Kim Hilding Bergstrand (born 18 April 1968) is a Swedish

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coach. A former player for Stockholm rivals AIK and

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

, he is the manager of the

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team Djurgårdens IF together with

Thomas Lagerlöf Thomas Olof "Tolle" Lagerlöf (born 15 November 1971) is a Swedish football coach. A former player for Stockholm rivals AIK, he is the coach of the Allsvenskan team Djurgårdens IF. Honours Player AIK * Swedish Champion: 1992, 1998 Mana ...

Career

Playing career

Bergstrand played for AIK,

, Nacka FF and IF Brommapojkarna. He became Swedish champion by winning

1992 Mästerskapsserien Allsvenskan 1992, part of the 1992 in Swedish football, 1992 Swedish football season, was the 68th Allsvenskan season played. IFK Norrköping won the league ahead of runners-up Östers IF, and advanced to Mästerskapsserien 1992 along with the tea ...

with AIK.

Managerial career

Between 2008 and 2010, Kim Bergstrand was the manager of IF Brommapojkarna. In 2012, Kim Bergstrand and

became managers of IK Sirius. Before the 2019 season, Kim Bergstrand and

became managers of Djurgårdens IF. Bergstrand and Lagerlöf managed the team to a Swedish title their first season. In 2022, they took Djurgården to their first European group stage, the

2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League The 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League is the second season of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Europe's tertiary club football tournament organised by UEFA. The final will be played at Fortuna Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. The winner ...

Controversies

On 31 January 2021, Kim Bergstrand participated in an interview about leadership in Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, where he referred to German leadership during the 1930s and 1940s as something you "can learn from". The statement received strong criticism, including from the

Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism The Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism (SCAA) ( sv, Svenska kommittén mot antisemitism, ''SKMA'') is a politically and religiously independent organization that works to spread knowledge about, and counteract, antisemitism and other forms of r ...

. Kim Bergstand immediately apologized in public for his statement and Djurgården adopted, as the first Swedish professional club, the IHRA definition of antisemitism in its policy documents.

Honours

Player

AIK * Swedish Champion:

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Manager

Djurgårdens IF *

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References

Kim Bergstrand's history at AIK's official website
1968 births Living people People from Täby Municipality Swedish men's footballers Men's association football forwards AIK Fotboll players Hammarby Fotboll players Allsvenskan players Superettan players IF Brommapojkarna players Swedish football managers IF Brommapojkarna managers IK Sirius Fotboll managers Boo FK players Boo FK managers Footballers from Stockholm County {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub