With a total of 2.6 million attendees in 2019, it is hard to argue against the fact that Allsvenskan, the top tier men’s football league in Sweden, is one of the most popular cultural phenomenons in Sweden. Even though the league itself is ranked 23rd in Europe according to the UEFA league ranking, fans are still flocking to the stadiums, which is especially apparent as post-pandemic attendances are reaching higher levels than ever. Even an uninitiated eye can see that the reason for people going to watch these games are not due to the world quality football being played. So why is it that with attendances being at an almost all-time high and fans not having been able to go see football live for over a year, the Swedish police want to introduce crowd reductions and restrict the use of flags and other expressions of fan culture?