At the end of last week, Boden's municipal councilor Claes Nordmark (S) went out with the promise that the municipality will pay SEK 50 per visitor, but a maximum of SEK 75,000, during Saturday's home match against Östersund.
And that to support the hockey team against what he meant were illegal cartels and boycotts in the hockey arena.
"It was almost propaganda hockey"
The people of Bodens did the same.
1,572 visitors were included in the match and this means that the municipality of Boden will pay the maximum amount of SEK 75,000 in crisis support to the hockey team.
- It was a fantastic Saturday with almost propaganda hockey and more than 1,500 people in the stands.
We are completely satisfied.
It was very good, among other things, 500 beers were sold there, says Joakim Svensson, marketing manager for Boden Hockey.
"Takes the money into Boden HF instead"
But there is thus criticism of the decision, both from cultural workers and others who believe that Boden Hockey is a limited company and that the municipality may not support private companies, according to the principle of equality in the Municipal Act.
- Although we have the A-team and all other sales in the limited company, but our license and our license to play in the hockey league is in the association Boden HF.
And in addition, we have a non-profit association with fourteen children's teams.
If there is a problem legally, we will have to take in the money from the municipality in Boden HF instead, says Joakim Svensson.
Municipal councilor Claes Nordmark refuses to comment on the information that the municipality of Boden will pay SEK 75,000 to the hockey team after Saturday's home match.