Editing Guldbollen

{{Short description|Swedish association football award}}
{{infobox sports award
| name = Guldbollen
| subheader = 
| image = 
| image_size = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| description = [[Association football|Association football award]]
| country = Sweden
| presenter = [[Swedish Football Association]], [[Aftonbladet]]
| holder = [[Viktor Gyökeres]] (2024)
| most_awards = [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (12)
}}
'''Guldbollen''' (''Golden Ball'') is a Swedish [[Association football|football]] award given by ''[[Aftonbladet]]'' and the [[Swedish Football Association]] to the best male Swedish footballer each year.

==History==

The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mitti.se/nyheter/bengt-ar-smeden-som-gor-zlatans-guldbollar/|title=Bengt är smeden som gör Zlatans guldbollar|date=11 November 2024|last=Jahnson|first=Therese|publisher=Mitt i|access-date=12 September 2020}}</ref> and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with ''[[Stockholms-Tidningen]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fogis.se/fotbollsgalan/tidigare-vinnare/guldbollen/|title=Guldbollen|website=Fogis.se|publisher=Swedish Football Association|access-date=12 September 2020}}</ref>

The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to [[Gunnar Gren]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/guldbollen/1946.html|title=1946: Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg|publisher=Aftonbladet|access-date=12 September 2020}}</ref> In 1973, [[Bo Larsson]] of [[Malmö FF]] became the first player to win the award for a second time, having previously won it in 1965. [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] is the only player to win the award more than twice, winning it twelve times between 2005 and 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/11/22/zlatan-ibrahimovic-honoured-statue-david-beckham-calls-one-greatest/|title=Zlatan Ibrahimovic to be honoured with statue as David Beckham calls him 'one of the greatest ever'|publisher=The Telegraph|date=22 November 2016 |access-date=25 December 2016}}</ref>

The female equivalent of the award, [[Diamantbollen]], was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the [[Fotbollsgalan]].

==Winners==
[[File:Erik Nilsson (1952).png|thumb|Erik Nilsson, 1950 winner]]
[[File:Gösta Sandberg.jpg|thumb|Gösta Sandberg, 1956 winner]]
[[File:Agne Simonsson.jpg|thumb|Agne Simonsson, 1959 winner]]
[[File:PrawitzÖbergGuldbollen.jpg|thumb|Prawitz Öberg, receiving the award in 1962]]
[[File:Fredrikljungbergguldboll.jpg|thumb|[[Freddie Ljungberg]] receiving the award in 2006]]
[[File:Ibrahimović.jpg|thumb|Zlatan Ibrahimović, twelve-time winner]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="50px" |Year
! Player
! Club(s)
|-
| {{center|1946}}
| [[Gunnar Gren]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Göteborg]]
|-
| {{center|1947}}
| [[Gunnar Nordahl]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
|-
| {{center|1948}}
| [[Bertil Nordahl]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Degerfors IF]]
|-
| {{center|1949}}
| [[Knut Nordahl]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
|-
| {{center|1950}}
| [[Erik Nilsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
|-
| {{center|1951}}
| [[Olle Åhlund]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Degerfors IF]]
|-
| {{center|1952}}
| [[Kalle Svensson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Helsingborgs IF]]
|-
| {{center|1953}}
| [[Bengt Gustavsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
|-
| {{center|1954}}
| [[Sven-Ove Svensson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Helsingborgs IF]]
|-
| {{center|1955}}
| [[Gösta Löfgren]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Motala AIF]]
|-
| {{center|1956}}
| [[Gösta Sandberg]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]
|-
| {{center|1957}}
| [[Åke Johansson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
|-
| {{center|1958}}
| [[Orvar Bergmark]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Örebro SK]]
|-
| {{center|1959}}
| [[Agne Simonsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Örgryte IS]]
|-
| {{center|1960}}
| [[Torbjörn Jonsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
|-
| {{center|1961}}
| [[Bengt Nyholm]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
|-
| {{center|1962}}
| [[Prawitz Öberg]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
|-
| {{center|1963}}
| [[Harry Bild]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
|-
| {{center|1964}}
| [[Hans Mild]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]
|-
| {{center|1965}}
| [[Bo Larsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
|-
| {{center|1966}}
| [[Ove Kindvall]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]<br/>{{fbaicon|NED}} [[Feyenoord]]
|-
| {{center|1967}}
| [[Ingvar Svahn]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
|-
| {{center|1968}}
| [[Björn Nordqvist]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
|-
| {{center|1969}}
| [[Tommy Svensson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Östers IF]]
|-
| {{center|1970}}
| [[Jan Olsson (footballer born 1944)|Jan Olsson]]
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[VfB Stuttgart]]
|-
| {{center|1971}}
| [[Ronnie Hellström]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]]
|-
| {{center|1972}}
| [[Ralf Edström]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Åtvidabergs FF]]
|-
| {{center|1973}}
| [[Bo Larsson]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
|-
| {{center|1974}}
| [[Ralf Edström]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|NED}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]
|-
| {{center|1975}}
| [[Kent Karlsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Åtvidabergs FF]]
|-
| {{center|1976}}
| [[Anders Linderoth]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Östers IF]]
|-
| {{center|1977}}
| [[Roy Andersson (footballer)|Roy Andersson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
|-
| {{center|1978}}
| [[Ronnie Hellström]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|-
| {{center|1979}}
| [[Jan Möller]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
|-
| {{center|1980}}
| [[Rolf Zetterlund]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IK Brage]]
|-
| {{center|1981}}
| [[Thomas Ravelli]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Östers IF]]
|-
| {{center|1982}}
| [[Torbjörn Nilsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Göteborg]]<br/>{{fbaicon|GER}} [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|-
| {{center|1983}}
| [[Glenn Hysén]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Göteborg]]<br/>{{fbaicon|NED}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]
|-
| {{center|1984}}
| [[Sven Dahlkvist]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]
|-
| {{center|1985}}
| [[Glenn Strömberg]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]
|-
| {{center|1986}}
| [[Robert Prytz]]
| {{fbaicon|SUI}} [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]
|-
| {{center|1987}}
| [[Peter Larsson (midfielder)|Peter Larsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Göteborg]]<br/>{{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
|-
| {{center|1988}}
| [[Glenn Hysén]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
|-
| {{center|1989}}
| [[Jonas Thern]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]<br/>{{fbaicon|POR}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
|-
| {{center|1990}}
| [[Tomas Brolin]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]<br/>{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]
|-
| {{center|1991}}
| [[Anders Limpar]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|-
| {{center|1992}}
| [[Jan Eriksson (footballer, born 1967)|Jan Eriksson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]<br/>{{fbaicon|GER}} [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
|-
| {{center|1993}}
| [[Martin Dahlin]]
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|-
| {{center|1994}}
| [[Tomas Brolin]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]
|-
| {{center|1995}}
| [[Patrik Andersson]]
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
|-
| {{center|1996}}
| [[Roland Nilsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Helsingborgs IF]]
|-
| {{center|1997}}
| [[Pär Zetterberg]]
| {{fbaicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
|-
| {{center|1998}}
| [[Henrik Larsson]]
| {{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
|-
| {{center|1999}}
| [[Stefan Schwarz]]
| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]<br/>{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
|-
| {{center|2000}}
| [[Magnus Hedman]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
|-
| {{center|2001}}
| [[Patrik Andersson]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]<br/>{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| {{center|2002}}
| [[Freddie Ljungberg]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|-
| {{center|2003}}
| [[Olof Mellberg]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
|-
| {{center|2004}}
| [[Henrik Larsson]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]<br/>{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| {{center|2005}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]]
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
|-
| {{center|2006}}
| [[Freddie Ljungberg]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
|-
| {{center|2007}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|-
| {{center|2008}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (3)
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
|-
| {{center|2009}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (4)
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]<br/>{{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
|-
| {{center|2010}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (5)
| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]<br/>{{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|-
| {{center|2011}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (6)
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|-
| {{center|2012}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (7)
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]<br/>{{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|-
| {{center|2013}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (8)
| {{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|-
| {{center|2014}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (9)
| {{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|-
| {{center|2015}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (10)
| {{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|-
| {{center|2016}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (11)
| {{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]<br/>{{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
| {{center|2017}}
| [[Andreas Granqvist]]
| {{fbaicon|RUS}} [[FC Krasnodar|Krasnodar]]
|-
| {{center|2018}}
| [[Victor Lindelöf]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
| {{center|2019}}
| [[Victor Lindelöf]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
|-
| {{center|2020}}
| [[Zlatan Ibrahimović]] (12)
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
|-
| {{center|2021}}
| [[Emil Forsberg]]
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[RB Leipzig]]
|-
| {{center|2022}}
| [[Dejan Kulusevski]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|-
| {{center|2023}}
| [[Dejan Kulusevski]] (2)
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
|-
| {{center|2024}}
| [[Viktor Gyökeres]]
| {{fbaicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP]]
|}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://svff.svenskfotboll.se/om-svff/historik/fotbollsgalan/guldbollen/ |title=Guldbollen|website=svenskfotboll.se|access-date=22 October 2023|publisher=Swedish Football Association |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022142538/https://svff.svenskfotboll.se/om-svff/historik/fotbollsgalan/guldbollen/ |archive-date=22 October 2023}}</ref>

