![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/erling-haalands-rapid-rise-suffocating-online-presence-of-swedish-province/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Erling-Haalands-rapid-rise-suffocating-online-presence-of-Swedish-town.jpg&description=Erling Haaland has dominated the headlines recently after scoring 22 goals in all competitions for Manchester City this season - much to annoyance of a Swedish provinceErling Haaland is more famous than Halland, Sweden A Swedish province has politely asked supporters to stop getting its name mixed up with Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland. Halland has a population of more than 300,000 but is losing its online presence due to fans misspelling Haaland on social media. The hashtag #Halland is bringing up results for the Norwegian forward and not the province, which is impacting Halland's tourism profile. It's fair to say Halland will never be as famous Haaland due to the footballer's meteoric rise. The 22-year-old is arguably the best forward in Europe after scoring a 17 goals in just 11 Premier League games since his summer move from Borussia Dortmund to City. To try to combat the problem, Visit Halland's director Jimmy Sandberg has penned an open letter to supporters. He wrote: "We are Halland. He is Haaland. The popularity of the football phenomenon is completely suffocating our online presence. "To our despair, we now see that all of our efforts promoting Halland are rapidly being wiped away. If nothing is done, we fear our dear region is at risk of becoming a forgotten Atlantis, a place only known in stories and ancient scriptures." Sandberg further explained the Halland/Haaland conundrum in an interview with BBC News. He said: "When you write in Halland, looking for the beautiful region where we live in Sweden, you get Haaland all over the place. Erling Haaland has been invited to visit Halland in Sweden ( AFP via Getty Images) Would you visit Halland in Sweden? Let us know in the comments below! "Since Haaland arrived at Manchester City and scored all those goals, we have been overwhelmed by his presence in our hashtags and in search engines." Yet Sandberg added: "We'd love him to come here. A lot of Norwegians do come here every year, so he would feel ri){kind=link}
Erling Haaland has dominated the headlines recently after scoring 22 goals in all competitions for Manchester City this season – much to the annoyance of a Swedish province
A Swedish province has politely asked supporters to stop getting its name mixed up with Manchester City superstar Erling Haaland.
Halland has a population of more than 300,000 but is losing its online presence due to fans misspelling Haaland on social media. The hashtag #Halland is bringing up results for the Norwegian forward and not the province, which is impacting Halland’s tourism profile.
It’s fair to say Halland will never be as famous Haaland due to the footballer’s meteoric rise. The 22-year-old is arguably the best forward in Europe after scoring a 17 goals in just 11 Premier League games since his summer move from Borussia Dortmund to City.
To try to combat the problem, Visit Halland’s director Jimmy Sandberg has penned an open letter to supporters. He wrote: “We are Halland. He is Haaland. The popularity of the football phenomenon is completely suffocating our online presence.