{"id":225524,"date":"2025-06-30T02:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T02:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/225524\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T02:39:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T02:39:16","slug":"every-swedish-player-to-represent-celtic-as-benjamin-nygren-hopes-to-follow-in-henrik-larssons-footsteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/225524\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Swedish player to represent Celtic as Benjamin Nygren hopes to follow in Henrik Larsson’s footsteps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Celtic are set to add another Swedish player to their ranks with Benjamin Nygren set to be confirmed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s expected that Nygren will be announced on July 1<\/a>, making him the 11th player from Sweden to represent the Hoops.<\/p>\n

Over the years, the club has had some incredible talents from the Scandinavian country, most notably Henrik Larsson<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nygren<\/a> will be hoping to follow in his footsteps and enjoy a successful career at Celtic Park<\/a> but as he prepares to embark on a new journey, let\u2019s take a look at the other Swedes to have played for the Bhoys.<\/p>\n

\"CelticPhoto by David Balogh\/Getty ImagesEvery Swedish player to play for Celtic 10) Viktor Noring<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nGoalkeeper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nTrelleborgs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nJanuary 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nMay 2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

9) Freddie Ljungberg<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nMidfielder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nChicago Fire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nJanuary 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nAugust 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

8) Gustaf Lagerbielke<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nDefender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nElfsborg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nAugust 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

7) John Guidetti<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nForward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nManchester City (loan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nSeptember 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nMay 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

6) Magnus Hedman<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nGoalkeeper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nCoventry City<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nAugust 2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nJanuary 2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5) Daniel Majstorovic<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nDefender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nAEK Athens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nAugust 2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nJuly 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

4) Carl Starfelt<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nDefender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nRubin Kazan <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nJuly 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nAugust 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

3) Johan Mjallby<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nDefender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nAIK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nJuly 1998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nJuly 2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n184<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

2) Mikael Lustig \"MikaelPhoto by Ian MacNicol\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nDefender<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nRosenborg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nJanuary 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nJuly 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

1) Henrik Larsson\"HenrikPhoto credit should read CHRISTOPHE SIMON\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n\nPosition: <\/td>\nForward<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nSigned from:<\/td>\nFeyenoord<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate joined:<\/td>\nJuly 1997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nDate left:<\/td>\nJuly 2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAppearances:<\/td>\n292<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic are set to add another Swedish player to their ranks with Benjamin Nygren set to be confirmed.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[88921,88922,94,40125,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-225524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-benjamin-nygren","9":"tag-carl-starfelt","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-henrik-larsson","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114770003555505030","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}