1956–59 Nordic Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesDenmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
Dates10 June 1956 – 18 October 1959
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Sweden (5th title)
Runners-up Norway
Third place Denmark
Fourth place Finland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored110 (4.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Agne Simonsson
(7 goals)

The 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship was the seventh tournament staged. Four Nordic countries participated: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Sweden won the tournament, its fifth Nordic Championship win.

Results

[1]

1956

Finland 1-3 Sweden
Lahtinen 20' Report Ekström 26'
Löfgren 35'
Sandell 44'
Attendance: 15,465
Referee: Helge Andersen (Denmark)
Denmark 2-3 Norway
Lundberg 61' (pen.)
Pedersen 81'		 Report Dybwad 3'
Sandengen 10', 64'
Attendance: 35,600
Referee: Sten Ahlner (Sweden)
Norway 1-1 Finland
Høivik 62' Report Forsgren 8'
Attendance: 20,345
Referee: Gösta Lindberg (Sweden)
Finland 0-4 Denmark
Report Pedersen 31'
J. Hansen 39'
Andersen 44', 87'
Attendance: 14,914
Referee: Øivind Helgesen (Norway)
Norway 3-1 Sweden
Gundersen 15', 59'
Kure 55'		 Report Sandberg 71'
Attendance: 32,952
Referee: Väinö Niemi (Finland)
Sweden 1-1 Denmark
Löfgren 81' Report J. P. Hansen 28'
Attendance: 36,700
Referee: Orjo Pättiniemi (Finland)

1957

Denmark 1-2 Sweden
J. P. Hansen 17' (pen.) Report Källgren 40', 77'
Attendance: 51,600
Finland 0-4 Norway
Report Kristiansen 7', 60'
Kristoffersen 18'
Hennum 40'
Attendance: 15,684
Referee: Sten Ahlner (Sweden)
Norway 2-2 Denmark
Kristoffersen 21', 34' Report Pedersen 9'
Kjær 65'
Attendance: 33,321
Referee: Yrjö Kaivola (Finland)
Sweden 5-1 Finland
Gren 18', 50', 77'
Källgren 62'
Jonsson 73'		 Report Sundelin 72'
Attendance: 22,192
Referee: Carl Frederik Jørgensen (Denmark)
Denmark 3-0 Finland
F. Hansen 55'
Nielsen 62'
Machon 71'		 Report
Attendance: 33,200
Referee: GBobby Davidson (Scotland)
Sweden 5-2 Norway
Simonsson 1', 56'
Sandberg 48'
Ekström 62'
Gren 90'		 Report Hennum 80' (pen.)
Thoresen 83'
Attendance: 29,840

1958

Norway 2-0 Finland
Pedersen 35'
Hennum 54'		 Report
Attendance: 17,173
Denmark 1-2 Norway
P. Pedersen 56' Report Borgen 2'
A. Pedersen 58'
Attendance: 31,500
Referee: Gösta Lindberg (Sweden)
Finland 1-7 Sweden
Korpela 52' Report Börjesson 13', 18'
Jonsson 39', 50', 69'
Källgren 65'
Simonsson 90'
Attendance: 13,395
Referee: Harald Heltberg (Norway)
Finland 1-4 Denmark
Pahlman 80' Report Pedersen 13'
Machon 48'
Danielsen 51', 68'
Attendance: 9,272
Referee: Pyotr Belov (Soviet Union)
Norway 0-2 Sweden
Report Börjesson 2'
Simonsson 56'
Attendance: 32,791
Referee: Carl Frederik Jørgensen (Denmark)
Sweden 4-4 Denmark
Berndtsson 9'
Börjesson 32'
Gren 40' (pen.), 70'		 Report Mdsen 11', 87'
Enoksen 36'
Sørensen 53'
Attendance: 43,938
Referee: Orjo Pättiniemi (Finland)

1959

Denmark 0-6 Sweden
Report Bild 10', 44'
Simonsson 35'
Berndtsson 40', 85'
Backman 42'
Attendance: 53,000
Referee: Albert Alsteen (Belgium)
Finland 2-4 Norway
Kankkonen 75', 88' Report Larsen 6'
Hennum 10', 49'
Borgen 18'
Attendance: 11,915
Sweden 3-1 Finland
Bild 7'
Börjesson 23'
Simonsson 48'		 Report Nevalainen 13'
Attendance: 19,555
Referee: Carl Frederik Jørgensen (Denmark)
Norway 2-4 Denmark
A. Sørensen 38'
Kristiansen 56'		 Report Nielsen 29'
Enoksen 53', 89'
Pedersen 64'
Attendance: 30,142
Referee: Ken Aston (England)
Denmark 4-0 Finland
Nielsen 20', 22', 53'
Kramer 81'		 Report
Attendance: 35,500
Referee: Leif Gulliksen (Norway)
Sweden 6-2 Norway
Simonsson 14'
Berndtsson 21'
Börjesson 26', 48', 75'
Thillberg 61'		 Report Backe 67'
Hennum 77'
Attendance: 49,673
Referee: Aatos Marttila (Finland)

Table

'Two points for a victory, one point for a draw, no points for a loss.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Sweden 129214517+2820
2 Norway 126242726+114
3 Denmark 125343023+713
4 Finland 120111844–361

Winners

 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship winners 

Sweden
Fifth title

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 110 goals scored in 24 matches, for an average of 4.58 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

Balkan Cup
Baltic Cup
Central European International Cup
Mediterranean Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Nordic Football Championship 1956-1959 results". football.eu. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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