Lars-Åke Lagrell

{{Short description|Swedish sports personality (1940–2020)}}

{{Infobox officeholder|office=president of the Swedish Football Association|term_start=1991|term_end=2012|office1=Governor of Kronoberg County|term_start1=2002|term_end1=2006|birth_date=20 January 1940|death_date=21 September 2020}}

Lars-Åke Lagrell (20 January 1940 near Växjö – 21 September 2020{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/lars-ake-lagrell-ar-dod-80-ar-gammal/|title = Lars-Åke Lagrell är död – blev 80 år gammal}}) was a Swedish sports personality who was the president of the Swedish Football Association between 1991 and 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/artikel.asp?ProgramID=166&Nyheter=1&artikel=3217341 |title=Hamrén New Swedish Coach |date=November 5, 2009 |work=sr.se |publisher=Sveriges Radio |accessdate=March 11, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}{{cite web |url=https://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/organisation/ |title=Organisation |work=svenskfotboll.se |publisher=Swedish Football Association |language=Swedish |accessdate=March 11, 2010 |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327155234/http://svenskfotboll.se/svensk-fotboll/om-svff/organisation/ |url-status=live }} In 2002 Prime Minister of Sweden Göran Persson appointed him Governor of Kronoberg County.{{cite news |title=Lagrell blir landshövding |first=Anders |last=Engman |newspaper=Sydsvenska Dagbladet |date=November 23, 2001 |url=http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/article12208/Lagrell-blir-landshovding.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719033118/http://sydsvenskan.se/sport/article12208/Lagrell-blir-landshovding.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2012 |language=Swedish}} He continued to serve in both positions until 2006 (when he left the position as Governor),{{cite web |url=http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/kronoberg/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=957807 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224185035/http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/kronoberg/nyheter/artikel.asp?artikel=957807 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 24, 2012 |title=Lagrell vill ha högre pension |date=October 3, 2006 |work=sr.se |publisher=Sveriges Radio |language=Swedish |accessdate=March 11, 2010}} which sparked some criticism because his football engagements were mainly in Solna, outside Stockholm, while as Governor he worked from Växjö. Both are essentially full-time positions.