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Q: What sports are popular in Sweden?
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What are the famous sports in Sweden?

Sport is considered a national pastime in Sweden, and about half of the population actively takes part in sports activities. The most important all-embracing organisations for sports in Sweden are the Swedish Sports Confederation, and the Swedish Olympic Committee. In total over 2 million people (about 20% of the total population) are members of a sports club.The sports with most participants are handball, football, golf, gymnastics and athletics, while the sports with the largest number of television spectators are football, ice hockey, handball, bandy, golf, motor sport (especially speedway) and athletics. Ice hockey and football are the main sports. Winter sports are also popular, both in the number of participants and in spectators, while floorball gained large popularity in the 1990s amongst participants, spectators really grew in the last 5 years to outnumber other team sports amongst the spectators. Other popular sports include bandy, basketball, orienteering, tennis and table tennis. Except for basketball, the American sports have not gained much popularity, although American football and baseball are practised.Popular recreational sports and activities include brännboll (popular in schools), boule, kubb, skiing, swimming, gymnastics, walking, running,cycling, dancing, fishing and hunting.


What water sports are performed in Sweden?

All of the Olympic water sports and several more are available in Sweden, if you want anything particular you need to be more specific.


What is the most popular color in Sweden?

blue and yellow because those are the colors to the Sweden flag


How many sports are in Zimbabwe?

There are many sports in Zimbabwe. Soccer is particularly popular.


What sports did children play in the sixties?

In the 60's the sports of baseball and soccer were very popular.