''Åshöjdens BK'' is a book series about a fictional

football club In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which association football teams organise their sporting activities. The club can exist either as ...

in northwestern

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, created by

Max Lundgren Max Lundgren (22 March 1937 – 27 May 2005) was a Swedish author of children's books. He debuted in 1962 with the book '' Hunden som äntligen visslade'', and wrote over 50 books. Some of his books have become TV series, among other ''Pojken med ...

. It also appeared as a comic strip in Buster.

Plot

Appearing in a series of four novels, it depicts a football club being promoted across a

promotion and relegation Promotion and relegation is used by sports leagues as a process where teams can move up and down among divisions in a league system, based on their performance over a season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are sometimes call ...

-based Swedish league system before losing the

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qualifying game. In 1985, a

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based on the book series was made. Sometimes, sports journalists talk of the "real Åshöjdens BK" when a club, often in rural districts, within some seasons is quickly promoted from the lower to higher divisions. An example is

Ljungskile SK Ljungskile SK is a Swedish football club located in Ljungskile, a town within Uddevalla Municipality. They currently play in the Swedish third tier, Division 1. History Ljungskile SK, formed in 1926, is famous for their promotions between 199 ...

's promotion during the early to mid-1990s.

Books

* Åshöjdens bollklubb (1967) * Åshöjden går vidare (1968) *

Kris i Åshöjdens BK The kris or is a Javanese asymmetrical dagger with a distinctive blade-patterning achieved through alternating laminations of iron and nickelous iron (''pamor''). The kris is famous for its distinctive wavy blade, although many have straight ...

(1969) * Åshöjden i kvalet (1971)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashojdens BK Fictional association football clubs Series of children's books Novels about association football Works by Max Lundgren Skåne County in fiction Book series introduced in 1967