He shared his last wish during a documentary
Sven-Goran Eriksson was tragically denied his dying wish by council authorities only days after his funeral.
Eriksson died of cancer age 76 last month with 600 people in attendance at his funeral service last week in the Swedish town of Torsby.
Many people Sven had worked with were in attendance, including David Beckham, who Sven chose as England captain when he took over the team in 2001.
Before passing, Sven had one final desire, which he spoke about on an Amazon documentary about the manager’s life.
The Swede wished to have his ashes scattered in his favourite natural beauty spot, Lake Fryken, near where he grew up and lived.
Speaking about the location he said: “It’s a beautiful place. It makes you calm, it makes me calm.
“My father grew up below the mountain. If you look straight ahead there is Torsby where I grew up, and in the other direction is Sunne where I was born.
“I have always thought it was a good place to sleep. My ashes can be thrown into the water here. It feels like home.”
However, tragically for Sven’s family, his final wish has been rejected by local chiefs at the councils.
Speaking to The Sun, Eriksson’s agent Bo Gustavsson said: “We have not been allowed to scatter his ashes in Lake Fryken.”
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Instead Sven’s ashes will be buried in an urn in an undisclosed location.
One of Sven’s friends Anders Runebjer said: “We have withdrawn our application to scatter his ashes. They will be buried in an urn instead.”
Despite his dying wish being turned down, he will still be remembered by his home town of Torsby with a statue.
Andre Liljemark, business developer for the municipality of Torsby, confirmed that a statue will be built in Sven’s honour.
“It will be a bronze statue and will be heated by electrical cords inside it keeping it warm, so people will be able to come here during the winter and Svennis will be warm to touch,” he told The Mirror.
“It will be exactly Svennis’ size. The arms, the fingers, the nose, the ears, everything. The artist visited Svennis and took measurements. Every millimetre of his body will be the right size and on the statue will be Svennis’ real suit and shoes, which he wore.”
