In just four years, the number of paddle courts in Sweden has more than quadrupled.
But not everyone is a paddle lover.
The new buildings have given rise to a number of annoyed neighbors around the country.
- Padel halls are popping up all over Sweden, sponging out of the ground, says Linda Ström, who is involved in the riding club that is protesting against a planned paddle construction in Ljungskile.
Threats the riding club's activities
In Ljungskile, the tennis association plans to build a paddle hall on land that is partly used by Ljungskile riding club as a paddock.
According to the club themselves, it threatens their business because they would have to reduce the number of horses if the paddle hall became a reality.
- It has become very infected and excessive, says Sten Jacobson, chairman of the Ljungskile tennis association, in SVT's Mötet.
"I get sad"
- So many people with me have tried to tell Sten that 'You can build this paddle hall anywhere, but not here'.
And he just drives, says Linda Ström.
Linda Ström thinks that the paddle plans are another example of when "white middle-aged men" are given priority over young girls, and she has previously expressed this in Expressen.
Sten Jacobson thinks it is a completely wrong comparison because many young girls play paddle.
- I get sad when you say that, he says in the meeting with Linda.
Watch parts of Linda and Sten's conversation in the clip above, the entire episode of The Meeting on SVT Play already now or in SVT1 on Monday at 21:45.