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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Elite Football Parts Ways with Secretary-General Johan Lindvall]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Johan Lindvall is leaving as Secretary-General of Swedish Elite Football.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:43:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Simon Åström Steps In as New Swedish Football Association Chairman]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Now it's settled and clear. Simon Åström has been elected as the new chairman of the Swedish Football Association – after outgoing Fredrik Reinfeldt.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:24:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reinfeldt Slammed: "Unnecessary Parenthesis in Swedish Football"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It was the right decision by the electoral committee, says Lars-Christer Olsson about the choice not to propose Fredrik Reinfeldt for re-election as chairman of the football association. It has been an unnecessary parenthesis in Swedish football, says Olsson about Reinfeldt's time in the position.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:43:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reinfeldt declines - jumps off the chairmanship election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fredrik Reinfeldt is rejected for re-election to the chairmanship in the Swedish Football Association. The electoral committee instead proposes that SEF chairman Simon Åström becomes the new chairman. My impression is that there is a clear majority that supports my candidacy, says Åström to TT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2025 07:47:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Football's Call: Mourning Bands and Minute of Silence]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2025 11:58:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Norwegian top clubs want to abolish VAR]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:37:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Åström: I Have a Clear Majority in the Movement]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A majority in the football movement supports him as the new chairman of the Swedish Football Association. This is the signal Sef-basen Simon Åström has received when he now challenges the sitting chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt for the most powerful position in Swedish football.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:03:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reinfeldt Challenged - He Wants to Become the New Chairman]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Swedish Football Association's chairman Fredrik Reinfeldt gets an opponent candidate at the annual meeting in March. Simon Åström, chairman of Swedish Elite Football, is nominated as a candidate for the chairman post.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2025 10:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA["Blåvitt" lit the most pyrotechnics in 2024]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Over 7,700 Bengal lights, fireworks, and bangers were lit on the Allsvenskan football arenas in 2024, but it only led to 425 police reports. IFK Göteborg's supporters are the worst in class with nearly 1,800 lit pyrotechnic devices, according to an investigation by SVT.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:51:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Despite Criticism – Reinfeldt Wants to be Re-elected]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[He has faced criticism during his nearly two years in the position, but Fredrik Reinfeldt wants to be re-elected as chairman of the Swedish Football Association. Currently, there are no opposing candidates.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 10:06:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Proposal: Longer Season and Playoff in Superettan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[All-Swedish football far into November from 2026 onwards – and a playoff is introduced in Superettan. These proposals are presented by Swedish Elite Football.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:29:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Criticism after the derby: "Spreading across the country"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It is being done too little to counteract negative supporter culture in Sweden. This is what a majority of the Swedish Football Association's 24 districts say. Several of them also point out how the stand violence in the men's Allsvenskan spreads to youth and recreational football out in the country.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:56:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[TV4 takes over the top league]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Allsvenskan and Superettan are getting a new home. From 2026, the matches will be broadcast by TV4. "We believe that this collaboration will build great value for all parties," says Simon Åström, chairman of Swedish Elite Football (Sef).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Oct 2024 07:33:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Criticism of the search: Let things in via the crotch]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Large quantities of bangers and pyrotechnics are being smuggled into Swedish football stadiums – for example by hiding them in underwear. The screening of the audience is inadequate, according to the police. It is primarily worrying from a terrorist perspective, says Mats Karlsson, head of intelligence in southern Sweden.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reinfeldt on the scandal: Completely unacceptable]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Fredrik Reinfeldt believes that the scandal scenes reached a "new level" when the Stockholm derby was forced to be interrupted after pyrotechnics were thrown onto the pitch. "It's unfortunate that football is once again being pushed aside", says the Chairman of the Swedish Football Association.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:08:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA["Not the strategy we agreed on with the police"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The interest organization Swedish Elite Football (Sef) is critical of the police interrupting the Stockholm derby between Hammarby and Djurgården, which was played out today. It is not the strategy we agreed on with the police, says Secretary-General Johan Lindvall.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2024 04:52:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rosengård recruits club manager from Helsingborg]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 09:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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