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nils lennart johansson stockholm , sweden swedish 5 november 1929 lennart johansson.jpg lennart johansson
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lennart johansson

nils lennart johansson -lrb- born 5 november 1929 -rrb- was the fifth and , to date , the longest serving president of uefa , the union of european football associations , from his election at uefa 's malta congress in 1990 until 2007 .
he started as a leader in the sport of bandy in sweden for his hometown team aik .
johansson then came through the ranks in the swedish football association , and served as the association 's president between 1984 and 1991 .
johansson is probably most famous for starting the uefa champions league and for bringing the 1992 uefa european football championship to his native sweden .
johansson was named honorary uefa president by his successor michel platini at the düsseldorf congress in january 2007 .
in october 2007 , he was appointed chairman of a committee for bringing bandy into the olympic programme .
the lennart johansson bowl -lrb- lennart johanssons pokal -rrb- , the trophy awarded to the swedish football champions each year since 2001 , is named after him .