===By club===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!Club
!Wins
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Norrköping]]
| align=center| 11
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Malmö FF]]
| align=center| 8
|-
| {{fbaicon|FRA}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
| align=center| 5
|-
| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]
| align=center| 4
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IFK Göteborg]]
| align=center| 4
|-
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[AC Milan|Milan]]
| align=center| 4
|-
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]]
| align=center| 3
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Helsingborgs IF]]
| align=center| 3
|-
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Inter Milan|Internazionale]]
| align=center| 3
|-
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[1. FC Kaiserslautern]]
| align=center| 3
|-
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| align=center| 3
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Östers IF]]
| align=center| 3
|-
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[Borussia Mönchengladbach]]
| align=center| 2
|-
| {{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
| align=center| 2
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Degerfors IF]]
| align=center| 2
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]
| align=center| 2
|-
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Parma Calcio 1913|Parma]]
| align=center| 2
|-
| {{fbaicon|NED}} [[PSV Eindhoven]]
| align=center| 2
|-
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| align=center| 2
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Åtvidabergs FF]]
| align=center| 2
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[AIK Fotboll|AIK]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|NED}} [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|BEL}} [[R.S.C. Anderlecht|Anderlecht]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Atalanta BC|Atalanta]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|POR}} [[S.L. Benfica|Benfica]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[IK Brage]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|NED}} [[Feyenoord]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Hammarby Fotboll|Hammarby IF]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|ITA}} [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| align="center" | 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|RUS}} [[FC Krasnodar|Krasnodar]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[RB Leipzig]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Motala AIF]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|POR}} [[Sporting CP]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|GER}} [[VfB Stuttgart]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|ESP}} [[Valencia CF|Valencia]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|SUI}} [[BSC Young Boys|Young Boys]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Örebro SK]]
| align=center| 1
|-
| {{fbaicon|SWE}} [[Örgryte IS]]
| align=center| 1
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category-inline|Guldbollen}}

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