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Life – a user's manual Part II - Boksidan

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Table 1.<br />

Which, of a selection of sports, the participants are not watching, watching if Sweden is participating or<br />

watch even if Sweden does not participate. Green = the majority watch even if Sweden does not participate,<br />

yellow = the majority watch if Sweden is participating, red = the majority do not watch.<br />

Sport Newer watch Watch if Sweden<br />

participates<br />

Watch even if<br />

Sweden does not<br />

participate<br />

Badminton 7 1 1<br />

Bandy 1 1 7<br />

Basketball 7 1 1<br />

Billiards 7 0 2<br />

Table tennis 2 6 1<br />

Boxing 1 4 4<br />

Wrestling 4 5 0<br />

Curling 2 7 0<br />

Cycling 6 1 2<br />

darts 5 0 4<br />

Football 1 2 6<br />

Athletics 1 2 6<br />

Fencing 7 2 0<br />

Golf 6 1 2<br />

Gymnastics 5 0 4<br />

Handball 1 4 4<br />

Floorball 8 0 1<br />

Hockey 1 5 3<br />

Canoe 4 4 1<br />

Skating 4 0 5<br />

Cross country skiing 1 4 4<br />

Motorsport 3 0 6<br />

Orientation 8 0 1<br />

Rowing 7 2 0<br />

Rugby 8 0 1<br />

Sailing 7 1 1<br />

Swimming 3 5 1<br />

Biathlon 0 4 5<br />

Skating 5 3 1<br />

Shooting 5 4 0<br />

Downhill skiing 3 4 2<br />

Tennis 1 5 3<br />

Volleyball 5 2 2<br />

Quite a number of specified patriotic reasons for why they watch some sports. Perhaps, like the sudden<br />

passion for skiing when Ingemar Stenmark was at his peak in the early 1980's. A comparison (table 2)<br />

among a sample of Swedish successes and data from a much larger study of Swedes' favorite sports (sponsor<br />

Insight AB 2009), also suggests that many mostly watching sports where Sweden is relatively good.<br />

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