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2022-05-18T13:31:18.442Z
Swedish ice hockey will have its first female referee at elite level next season. A press release from the Stockholm Ice Hockey Association reveals that Anna Hammar gets the chance as a line judge in the Hockey Allsvenskan.
Hockeyallsvenskan has taken out its referee squad for the season 2022-2023.
New for this year is that six main judges are offered full-time contracts, but also that Anna Hammar will get the chance as a line judge.
Thus, she becomes the first woman to have the opportunity to judge ice hockey at an elite level.
Source: svt
