Carl-Elis Halldén

Carl-Elis "Nalle" Halldén (17 October 1906 – 14 December 1982) was a Swedish football manager and chairman. In 2015 he was inducted into the Swedish Football Hall of Fame.

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Early life

"Halldén was born on October 17, 1906, on Kungsholmen in Stockholm. His father worked as a stationmaster at the central station and died when Carl-Elis was only about two years old. With his mother, he then moved to Norrköping near his aunt. He was the only child and never had any siblings. When Nalle was only 12 years old, his mother died in the great pandemic of the Spanish flu, and he was raised by his aunt.

He was interested in sports early onm but at the age of 18 he suffered polio in both legs, and only and after a few years of rehabilitation he was able to walk again.

Sports Management Career

n the late 1920s, Nalle Halldén bought a tobacco shop on Skolgatan., at the age of 22 . Illegal bets on sports matches were held in hs shop, and in 1934, the state-owned company Tipstjänst (that later in 1997 mergedwith Penninglotteriet and to form Svenska Spel) was founded, and Nalle became district manager at Tipstjänst.

In the 1930s he started engaging with the city's sports clubs and served on local sports management boards such as Norrköping.

Halldén, who was a tobacconist, was a member of the selection committee of the Swedish Football Association between 1956 and 1961. He was treasurer of IFK Norrköping between 1938 and 1947, chairman from 1952 to 1955 and team manager from 1939 to 1956.