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Stark, T., Andersson, T. & Carlsson, B. (2025). Football vs. ice hockey in the European sport landscape: an introduction. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Football vs. ice hockey in the European sport landscape: an introduction
2025 (English)In: Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, ISSN 1743-0437, E-ISSN 1743-0445Article in journal, Editorial material (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2025
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences, Sport Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-138609 (URN)10.1080/17430437.2025.2481728 (DOI)001482885400001 ()
Available from: 2025-05-21 Created: 2025-05-21 Last updated: 2025-05-21
Stark, T. & Andersson, T. (2025). Head-to-head: football vs. ice hockey as national sport in Sweden. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Head-to-head: football vs. ice hockey as national sport in Sweden
2025 (English)In: Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, ISSN 1743-0437, E-ISSN 1743-0445Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

This article examines the cultural and economic characteristics, as well as the historical trends, of Swedish football and ice hockey, two of the country's national sports. Utilizing Arjun Appadurai's theory of globalization flows (scapes), the historical development of these sports from the early twentieth century to the present is analyzed. The study highlights how football and ice hockey have been shaped by ideological, media, technological, and economic factors, as well as their relationships with audiences and supporter cultures. The findings reveal that football, with its grassroots development and club-based organization, contrasts with ice hockey's more nationalized structure and top-down development, heavily influenced by North America. During the 1980s, ice hockey surpassed football in economic, media, and audience aspects, and soon also technologically. However, through a robust supporter culture, football regained strength in the 2000s, leading to a growing cultural divergence between the two sports. The future appears bright for both, but football seems to have a greater economic potential, due to revenue generated from player transfers and participation in European tournaments.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2025
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences, Sport Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-137934 (URN)10.1080/17430437.2025.2481727 (DOI)001454743600001 ()
Available from: 2025-04-08 Created: 2025-04-08 Last updated: 2025-05-13
Stark, T., Alsenfelt, O., Johansson, M. & Lindeberg, A. (2023). Att tackla hjärnspöken: En utvärdering av pilotprojektet "Tacklingar i damhockey".
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Att tackla hjärnspöken: En utvärdering av pilotprojektet "Tacklingar i damhockey"
2023 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Publisher
p. 32
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences, Sport Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-123216 (URN)
Available from: 2023-07-07 Created: 2023-07-07 Last updated: 2025-05-06Bibliographically approved
Stark, T., Lagus, J. & Thorén, M. (2022). Fullt lag: Jämställdhet inom svensk ishockey med avseende på kvinnors inflytande jämte flick- och damishockeyns ställning. Stockholm: Svenska ishockeyförbundet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Fullt lag: Jämställdhet inom svensk ishockey med avseende på kvinnors inflytande jämte flick- och damishockeyns ställning
2022 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Svenska ishockeyförbundet, 2022. p. 98
Keywords
ishockey, jämställdhet, normer, prioriteringar, machokultur, flickishockey, damishockey
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences, Sport Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-117796 (URN)
Projects
Svensk ishockeys dam- och flicksatsning 2021-2030
Available from: 2022-12-07 Created: 2022-12-07 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved
Carlsson, B., Backman, J. & Stark, T. (2022). The hegemonic impact of the NHL and the ‘Americanization’ of Swedish ice hockey and resistance: Rögle BK as ‘hockey culture’. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, 25(6), 1125-1141
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The hegemonic impact of the NHL and the ‘Americanization’ of Swedish ice hockey and resistance: Rögle BK as ‘hockey culture’
2022 (English)In: Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, ISSN 1743-0437, E-ISSN 1743-0445, Vol. 25, no 6, p. 1125-1141Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The article investigate the impact of National Hockey League (NHL) and its hegemonic cultural impact on the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). This is done in light of the concept of Americanization. Thus, the study traces two different stages in the Americanization process, in relation to the first commercial hockey club in Sweden: i.e. Rögle BK. In this respect, the immature experiences of the first trend of Americanization, with e.g. alien mercenaries, seems to have worked as a shield against a second stage of Americanization, more shaped by a ballyhooed management. In the wake of a certain resistance of the NHL-culture, Rögle BK seems to have developed a ‘glocal’ hockey culture, captured in the Rögle BK Oiler’ logo.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2022
Keywords
Sport management; logotype, SHL, NHL, commercialization, glocalization, local identity
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences, Sport Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-111617 (URN)10.1080/17430437.2022.2063581 (DOI)000788518800001 ()2-s2.0-85128962370 (Scopus ID)2022 (Local ID)2022 (Archive number)2022 (OAI)
Available from: 2022-04-28 Created: 2022-04-28 Last updated: 2025-05-06Bibliographically approved
Stark, T. & Cantelon, H. (2020). Guru or Court Jester? The Lloyd percival paradox: the globalization of training regimes-the case of Canada, Sweden and the Soviet Union. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, 23(3), 539-556
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Guru or Court Jester? The Lloyd percival paradox: the globalization of training regimes-the case of Canada, Sweden and the Soviet Union
2020 (English)In: Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, ISSN 1743-0437, E-ISSN 1743-0445, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 539-556Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this paper, we explore the Canadian fitness advocate and coaching legend Lloyd Percival's fabled The Hockey Handbook, and its influence on player development and team strategy in Canada, Sweden and the former Soviet Union. Utilizing the notion of global 'scapes', as developed by Arjun Appaduari, to more fully understand the complexity of the global development of ice hockey, we argue that globalization of the game must be perceived as a multi-faceted interaction at both the global and local levels, i.e. as a critical binary relationship. According to the conventional, evangelistic narrative, Percival's instructional manual was responsible for the rise of ice hockey in Europe and the USSR. Our contrary argument is that the global cultural flow of The Hockey Handbook was a complex combination of factors related to the movement of capital, technologies, people, ideological considerations and mediated images. As such, it brings into question, the presumed status of The Hockey Handbook, as a dominant influence of the global hockey world. Rather, our argument suggests, it is a manufactured 'scape', serving to privilege a Canadian ice hockey system while relegating other 'narratives' and ice hockey systems to that of mere receivers.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
Keywords
Ice hockey, Lloyd Percival, The Hockey Handbook, player development, team strategy, globalization
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences, Sport Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90619 (URN)10.1080/17430437.2020.1696540 (DOI)000501420400001 ()2-s2.0-85076394655 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2019-12-19 Created: 2019-12-19 Last updated: 2025-05-06Bibliographically approved
Carlsson, B., Backman, J. & Stark, T. (2020). Introduction: the progress of elite ice hockey beyond the NHL. Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, 23(3), 355-360
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction: the progress of elite ice hockey beyond the NHL
2020 (English)In: Sport in Society: Cultures, Media, Politics, Commerce, ISSN 1743-0437, E-ISSN 1743-0445, Vol. 23, no 3, p. 355-360Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Abstract [en]

