the Swedish sports policy spokesperson Angelika Bengtsson visited the hockey and got to meet the Swedish hockey have their highest representatives. In connection with the meeting asked the chairman, Anders Larsson, and the secretary-general Tommy Boustedt up a picture with her.
the Meeting and the picture has led to strong criticism in the hockey league.
Even people outside the covenant have reacted. As Uffe Bodin, editor-in-chief of hockeysverige.see:
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and openly gay, reacts strongly.
” My children would not exist if SD got to decide and I would not be married with Helene, who I love more than anything else. I can’t even describe how I feel, ” says Martinsen to Expressen.
” I’m sorry. There are a lot of thoughts flying through your head.
Anders Lundberg, spelarutvecklingsansvarig of the covenant, is upset over the picture that has been spreading in social media. It goes against the elitserien diversity, he thinks.
” We are working every day and putting down the soul and heart for us to be inclusive, and that hockey should be a sport for all so this comes as a real punch to the face I feel.
ice hockey federation for a dialogue with the several parliamentary parties, and notes that it is not a political statement.
Angelika Bengtsson think that the strong reactions at the meeting suggest a lack of expertise.
– I and SD sitting in the parliament, we give money to the Swedish sports Confederation, which later gives the money to the hockey association. It is pathetic that you are trying to make this into a political points, ” she says to Expressen.
