On September 29, the participation restrictions that have affected sports since last spring will be abolished.

And for Mats Enquist and the interest group Swedish elite football (Sef), a long struggle to get the football audience back seems to be over.

- I'm almost empty, it's almost like it feels like winning a derby, he says and continues:

- This means that we immediately sit down and plan for how we want to take responsibility.

It is not the state that talks about how many we are allowed to be in arenas, but it is we and the clubs who will discuss solutions.

Skeptical of vaccination sessions

However, there are some question marks to sort out.

The government has submitted a proposal to introduce vaccination passes at events with more than 15,000 spectators, something that Enquist hopes football will avoid.

- We are a bit skeptical, but it is a tool if nothing else works.

If the infection increases, it is good to have a vaccine pass as a backup plan, he says.

And even if football has the opportunity to play in front of packed stands in just over three weeks, the Sef base does not want to state that this will be the case.

- This does not mean that we should stop working with safe events, that work continues.

We start from what is responsible and even though we may have been crowded, it does not mean that we blindly knock everyone in, he says and continues:

- There may be certain restrictions such as hand alcohol and avoid queuing, we will work together in a good way.

We will find our level and it will be much closer to crowded stands than you might think.

Cheers in Malmö

In men's Swedish Malmö FF, which is fighting for both league gold and promotion from the Champions League group stage, the audience announcement is a welcome injection.

- What we have hoped for, but did not know if one could expect, is actually happening now.

We have four matches left with current restrictions, but after that we will be able to play in front of significantly more spectators and hopefully full, says Niclas Carlnén, MFF's CEO, to TT.

MFF meets IFK Norrköping in the Allsvenskan at home on Saturday, but the club had a small hope that the restrictions would somehow be eased already on Tuesday when the Scanians play at home against the Italian big club Juventus in the Champions League.

- We've had that all along.

We have hoped that a change would be made as soon as possible and that the regulations would be adapted to what applies in other parts of society.

But that we get to this now and without restrictions, hopefully from September 29, is a really good decision, says Carlnén.

Against Juventus, the audience capacity is still 5,500 spectators, but only around 4,000 will be able to be bought by MFF supporters.

This is because Uefa (European Football Association) is allocated around 1,500 tickets.