Peter Fröjdfeldt
Swedish football referees
About Peter Fröjdfeldt
Born 1963. Peter Fröjdfeldt is a Swedish association football referee and referee (association football).
Peter Fröjdfeldt (born 14 November 1963) is a former top Swedish football referee.
Fröjdfeldt was born in Eskilstuna. Originally a first division bandy player, he started refereeing in 1992 after his father-in-law asked him to referee a match in a minor league. He moved up to the highest Swedish league, the Allsvenskan in 1997, and obtained his FIFA badge in 2001. Fröjdfeldt has a friendly disposition while refereeing, and his refereeing style has been described as calm and allowing the game to flow.
A relative latecomer to international refereeing, he was in the shadows of fellow countryman and colleague Anders Frisk for many years until Frisk's abrupt retirement in 2005. He was voted best referee in Sweden in 2005, outside refereeing, and enjoys family life and golf. his first and only major tournament, as he would have passed the mandatory retirement age of 45 by the time of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
At the tournament, Fröjdfeldt was the referee for a Group C game between Netherlands and Italy, a Group A game between Turkey and the Czech Republic and a quarter-final match between Portugal and Germany. He correctly awarded a goal from Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy during the first game, despite protests from general football public. He sent off Turkey's goalkeeper Volkan Demirel near the end of the game for a push on opponent Jan Koller, a decision Turkey's coach Fatih Terim agreed with. For the final, he was the fourth official.
He retired internationally after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 45 in 2008.
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Peter Fröjdfeldt was born on 14 November 1963 in Eskilstuna.
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Peter Fröjdfeldt is Swedish.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Peter Fröjdfeldt. https://biography.guide/peter-frojdfeldt/
MLA: "Peter Fröjdfeldt." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/peter-frojdfeldt/.
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