Special Issue: The Progress of Elite Ice Hockey, Beyond NHL: A Focus on (G)local culture(s), Migration, Entrepreneurship, Americanization and Oligarchism. Guest Editors: Bo Carlsson, Jyri Backman and Tobias Stark

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis Group, 2020
Keywords
Ice hockey, NHL, KHL, Nordic, European
National Category
Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Social Sciences, Sport Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90379 (URN)10.1080/17430437.2020.1696518 (DOI)000499067300001 ()2-s2.0-85075718485 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2019-12-04 Created: 2019-12-04 Last updated: 2025-05-06Bibliographically approved
Stark, T. (2019). Göteborg som ishockeystad. In: Cege Berglund och Gudrun Nyberg (Ed.), Idrott: (pp. 263-292). Stockholm: Carlssons
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Göteborg som ishockeystad
2019 (Swedish)In: Idrott / [ed] Cege Berglund och Gudrun Nyberg, Stockholm: Carlssons , 2019, p. 263-292Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Carlssons, 2019
Series
Hundra år i Göteborg
Keywords
ishockey, Göteborg
National Category
History Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Humanities, History; Social Sciences, Sport Science; Humanities, Cultural Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90687 (URN)9789173319485 (ISBN)
Note

Ej belagd 20200116

Available from: 2020-01-02 Created: 2020-01-02 Last updated: 2025-05-06Bibliographically approved
Stark, T. (2019). Svensson, John Einar. In: Åsa Karlsson (Ed.), Svenskt biografiskt lexikon: Band 34, Nr 170 (pp. 682-682). Stockholm: Riksarkivet
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Svensson, John Einar
2019 (Swedish)In: Svenskt biografiskt lexikon: Band 34, Nr 170 / [ed] Åsa Karlsson, Stockholm: Riksarkivet , 2019, p. 682-682Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: Riksarkivet, 2019
National Category
History
Research subject
Humanities, History; Social Sciences, Sport Science
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90693 (URN)
Note

Bidrag till encyklopedi

Available from: 2020-01-02 Created: 2020-01-02 Last updated: 2025-05-06Bibliographically approved
Stark, T. (2018). 'O Canada, We Stand On Guard For Thee': Representations of Canadian Hockey Players in the Swedish Press, 1920-2016. In: Jenny Ellison & Jennifer Anderson (Ed.), Hockey: Challenging Canada’s Game – Au-delà du sport national (pp. 183-198). Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>'O Canada, We Stand On Guard For Thee': Representations of Canadian Hockey Players in the Swedish Press, 1920-2016
2018 (English)In: Hockey: Challenging Canada’s Game – Au-delà du sport national / [ed] Jenny Ellison & Jennifer Anderson, Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press , 2018, p. 183-198Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2018
Series
Mercury series history paper ; 58
Keywords
hockey, Canada, representation, Swedish press, violence, national identity
National Category
History Peace and Conflict Studies Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified Sport and Fitness Sciences
Research subject
Humanities, History; Social Sciences, Sport Science; Humanities, Cultural Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-90692 (URN)9780776626000 (ISBN)0776625993 (ISBN)
Available from: 2020-01-02 Created: 2020-01-02 Last updated: 2025-05-06Bibliographically approved
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