Welcoming the ladies with one foot on the brake : Swedish women's ice hockey's road towards legitimacy in the early 1980s
(2025) In Sport in History- Abstract
- This article focuses on the structural establishment of Swedish women’s ice
hockey during the early 1980s and the years leading up to the first organised
women’s hockey league in Sweden. Mainly, the article is based on archive
material from The Swedish Ice Hockey Association, especially two committees
that were appointed to work to establish women’s hockey between the years
of 1981 and 1984: The Women’s Committee, later re-created as The Women’s
and Veteran’s Committee. These two committees were different in several
ways, but the most remarkable difference is that The Women’s and Veterans’
Committee was part of a larger action plan constructed by The Swedish
Sports Confederation. This led to a different... (More) - This article focuses on the structural establishment of Swedish women’s ice
hockey during the early 1980s and the years leading up to the first organised
women’s hockey league in Sweden. Mainly, the article is based on archive
material from The Swedish Ice Hockey Association, especially two committees
that were appointed to work to establish women’s hockey between the years
of 1981 and 1984: The Women’s Committee, later re-created as The Women’s
and Veteran’s Committee. These two committees were different in several
ways, but the most remarkable difference is that The Women’s and Veterans’
Committee was part of a larger action plan constructed by The Swedish
Sports Confederation. This led to a different approach to creating structures
to establish women’s hockey compared to its predecessor. The transition
described is analysed using concepts from new institutional theory with a
particular focus on feminist institutionalism. Moreover, analyses of
newspapers reveal how attitudes towards women’s hockey in Sweden were
articulated in the later 1980s. The results show that several actions were
taken by the organisations to implement women’s hockey without disrupting
the male dominance that ensured the cultural continuity of the association. (Less) - Abstract (Swedish)
- This article focuses on the structural establishment of Swedish women’s ice hockey during the early 1980s and the years leading up to the first organised women’s hockey league in Sweden. Mainly, the article is based on archive material from The Swedish Ice Hockey Association, especially two committees that were appointed to work to establish women’s hockey between the years of 1981 and 1984: The Women’s Committee, later re-created as The Women’s and Veteran’s Committee. These two committees were different in several ways, but the most remarkable difference is that The Women’s and Veterans’ Committee was part of a larger action plan constructed by The Swedish Sports Confederation. This led to a different approach to creating structures to... (More)
- This article focuses on the structural establishment of Swedish women’s ice hockey during the early 1980s and the years leading up to the first organised women’s hockey league in Sweden. Mainly, the article is based on archive material from The Swedish Ice Hockey Association, especially two committees that were appointed to work to establish women’s hockey between the years of 1981 and 1984: The Women’s Committee, later re-created as The Women’s and Veteran’s Committee. These two committees were different in several ways, but the most remarkable difference is that The Women’s and Veterans’ Committee was part of a larger action plan constructed by The Swedish Sports Confederation. This led to a different approach to creating structures to establish women’s hockey compared to its predecessor. The transition described is analysed using concepts from new institutional theory with a particular focus on feminist institutionalism. Moreover, analyses of newspapers reveal how attitudes towards women’s hockey in Sweden were articulated in the later 1980s. The results show that several actions were taken by the organisations to implement women’s hockey without disrupting the male dominance that ensured the cultural continuity of the association. (Less)
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- Berg, John LU
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- 2025-10-02
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- Contribution to journal
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- subject
- keywords
- Women’s hockey, women’s ice hockey, ice hockey, female sports, gender in sports
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- Sport in History
- pages
- 27 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1746-0271
- DOI
- 10.1080/17460263.2025.2555803
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- English
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keywords = {{Women’s hockey; women’s ice hockey; ice hockey; female sports; gender in sports}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{10}},
publisher = {{Taylor & Francis}},
series = {{Sport in History}},
title = {{Welcoming the ladies with one foot on the brake : Swedish women's ice hockey's road towards legitimacy in the early 1980s}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17460263.2025.2555803}},
doi = {{10.1080/17460263.2025.2555803}},
year = {{2025}},
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