Английская Википедия:Gunnar Larsson (sports administrator)
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Gunnar Larsson (29 March 1940 – 4 May 2020)Шаблон:Sfn was a Swedish football and sports administrator, and politician. He was chairman of the Swedish football club IFK Göteborg from 1982 to 2000,Шаблон:Sfn during which the club won the Swedish championships ten times, Svenska Cupen three times, the UEFA Cup twice, first in 1981–82 and again in 1986–87, reached the semi-finals in the 1985–86 European Cup, and participated in four UEFA Champions League group stages.Шаблон:Sfn
Life and career
His father Torild Larsson played 117 matches for IFK Göteborg, and Gunnar represented the club on youth level, before playing for Lundby IF, where he also was chairman before being elected chairman for IFK Göteborg in 1982.Шаблон:Sfn He was also engaged in the Gothenburg Gymnastics Association (Шаблон:Lang),Шаблон:Sfn and after left the board of IFK Göteborg he was president of the Swedish Sports Confederation, the umbrella organisation of the Swedish sports movement, from 2001 to 2005.Шаблон:Sfn He remained at IFK Göteborg as chairman of the election committee, and was awarded the title of honorary chairman.Шаблон:Sfn
He was active as a politician for the Swedish Social Democratic Party, first entering the Gothenburg municipal council in 1973.Шаблон:Sfn In 1976 he started working full-time as a politician, first as municipal commissioner, and from 1982 to 1985 chairman of the municipal council and as such the mayor of Gothenburg.Шаблон:Sfn Larsson has also been chairman of the Swedish pension fund Шаблон:Lang and the Gothenburg opera house.Шаблон:Sfn
Larsson was sometimes called "Father Gunnar" (Шаблон:Lang) for his sharpness, knowledge and strong lead of IFK Göteborg.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Former IFK player Torbjörn Nilsson called him a father figure, and saying that "he was IFK Göteborg".Шаблон:Sfn Larsson has also been referred to as the most successful club leader in Swedish football history.Шаблон:Sfn
Larsson died from COVID-19 on 4 May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden at the age of 80.Шаблон:Sfn
Honours and trophies won by IFK Göteborg during presidency
- Swedish Champions
- Allsvenskan:
- Mästerskapsserien:
- Winners (1): 1991
- Svenska Cupen:
- Allsvenskan play-offs:
- UEFA Cup:
- European Cup/UEFA Champions League:
Citations
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1940 births
- 2020 deaths
- Swedish football chairmen and investors
- Swedish sports executives and administrators
- IFK Göteborg directors and chairmen
- Swedish Social Democratic Party politicians
- Mayors of Gothenburg
- Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden
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