"It was impossible to miss his significance within football, his greatness as a coach", writes Anna Friberg in Expressen and gets support from Simon Bank in Aftonbladet.
"He did it with a combination of a playing idea that may have been cynical, combined with a humanistic humanity", writes Bank.
Mikael Adamsson in Nya Wermlands-Tidningen focuses, like several others, on Eriksson's personality.
"It was about his kindness and dignity. He was a kind of untouchable who saw everyone and was equally kind to everyone", writes Adamsson and continues:
"He had what you could call style. And had plenty of it. All the way to the end. He always took his time. He was a humanist and democrat".
Respect for others
Olof Lundh on Fotbollskanalen is on the same track:
"He cared about all employees and even their families. He understood that everyone needed to be seen and listened to".
Even in England and Italy, "Svennis"' personality and view of football are being praised.
In Gazzetta dello sport, Giorgio Burreddu writes that Sven-Göran Eriksson had the ability to calm everyone down and make them feel involved, from supporters to club presidents:
"It wasn't magnetic or seductive. It was just respect for others, an ancient form of good behavior".
"The Swede was low-key, diplomatic, and blessed with a healthy perspective on life, which is more than can be said about his critics", writes The Times in its obituary.
Outmaneuvered the system
The newspaper notes, like several others, that "Svennis" was a coach in the absolute world class, but that his football philosophy clashed with the England he took over in 2001.
"Perhaps it's ironic that the first foreigner to take over the national team turned out to be more English than the English. Eriksson was obsessed with 4-4-2 formations, forever influenced by Bob Houghton and Roy Hodgson", writes The Independent in its tribute.
Paul Hayward in The Guardian agrees, but also notes that Eriksson was a winner in most ways:
"For a large part of his life, Eriksson outmaneuvered the system. He won the game of life".
