Sweden - Footballer of the Year (Guldbollen)

1946 Gunnar Gren, IFK Göteborg
1947 Gunnar Nordahl, IFK Norrköping 
1948 Bertil Nordahl, Degerfors IF  
1949 Knut Nordahl, IFK Norrköping
1950 Erik Nilsson, Malmö FF
1951 Olle Åhlund, Degerfors IF
1952 Kalle Svensson, Helsingborgs IF
1953 Bengt Gustavsson, IFK Norrköping 
1954 Sven-Ove Svensson, Helsingborgs IF
1955 Gösta Löfgren, Motala AIF
1956 Gösta Sandberg, Djurgårdens IF
1957 Eke Johansson, IFK Norrköping
1958 Orvar Bergmark, Örebro SK
1959 Agne Simonsson, Örgryte IS
1960 Torbjörn Jonsson, IFK Norrköping
1961 Bengt Nyholm, IFK Norrköping
1962 Prawitz Öberg, Malmö FF
1963 Harry Bild, IFK Norrköping
1964 Hans Mild, Djurgårdens IF
1965 Bo Larsson, Malmö FF
1966 Ove Kindvall, IFK Norrköping/Feijenoord
1967 Ingvar Svahn, Malmö FF
1968 Björn Nordqvist, IFK Norrköping
1969 Tommy Svensson, Östers IF
1970 Jan Olsson, VfB Stuttgart
1971 Ronnie Hellström, Hammarby IF
1972 Ralf Edström, Åtvidabergs FF
1973 Bo Larsson, Malmö FF
1974 Ralf Edström, PSV Eindhoven
1975 Kent Karlsson, Åtvidabergs FF
1976 Anders Linderoth, Östers IF
1977 Roy Andersson, Malmö FF
1978 Ronnie Hellström, 1.FC Kaiserslautern
1979 Jan Möller, Malmö FF
1980 Rolf Zetterlund, IK Brage
1981 Thomas Ravelli, Östers IF
1982 Torbjörn Nilsson, IFK Göteborg/1.FC Kaiserslautern
1983 Glenn Hysén, IFK Göteborg
1984 Sven Dahlkvist, AIK
1985 Glenn Strömberg, Atalanta BC
1986 Robert Prytz, BSC Young Boys
1987 Peter Larsson, IFK Göteborg
1988 Glenn Hysén, AC Fiorentina
1989 Jonas Thern, Malmö FF/SL Benfica
1990 Tomas Brolin, IFK Norrköping/Parma AC
1991 Anders Limpár, Arsenal FC
1992 Jan Eriksson, IFK Norrköping/1.FC Kaiserslautern
1993 Martin Dahlin, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach
1994 Tomas Brolin, Parma AC
1995 Patrik Andersson, VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach
1996 Roland Nilsson, Helsingborgs IF
1997 Pär Zetterberg, RSC Anderlecht
1998 Henrik Larsson, Celtic FC
1999 Stefan Schwarz, Sunderland
2000 Magnus Hedman, Coventry City
2001 Patrik Andersson, FC Bayern München
2002 Fredrik Ljungberg, Arsenal FC
2003 Olof Mellberg, Aston Villa FC
2004 Henrik Larsson, Celtic FC/FC Barcelona
2005 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, FC Juventus
2006 Fredrik Ljungberg, Arsenal FC
2007 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, FC Internazionale
2008 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, FC Internazionale
2009 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, FC Internazionale/FC Barcelona
2010 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, FC Barcelona/AC Milan
2011 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan
2012 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan/Paris Saint Germain
2013 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paris Saint Germain
2014 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paris Saint Germain
2015 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paris Saint Germain 
2016 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paris Saint Germain/Manchester United
2017 Andreas Granqvist, FC Krasnodar
2018 Victor Lindelöf, Manchester United
2019 Victor Lindelöf, Manchester United
2020 Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan 
2021 Emil Forsberg, RB Leipzig
2022 Dejan Kulusevski, Tottenham Hotspur
2023 Dejan Kulusevski, Tottenham Hotspur


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