Tag Archives: Sweden

Most footballs juggled

Victor Rubilar (Argentina) juggled five regulations size footballs (soccer balls) for the required minimum of 10 seconds at the Gallerian Shopping Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, on 4 November 2006. 

Most goals in a single football (soccer) FIFA World Cup

The most goals scord by an individual player in a World Cup finals tournament is 13 by Just Fontaine (France) in 1958 in Sweden. Fontaine did not hold down a regular French international spot before the tournament and only got his chance due to injury to his Rheims teammate Rene Bliard (France). He opened his account with three in France’s 7-3 win over Paraguay, added two more in its loss to Yugoslavia and then notched the winner in a 2-1 win over Scotland. Two more Continue reading →

Most widely-read catalogue

The IKEA catalogue of Swedish flat-packed furniture is the world’s most widely read catalogue with 130 million copies printed every year. It is translated into 28 languages and distributed across 36 countries.

Most words spoken backwards in one minute

The record for the most words spoken backwards in one minute is 71, and was achieved by Nada Bojkovic (Sweden) at the Nordstan Shopping Mall, in Gothenburg, Sweden on the 24 November 2007. The list of words were in Sweden, selected by Denise. Craig adjudicated as part of the Sweden Roadshow 2007.