” I had goose bumps during the national anthem, said the veteran Nilla Fischer, who made his debut in the national team back in 2001.

the Goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl was when the previous record was noted, in a world CUP kvalmöte with Switzerland in may 2002. Despite the loss, 1-2, the guise Was up, when she was asked how it felt to play in front of record audiences.

” It was great, every time I tried to get them to pat so they hung on.

You went to a sale afterwards, and thanked the audience.

” Yes, we had broken a record together, and it should celebrate. You should do this every time you reach a goal, and now we have reached a great goal.

the women’s football for the first time for DN’s behalf. It was at Mälarhöjdens IP, Jakobsberg was one of the party, a dozen of the ”the closest mourners” hung on the åskådarräcket.

this was in the spring of 1974. Women’s football was young. Sweden had just played a test match, 0-0 against Finland in the summer before.

45 years later, the situation is different. Women’s football has found in the big arenas. The players are professional. It is the expectation. The crowd streams to the.

at Odenplan got the same feeling as if one were on the way to a herrlandskamp. The platform was crowded, and it was yellow and blue, everywhere. And inside the train it was chock-full, and lively.

45 years ago was damlandskamper something that was overlooked, and, in principle, was noted as rows of result in the media. Competitive games didn’t exist.

Today is landskamperna a buzz. It is played championships. The players, both the Swedish and the foreign stars, are well-known for the fans.

the Closest to waiting for the world CUP in France this summer.

ranked second in the world, was a part of the preparations. Star power of both teams. A taste of what awaits in the summer.

Now, they got close to the 26 000 spectators a measure of national coach Peter Gerhardssons team. Although the loss, but still a message that Sweden can match the best in the world.

with a little luck, could Linda Sembrants nick in the final stage have resulted, and then, Sweden had been a tie for the next task in the upload, Tuesday’s meeting with Austria at home.

16 may be nominated in the 23 players who travel down to France and play the world CUP. And before your departure, it is set for a new publikfest, at Gamla Ullevi in Gothenburg 31 may, when Sweden meets south Korea in the world CUP dress rehearsal.