Swedish Sports Awards
| Swedish Sports Awards | |
|---|---|
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| Description | Excellence in sports |
| Location | Ericsson Globe, Stockholm |
| Country | Sweden |
| First awarded | 2000 |
| Website | idrottsgalan.com |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | Sveriges Television (SVT) |
Svenska idrottsgalan (Swedish Sports Award) is a show to honor the past year's Swedish sports and athletes' achievements. It is hosted annually at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm in early January. The event started in 2000.[1]
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 |