1956–59 Nordic Football Championship

Nordic Football Championship 1956–59 Denmark Finland Norway Sweden 10 June 1956 – 18 October 1959 4 Sweden 5 Norway Denmark Finland 24 110 SWE Agne Simonsson(7 goals) 1952–55 1960–63 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 https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=NC-7 Nordic Football Championship 1956-1959 results football.eu 21 May 2022 1956 10 June 1956 14:00 (UTC+2:00) FIN 1-3 Report SWE Lahtinen 20 Ekström 26Löfgren 35Sandell 44 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 15,465 Helge Andersen (Denmark) 24 June 1956 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 2-3 Report NOR Lundberg 61 pen.Pedersen 81 Dybwad 3Sandengen 10 64 Idrætsparken Copenhagen 35,600 Sten Ahlner (Sweden) 26 August 1956 13:15 (UTC+1:00) NOR 1-1 Report FIN Høivik 62 Forsgren 8 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 20,345 Gösta Lindberg (Sweden) 16 September 1956 14:00 (UTC+2:00) FIN 0-4 Report DEN Pedersen 31J. Hansen 39Andersen 44 87 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 14,914 Øivind Helgesen (Norway) 16 September 1956 13:15 (UTC+1:00) NOR 3-1 Report SWE Gundersen 15 59Kure 55 Sandberg 71 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 32,952 Väinö Niemi (Finland) 21 October 1956 13:30 (UTC+1:00) SWE 1-1 Report DEN Löfgren 81 J. P. Hansen 28 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm 36,700 Orjo Pättiniemi (Finland) 1957 30 June 1957 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 1-2 Report SWE J. P. Hansen 17 pen. Källgren 40 77 Idrætsparken Copenhagen 51,600 Gunnar Andersen (Norway) 1 September 1957 14:00 (UTC+2:00) FIN 0-4 Report NOR Kristiansen 7 60Kristoffersen 18Hennum 40 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 15,684 Sten Ahlner (Sweden) 22 September 1957 13:15 (UTC+1:00) NOR 2-2 Report DEN Kristoffersen 21 34 Pedersen 9Kjær 65 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 33,321 Yrjö Kaivola (Finland) 22 September 1957 14:00 (UTC+1:00) SWE 5-1 Report FIN Gren 18 50 77Källgren 62Jonsson 73 Sundelin 72 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm 22,192 Carl Frederik Jørgensen (Denmark) 13 October 1957 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 3-0 Report FIN F. Hansen 55Nielsen 62Machon 71 Idrætsparken Copenhagen 33,200 GBobby Davidson (Scotland) 13 October 1957 13:30 (UTC+1:00) SWE 5-2 Report NOR Simonsson 1 56Sandberg 48Ekström 62Gren 90 Hennum 80 pen.Thoresen 83 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm 29,840 Albert Dusch (West Germany) 1958 15 June 1958 18:00 (UTC+1:00) NOR 2-0 Report FIN Pedersen 35Hennum 54 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 17,173 Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland) 29 June 1958 18:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 1-2 Report NOR P. Pedersen 56 Borgen 2A. Pedersen 58 Idrætsparken Copenhagen 31,500 Gösta Lindberg (Sweden) 20 August 1958 18:15 (UTC+2:00) FIN 1-7 Report SWE Korpela 52 Börjesson 13 18Jonsson 39 50 69Källgren 65Simonsson 90 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 13,395 Harald Heltberg (Norway) 14 September 1958 13:15 (UTC+1:00) FIN 1-4 Report DEN Pahlman 80 Pedersen 13Machon 48Danielsen 51 68 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 9,272 Pyotr Belov (Soviet Union) 14 September 1958 13:15 (UTC+1:00) NOR 0-2 Report SWE Börjesson 2Simonsson 56 