Not everyone becomes an elite athlete, but it really pays off for the passionate, athletically built and healthy professionals who dedicate their lives to the sport they enjoy. Sports such as golf, tennis riding, athletics, football and hockey are incredibly popular in Sweden. A good management with hard work behind them as well as player contracts and approval agreements, Swedish athletes in the sports world will not only be well known but rich in stone! Here you will find out who are the highest paid athletes in Sweden right now.
Allsvenskan
The club that earns the most money in the Allsvenskan today is Malmö. They have raised around SEK 150 million in the champions league context. The highest paid players here are
Alexander Faltsesas
Plays football in Häcken and draws in 1.9 million per season.
Salif Camara
He plays football in the club Trelleborg and receives SEK 1.7 million.
Issam Jebali
At the Elfsborg club, he earns SEK 1.5 million every year.
Jörgen Hörn
Players in Elfsborg withdraw SEK 1.5 million.
Johan wiland
He plays football in Bajen, Hammarby and has an income of SEK 1.3 million every season.
Men
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
He has played for clubs such as Inter, Milan, Barcelona, Juventus, Manchester United and Paris. Known for being Sweden’s best goal scorer of all time. His income is around SEK 1.5 billion every year.
Björn Borg
Sweden’s best tennis player has taken home the win in the Wimbledon title five years in a row. He chose to end his career after 10 years and received SEK 450 million from selling the rights in his name to a fashion company.
Peter Forsberg
Known in the hockey world and pulled in around SEK 100 million a year in the Colorado Avalanche.
Jesper Parnevik
Jesper managed to win a total of five wins on the PGA Tour and 150 million kronor richer.
Women
Isabella Haaks
Volleyball professionals who do not have as big a name as other elite athletes but are said to be the world’s highest paid sportswoman.
Charlotte Kalla
Kalla is a cross-country skier who has succeeded really well in winter. A capital of around SEK 100 million.
Olympic gold – three
World Cup gold – seven
SM gold – quantities
Sara Sjöström
Is a professional swimmer and has won a lot of prizes and awards. The disciplines she mainly competes in are freestyle and butterfly swimming. In the latter, she has broken the world record with a time of 55.48.
Annika Sörenstram
She earned a total of SEK 220 million during her golf career. After that, she started the brand ANNIKA and raises around SEK 400 million every year.