Sven-Goran Eriksson denied dying wish just days after funeral

Sven-Goran Eriksson has been denied his dying privation to person his ashes scattered astatine a water successful Sweden aft officials blocked the move.

The erstwhile England manager died connected August 26 astatine the property of 76 having been diagnosed with pancreatic crab successful 2023.

Last Friday, Eriksson’s ceremonial was held successful Torsby and was attended by the likes of David Beckham, Roy Hodgson and Nancy Dell’Olio.

Before his death, Eriksson made it known that helium wanted to person his ashes released into Lake Fryken, located successful the southbound of Sweden.

‘It’s a beauteous place. It makes you calm, it makes maine calm,’ Eriksson said successful his Amazon documentary, which was released soon earlier his death.

‘My begetter grew up beneath the mountain. If you look consecutive up determination is Torsby wherever I grew up, and successful the different absorption is Sunne wherever I was born.

‘I person ever thought it was a bully spot to sleep.

‘My ashes tin beryllium thrown into the h2o here. It feels similar home.’

However, section assembly officials successful Sweden person declared that Eriksson’s household are not allowed to scatter his ashes successful the lake.

Eriksson’s cause Bo Gustavsson said: ‘We person not been allowed to scatter his ashes successful Lake Fryken.’

Eriksson’s adjacent person Anders Runebjer said: ‘We person withdrawn our exertion to scatter his ashes. They volition beryllium buried successful an urn instead.’

In his last connection successful a file for The Telegraph, the erstwhile England manager wrote: ‘Celebrate life.

‘That has ever been my mindset – immoderate is thrown astatine you.

‘Since I was fixed the quality that I had terminal cancer, it has been difficult. I had days erstwhile I felt precise bad, and different days erstwhile I felt OK. Through it each though, I ever tried to unrecorded each time with a grin connected my face. You person to enactment positive.

‘The effect from the nationalist has been wonderful. It has fixed maine vigor and positivity. I person cried a batch implicit the past fewer months. They person been blessed tears, mostly. I would similar radical to retrieve maine arsenic a decent manager who tried to bash his best. I anticipation they enjoyed maine being their manager.

‘My connection to everyone would be: don’t springiness up. Never springiness up. Do not springiness up, is my connection for life. And delight don’t hide this: beingness is always, ever to beryllium celebrated.’

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