"Looking forward to a change"

After violating the regulations and playing with shorts instead of a bikini, the Norwegian women's national team in beach handball was fined.

And the debate over the controversial dress code has become a serial.

Yesterday, Sweden's Minister of Culture and Democracy Amanda Lind (MP) spoke about the "outdated rule".

Today, when SVT Sport reaches the former national team player Stefan Lövgren - now a board member of the European Handball Federation, EHF - he hopes for a change, and he is hopeful.

- There is a proposal that has already been moved to the IHF (International Handball Federation).

Already last year, the EHF allowed the players to wear other clothes, but the IHF rejected that possibility, and it is they who set and set the rules that other continents must follow, he says.

"Up to the individuals themselves"

According to Stefan Lövgren, there was a proposal at EHF's congress this spring.

In addition, Norway has now submitted a motion to change the current rules, which the EHF will address in the coming months.

Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands are all behind that motion, says Lövgren.

- The change is not to ban bikinis, but to offer an alternative for those who do not want to play in it.

Then it is up to the individuals themselves to play in what they feel most comfortable in, he says and continues:

- If it does not happen earlier, I assume that the change will take effect at the latest at the IHF's congress in November.

So you are optimistic that this change will be voted through?

- Yes, I absolutely am.

The Congress consists of 209 nations and everyone has one vote, but I assume that it will go through if you have a good proposal, which I believe and hope you will have.

How long-awaited is such a proposal?

- I do not know what to put it in words ... I think we all think the same.

Very longed for or far too late right now, that's it.

It is clear that we are looking forward to a change that might already have existed, says Stefan Lövgren.