Lennart Johansson
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| Lennart Johansson | |
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| Honorary President of UEFA | |
| Assumed office 26 January 2007 |
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| President | Michel Platini |
| 5th President of UEFA | |
| In office 19 April 1990 – 26 January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Jacques Georges |
| Succeeded by | Michel Platini |
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| Born | Nils Lennart Johansson 5 November 1929 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | Football administrator (retired) |
Nils Lennart Johansson (born 5 November 1929) 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.
Career
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.[1]
The Lennart Johansson Bowl (Lennart Johanssons pokal), the trophy awarded to the Swedish football champions each year since 2001, is named after him.
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| Civic offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Chairman of AIK 1967–1980 |
Succeeded by Carl Erik Hedlund |
| Preceded by | Chairman of the Swedish Football Association 1985–1990 |
Succeeded by Lars-Åke Lagrell |
| Preceded by | President of UEFA 1990–2007 |
Succeeded by Michel Platini |
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- 1929 births
- Living people
- Swedish sportspeople
- Swedish bandy managers
- Football in Sweden
- Presidents of UEFA
- Swedish Christians
- Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Order of the Companions of O. R. Tambo
- AIK Fotboll directors and chairmen
- Chairmen of the Swedish Football Association
- Illis Quorum recipients
- People from Stockholm
- Members of the UEFA Executive Committee
