Wilhelm Friberg (25 July 1865–16 January 1932) was a
Swedish
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* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
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football
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manager and pioneer in
Swedish football
Association football is the most popular sport in Sweden, with over 240,000 licensed players (approximately 56,000 women and 184,000 men) with another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which ...
. He was one of the founders of
Örgryte IS
Örgryte Idrottssällskap, commonly referred to as Örgryte IS, Örgryte () or (especially locally) ÖIS or Öis, is a Swedish sports club based in Gothenburg. It consists of four departments, namely bowling, football, athletics and wrestling. H ...
, the dominating club in early Swedish football. He was chairman of the club from the start in 1887 to 1926. He was also one of the founders of the
Swedish Sport Association, the
Swedish Ballgame Association and the
Swedish Football Association
The Swedish Football Association ( sv, Svenska Fotbollförbundet, SvFF) is the governing and body of football in Sweden. It organises the football leagues – Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women – and the men's and women's nati ...
, of which he was chairman in the later from 1908 to 1917.
References
* Alsiö, Martin, Frantz, Alf, Lindahl, Jimmy & Persson, Gunnar (2004). ''100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken.'' Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. .
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1865 births
1932 deaths
Swedish football chairmen and investors
Swedish football managers
Sweden national football team managers
Chairmen of the Swedish Football Association
Örgryte IS directors and chairmen