Jernvallen is a multi-use
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Sandviken,
Sweden
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. In the
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil be ...
there were two matches played at Jernvallen.
[See the links at the two match reports] It has the distinction of being the northernmost stadium to host a World Cup match. It is currently used mostly for
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
matches. Although the record for the stadium is 20,000 people in 1958, today the stadium holds 7,000 people.
FIFA World Cup 1958
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References
Football venues in Sweden
1958 FIFA World Cup stadiums
Sandvikens IF
Badminton venues
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