Torbjörn Andersson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4459951 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Torbjörn Andersson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Torbjörn |
| FAMILY NAME | Andersson |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSSON T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Malmö University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6026-9536 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Football vs. ice hockey in the European sport landscape
Football stand as the leading sport in most European countries in terms of revenue, market size, sponsorships, media attention and spectator numbers.However, in several European countries, ice hockey holds a similar position and, in some cases, even locally challenges football's dominance, at least periodically.For example, in a Swedish context, ice hockey was the dominant sport in Stockholm from around 1970 until the late 1990s but has since bee…
Head-to-head
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, a…
Beyond the game
This research delves into the intersection of sports fandom and political activism through the lens of Panathinaikos’ supporters, particularly Gate 13. It investigates how the club’s fan base engages in political expression, solidarity actions, and even political mobilization, against the backdrop of Greece’s socio-political upheavals. The study reveals the formation of a political party, PANKI, by the fans, highlighting their proactive stance on…
The rise and fall of Umeå IK
This essay addresses the rise and fall of the Swedish women’s club Umeå IK. The question is how a team from a city almost devoid of any football culture suddenly could become one of the most successful clubs in the world during the early 2000s? The theoretical basis consists of the concepts of local identity, glocalization and Manuel Castell’s analysis of the network society. The source material is a study of Umeå’s largest daily newspaper and el…
Nordic football
Scandinavian women’s football in a global world
This special issue has grown out of an ongoing Nordic collaborative research project (Nordcorp)1 using Scandinavian women’s football as a strategically selected extreme case2 (of organizational dev
Introduction
On April 8–12, 2010, the Department of Sport Sciences at Malmo University organized two separate, and yet partly coinciding, conferences with ‘Centres and Peripheries in Sport’ (CPS) as the mutual
A diagnosis of the commercial immaturity of Swedish club football 1
This article presents a critical diagnosis of Swedish club football, in light of its current shortcomings on the European football market, and in comparison with the other Scandinavian leagues. The article highlights the commercial immaturity of the Swedish clubs, in addition to the context of historical and cultural values, restricted association forms, the emphasis on internationalism, the fixed tax system, the standards of the arenas, the lack…
Football in Scandinavia
Football – or soccer – plays, and has played, a significant role in Scandinavian/Nordic Society, and for the development of society. No doubt! Football in the Scandinavian countries could be descri
‘Football’s Coming Home’ but Whose Home? And Do We Want It
This chapter argues that the dominant discourse that surrounded Euro 96 (the 1996 European Football Championships) drew on, and reinforced, a form of cultural racism that currently appears to be pervasive. It is argued that the national ‘imagined community’ (Anderson 1991) that was reconstructed was one that actively worked to exclude certain categories of people-being both gendered and racially exclusive. Seeking to understand the underlying cul…
A diagnosis of the commercial immaturity of Swedish club football 1
This article presents a critical diagnosis of Swedish club football, in light of its current shortcomings on the European football market, and in comparison with the other Scandinavian leagues. The article highlights the commercial immaturity of the Swedish clubs, in addition to the context of historical and cultural values, restricted association forms, the emphasis on internationalism, the fixed tax system, the standards of the arenas, the lack…
Football in Scandinavia
Football – or soccer – plays, and has played, a significant role in Scandinavian/Nordic Society, and for the development of society. No doubt! Football in the Scandinavian countries could be descri
Head-to-head
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, a…
Nordic football
Scandinavian women’s football in a global world
This special issue has grown out of an ongoing Nordic collaborative research project (Nordcorp)1 using Scandinavian women’s football as a strategically selected extreme case2 (of organizational dev
‘Football’s Coming Home’ but Whose Home? And Do We Want It
This chapter argues that the dominant discourse that surrounded Euro 96 (the 1996 European Football Championships) drew on, and reinforced, a form of cultural racism that currently appears to be pervasive. It is argued that the national ‘imagined community’ (Anderson 1991) that was reconstructed was one that actively worked to exclude certain categories of people-being both gendered and racially exclusive. Seeking to understand the underlying cul…
Football in Scandinavia
Football – or soccer – plays, and has played, a significant role in Scandinavian/Nordic Society, and for the development of society. No doubt! Football in the Scandinavian countries could be descri
Introduction
On April 8–12, 2010, the Department of Sport Sciences at Malmo University organized two separate, and yet partly coinciding, conferences with ‘Centres and Peripheries in Sport’ (CPS) as the mutual
A diagnosis of the commercial immaturity of Swedish club football 1
This article presents a critical diagnosis of Swedish club football, in light of its current shortcomings on the European football market, and in comparison with the other Scandinavian leagues. The article highlights the commercial immaturity of the Swedish clubs, in addition to the context of historical and cultural values, restricted association forms, the emphasis on internationalism, the fixed tax system, the standards of the arenas, the lack…
Scandinavian women’s football in a global world
This special issue has grown out of an ongoing Nordic collaborative research project (Nordcorp)1 using Scandinavian women’s football as a strategically selected extreme case2 (of organizational dev
The rise and fall of Umeå IK
This essay addresses the rise and fall of the Swedish women’s club Umeå IK. The question is how a team from a city almost devoid of any football culture suddenly could become one of the most successful clubs in the world during the early 2000s? The theoretical basis consists of the concepts of local identity, glocalization and Manuel Castell’s analysis of the network society. The source material is a study of Umeå’s largest daily newspaper and el…
Nordic football
Football vs. ice hockey in the European sport landscape
Football stand as the leading sport in most European countries in terms of revenue, market size, sponsorships, media attention and spectator numbers.However, in several European countries, ice hockey holds a similar position and, in some cases, even locally challenges football's dominance, at least periodically.For example, in a Swedish context, ice hockey was the dominant sport in Stockholm from around 1970 until the late 1990s but has since bee…
Head-to-head
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, a…
Beyond the game
This research delves into the intersection of sports fandom and political activism through the lens of Panathinaikos’ supporters, particularly Gate 13. It investigates how the club’s fan base engages in political expression, solidarity actions, and even political mobilization, against the backdrop of Greece’s socio-political upheavals. The study reveals the formation of a political party, PANKI, by the fans, highlighting their proactive stance on…
Football (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sports, Gender, and Society (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Advertising (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Social science (4 works)