Not awarded | |
| 2015 | Not awarded | |
| 2016 | Peter Forsberg, Nicklas Lidström, Mats Sundin | Ice hockey |
| 2017 | Jan-Ove Waldner | Table Tennis |
| 2018 | Not awarded | |
Sportsperson of the century
| Year | Winner | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Björn Borg | Tennis |
Svenska Spel and the Swedish Sportjournalist Federation's Grant
| Year | Winner | Sport |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Mattias Löw | Women's Ice hockey |
See also
References
- ^ http://idrottsgalan.se/priser/pristagare
- ^ Pelle Bäckman (12 November 2020). "Idrottsgalan blir av" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 18 January 2021.