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 32,791 Carl Frederik Jørgensen (Denmark) 26 October 1958 13:30 (UTC+1:00) SWE 4-4 Report DEN Berndtsson 9Börjesson 32Gren 40 pen. 70 Mdsen 11 87Enoksen 36Sørensen 53 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm 43,938 Orjo Pättiniemi (Finland) 1959 21 June 1959 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 0-6 Report SWE Bild 10 44Simonsson 35Berndtsson 40 85Backman 42 Idrætsparken Copenhagen 53,000 Albert Alsteen (Belgium) 28 June 1959 19:00 (UTC+2:00) FIN 2-4 Report NOR Kankkonen 75 88 Larsen 6Hennum 10 49Borgen 18 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki 11,915 Aage Poulsen (Denmark) 2 August 1959 18:00 (UTC+1:00) SWE 3-1 Report FIN Bild 7Börjesson 23Simonsson 48 Nevalainen 13 Malmö Stadion, Malmö 19,555 Carl Frederik Jørgensen (Denmark) 13 September 1959 13:15 (UTC+2:00) NOR 2-4 Report DEN A. Sørensen 38Kristiansen 56 Nielsen 29Enoksen 53 89Pedersen 64 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo 30,142 Ken Aston (England) 4 October 1959 13:30 (UTC+1:00) DEN 4-0 Report FIN Nielsen 20 22 53Kramer 81 Idrætsparken Copenhagen 35,500 Leif Gulliksen (Norway) 18 October 1959 SWE 6-2 Report NOR Simonsson 14Berndtsson 21Börjesson 26 48 75Thillberg 61 Backe 67Hennum 77 Ullevi, Gothenburg 49,673 Aatos Marttila (Finland) Table 'Two points for a victory, one point for a draw, no points for a loss. TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts1SWE129214517+28202NOR126242726+1143DEN125343023+7134FIN120111844–361 Winners fb 1956–59 Nordic Football Championship winners SWE Fifth Statistics Goalscorers 24 110 SWE Agne Simonsson DEN Poul Pedersen NOR Harald Hennum SWE Gunnar Gren SWE Rune Börjesson DEN Harald Nielsen SWE Henry Källgren SWE Bengt Berndtsson SWE Torbjörn Jonsson DEN Henning Enoksen NOR Kjell Kristiansen NOR Per Kristoffersen SWE Harry Bild DEN Jens Peter Hansen DEN Mogens Machon DEN John Danielsen DEN Ole Madsen DEN Ove Andersen FIN Hannu Kankkonen SWE Jan Ekström SWE Gösta Löfgren SWE Reino Börjesson SWE Gösta Sandberg NOR Knut Sandengen NOR Finn Gundersen NOR Arne Pedersen NOR Bjørn Borgen DEN John Kramer DEN Peder Kjær DEN Finn Hansen DEN Ove Bech Nielsen DEN Jørgen Hansen DEN Knud Lundberg DEN Jørn Sørensen FIN Olavi Lahtinen FIN Kai Pahlman FIN Unto Nevalainen FIN Olli Forsgren FIN Matti Sundelin FIN Kauko Korpela SWE Nils-Åke Sandell SWE Lennart Backman SWE Henry Thillberg NOR Åge Sørensen NOR Arne Høivik NOR Harry Kure NOR Gunnar Dybwad NOR Rolf Bjørn Backe NOR Gunnar Thoresen NOR Ragnar Larsen See also Balkan CupBaltic CupCentral European International CupMediterranean Cup References External links 1956–59 Category:1956 in European men's international football Category:1957 in European men's international football Category:1958 in European men's international football Category:1959 in European men's international football Category:1956–57 in Swedish football Category:1957–58 in Swedish football Category:1959 in Swedish football Category:1960 in Swedish football Category:1956–57 in Danish football Category:1958 in Danish football Category:1959 in Danish football Category:1956 in Norwegian football Category:1957 in Norwegian football Category:1958 in Norwegian football Category:1959 in Norwegian football Category:1956 in Finnish football Category:1957 in Finnish football Category:1958 in Finnish football Category:1959 in Finnish football