Aage Radmann is a senior lecturer in sports science at Malmö University.
In short, he believes that the research has arrived at three main points.
- It is that women experience a freedom in the stands, they experience a respect for their football skills, but also that they experience restrictions based on the fact that they are women, he says.
Aage Radmann is a researcher in sports science and has studied the role of women on Swedish football stands.
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Far ahead in Sweden
Aage Radmann says that Sweden is far ahead of the other Nordic countries when it comes to the number of women on the football stands.
- In Sweden and Germany, it is estimated that about twenty percent of the total audience are women, that is far more than, for example, Norway and Denmark, he says.
Two groups in Malmö
Malmösystrar was founded in 2016 and has today grown into one of Europe's largest female supporter groups.
They arrange away trips, print their own shirts, create typhoons and have their special place in the stands.
- It is an association where everyone who identifies as women and MFF supporters should feel welcome, says Susanne Lundberg, member of Malmösystrar.
After the founding, there has also been another supporter group called Femmes de Malmö.
Kim Esbjörnsson chose to start a new grouping so that girls can also choose which group to join.
- If I look back to when I was a little girl, I really wished that Malmö sisters and Femmes de Malmö existed, says Kim Esbjörnsson.
Malmö sisters are today one of Europe's largest female supporter groups.
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