The new advice and regulations apply from 14 December next week and apply until 30 June next year.

"Pleasing change"

RF's chairman Björn Eriksson sees the announcement as a positive change.

- It is a gratifying change of advice that means a lot to everyone who has not now had the opportunity to train with their friends and get the traction for joint activities that are so often needed to keep the interest and not get stuck in a sedentary home.

The Swedish Sports Confederation has conducted a close dialogue with the Swedish Public Health Agency and put forward these proposals.

We are now all given a responsibility to carry out the training strictly based on advice so we can continue to keep going, he says in a press release.

As before, people who engage in professional sports can train and compete.