Jernvallen is a multi-use
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Sandviken
Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 39,234 inhabitants in 2019. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey ...
,
Sweden. In the
1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil ...
there were two matches played at Jernvallen.
[See the links at the two match reports] It has the distinction of being the northernmost stadium to host a World Cup match. It is currently used mostly for
football matches. Although the record for the stadium is 20,000 people in 1958, today the stadium holds 7,000 people.
FIFA World Cup 1958
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References
Football venues in Sweden
1958 FIFA World Cup stadiums
Sandvikens IF
Badminton venues
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