football, along with other organised sports, came to sweden in the 1870s and was mainly exercised by gymnastics clubs which exercised most of the sports of the time. england and scotland were the main sources of inspiration and it is thus not strange that football gained popularity fast, with the first agreement of rules made in 1885 by the clubs active in gothenburg, stockholm and visby. the first international club match was played in 1890 and the first match with modern rules was played two years later in 1892.