Olympia (stadium)

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Olympia

Full name	Olympia
Built	?–1898
Opened	1898
Capacity	16,673– 17,200
Home of	Helsingborgs IF
Pitch size	105 x 68 m

Olympia, also Olympiastadion, is a football stadium in Helsingborg, Sweden. It was opened in 1898, but has been rebuilt both 1993 and 1997, and has a capacity of 16,673–17,200 (9,673 seated) depending on usage.

The record for attendance is 26,154 and was set 14 May 1954, when Helsingborgs IF played Malmö FF.

In 1958 the stadium hosted two FIFA World Cup matches, and seven matches in FIFA Women's World Cup 1995.

In 2009, the stadium will be rebuilt into a very modern and beauty-shaped arena combined with flats in a nearby building. It will hold about as many as today, but the longside walls will rise and the shortside walls lower.