# Guldbollen

Guldbollen (Golden Ball) is a Swedish football award given by Aftonbladet and the Swedish Football Association to the best male Swedish footballer each year.

## History

The award was created by Bengt Liljedahl and between 1946 and 1965 it was awarded in cooperation with Stockholms-Tidningen.
The first Guldbollen award was given in 1946 to Gunnar Gren. In 1973, Bo Larsson of Malmö FF became the first player to win the award for a second time, having previously won it in 1965. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the only player to win the award more than twice, winning it twelve times between 2005 and 2020.
The female equivalent of the award, Diamantbollen, was established in 1990. Both Guldbollen and Diamantbollen are now awarded at the Fotbollsgalan.

## Winners

| Year | Player | Club(s) |
| 1946 | Gunnar Gren | IFK Göteborg |
| 1947 | Gunnar Nordahl | IFK Norrköping |
| 1948 | Bertil Nordahl | Degerfors IF |
| 1949 | Knut Nordahl | IFK Norrköping |
| 1950 | Erik Nilsson | Malmö FF |
| 1951 | Olle Åhlund | Degerfors IF |
| 1952 | Kalle Svensson | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1953 | Bengt Gustavsson | IFK Norrköping |
| 1954 | Sven-Ove Svensson | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1955 | Gösta Löfgren | Motala AIF |
| 1956 | Gösta Sandberg | Djurgårdens IF |
| 1957 | Åke Johansson | IFK Norrköping |
| 1958 | Orvar Bergmark | Örebro SK |
| 1959 | Agne Simonsson | Örgryte IS |
| 1960 | Torbjörn Jonsson | IFK Norrköping |
| 1961 | Bengt Nyholm | IFK Norrköping |
| 1962 | Prawitz Öberg | Malmö FF |
| 1963 | Harry Bild | IFK Norrköping |
| 1964 | Hans Mild | Djurgårdens IF |
| 1965 | Bo Larsson | Malmö FF |
| 1966 | Ove Kindvall | IFK Norrköping Feyenoord |
| 1967 | Ingvar Svahn | Malmö FF |
| 1968 | Björn Nordqvist | IFK Norrköping |
| 1969 | Tommy Svensson | Östers IF |
| 1970 | Jan Olsson | VfB Stuttgart |
| 1971 | Ronnie Hellström | Hammarby IF |
| 1972 | Ralf Edström | Åtvidabergs FF |
| 1973 | Bo Larsson (2) | Malmö FF |
| 1974 | Ralf Edström (2) | PSV Eindhoven |
| 1975 | Kent Karlsson | Åtvidabergs FF |
| 1976 | Anders Linderoth | Östers IF |
| 1977 | Roy Andersson | Malmö FF |
| 1978 | Ronnie Hellström (2) | 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 1979 | Jan Möller | Malmö FF |
| 1980 | Rolf Zetterlund | IK Brage |
| 1981 | Thomas Ravelli | Östers IF |
| 1982 | Torbjörn Nilsson | IFK Göteborg 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 1983 | Glenn Hysén | IFK Göteborg PSV Eindhoven |
| 1984 | Sven Dahlkvist | AIK |
| 1985 | Glenn Strömberg | Atalanta |
| 1986 | Robert Prytz | Young Boys |
| 1987 | Peter Larsson | IFK Göteborg Ajax |
| 1988 | Glenn Hysén (2) | Fiorentina |
| 1989 | Jonas Thern | Malmö FF Benfica |
| 1990 | Tomas Brolin | IFK Norrköping Parma |
| 1991 | Anders Limpar | Arsenal |
| 1992 | Jan Eriksson | IFK Norrköping 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 1993 | Martin Dahlin | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 1994 | Tomas Brolin (2) | Parma |
| 1995 | Patrik Andersson | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 1996 | Roland Nilsson | Helsingborgs IF |
| 1997 | Pär Zetterberg | Anderlecht |
| 1998 | Henrik Larsson | Celtic |
| 1999 | Stefan Schwarz | Valencia Sunderland |
| 2000 | Magnus Hedman | Coventry City |
| 2001 | Patrik Andersson (2) | Bayern Munich Barcelona |
| 2002 | Freddie Ljungberg | Arsenal |
| 2003 | Olof Mellberg | Aston Villa |
| 2004 | Henrik Larsson (2) | Celtic Barcelona |
| 2005 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Juventus |
| 2006 | Freddie Ljungberg (2) | Arsenal |
| 2007 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (2) | Internazionale |
| 2008 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (3) | Internazionale |
| 2009 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (4) | Internazionale Barcelona |
| 2010 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (5) | Barcelona Milan |
| 2011 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (6) | Milan |
| 2012 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (7) | Milan Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2013 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (8) | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2014 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (9) | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2015 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (10) | Paris Saint-Germain |
| 2016 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (11) | Paris Saint-Germain Manchester United |
| 2017 | Andreas Granqvist | Krasnodar |
| 2018 | Victor Lindelöf | Manchester United |
| 2019 | Victor Lindelöf (2) | Manchester United |
| 2020 | Zlatan Ibrahimović (12) | Milan |
| 2021 | Emil Forsberg | RB Leipzig |
| 2022 | Dejan Kulusevski | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2023 | Dejan Kulusevski (2) | Tottenham Hotspur |
| 2024 | Viktor Gyökeres | Sporting CP |
Source:

### By club

| Club | Wins |
| IFK Norrköping | 11 |
| Malmö FF | 8 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 5 |
| Barcelona | 4 |
| IFK Göteborg | 4 |
| Milan | 4 |
| Arsenal | 3 |
| Helsingborgs IF | 3 |
| Internazionale | 3 |
| 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 3 |
| Manchester United | 3 |
| Östers IF | 3 |
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2 |
| Celtic | 2 |
| Degerfors IF | 2 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 2 |
| Parma | 2 |
| PSV Eindhoven | 2 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
| Åtvidabergs FF | 2 |
| AIK | 1 |
| Ajax | 1 |
| Anderlecht | 1 |
| Aston Villa | 1 |
| Atalanta | 1 |
| Bayern Munich | 1 |
| Benfica | 1 |
| IK Brage | 1 |
| Coventry City | 1 |
| Fiorentina | 1 |
| Hammarby IF | 1 |
| Juventus | 1 |
| Krasnodar | 1 |
| RB Leipzig | 1 |
| Motala AIF | 1 |
| Sporting CP | 1 |
| VfB Stuttgart | 1 |
| Sunderland | 1 |
| Valencia | 1 |
| Young Boys | 1 |
| Örebro SK | 1 |
| Örgryte IS | 1 |