The football associations of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, the Faroe Islands and Sweden have met in recent days and, among other things, discussed issues concerning the International Football Association (FIFA) and its president, Infantino.
"The six Nordic football associations have lost confidence in FIFA's president and view the organization's governance and decision-making at the highest level with great concern," it said in a statement.
"We also urge FIFA to initiate a comprehensive and independent review of the organization's governance framework."
The Nordic countries united
The chairman of the Swedish Football Association (SvFF), Simon Åström, tells TT that the statement does not imply any new stance from the Swedish side, but points out the importance of the Nordic countries sticking together.
"It rather confirms that there is a common Nordic view on this. Then, of course, work is currently underway between the national associations within the European Football Association (UEFA) to address the challenges that exist," says Åström.
“Working on several fronts”
The statement comes in the wake of the storm of criticism that followed Gianni Infantino's plan to sell World Cup shares to private investors becoming public earlier this summer - a plan that he later withdrew.
SvFF has previously announced that it has lost confidence in Infantino as chairman, but Åström does not want to go into when a counter-candidate for the election in March may be in place.
"There is work underway right now and there is nothing that I can comment on in the media at this time. There is work being done on several fronts right now and that work must be allowed to take its course," says Åström.
The deadline for running as a candidate for the election is November 18.
