The SHE team Skara HF usually averages around 600 spectators at their home matches in the highest handball league.

When the government opened up to 300 spectators at events a week ago, the club saw an opportunity to alleviate the financial blow that this year's season entailed. 

Now you have to think again.

The club has already sold 200 tickets for Sunday's match with Boden.

- I'm a little desperate.

Right now I am trying to gather the board so we can have a meeting and wait for new information from the Swedish Handball Association.

It will be impossible to take in the audience we had intended, says Elin Wikström.

- It is very boring from several perspectives and so boring that we can not invite our fans to come and support their team.

One becomes despairing of the whole situation, that the development of the pandemic is so negative in Sweden and in the world.

This is the challenge of the earth.

Financially, it is super tough, but we must respect that health comes first.

Emma Frans on raising the ceiling: "Doubtful" (October 28, 2020)

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Researcher Emma Frans says that it is "a little doubtful" whether the proposed increase of 300 people in a seated audience will be implemented.

Photo: Anders Wiklund / TT, SVT