It was also the venue for the first game between National Football League teams to be played on the European continent, organised by Swedish motor company Volvo.
[3] Ullevi held three Group B matches at UEFA Euro 1992[4] as well as a semi-final, and the final itself on 26 June in which Denmark won the trophy against Germany.
[5] The annual Världsungdomsspelen (translation: World Youth Games) track and field competition is held at the stadium and the mass event has around 3000 athletes competing each year.
[6] Ullevi nearly collapsed during a Bruce Springsteen concert on 8 June 1985 due to the rhythmic movement of tens of thousands of people in the audience and the clay soil on which the stadium is built.
[7] The concert also caused nearly £3 million in damages, while David Bowie's Glass Spider Tour in June 1987 was relocated from Ullevi to Eriksberg because of fears about the safety of the structure.
[citation needed] Michael Jackson came to Ullevi on 16 August 1997, as part of his HIStory World Tour, performing for a crowd of 50,000 people.
[citation needed] The "big four" of thrash metal (Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth and Metallica) played in the stadium on 3 July 2011.
[citation needed] U2 have performed at the stadium four times: the first occasion was on 2 August 1997 during their PopMart Tour, in front of a crowd of 46,658 people.
[citation needed] Foo Fighters performed at the venue on 12 June 2015 on the Sonic Highways World Tour.
He was treated in the stadium before returning to the stage to continue the rest of the concert sitting down in a chair while a medic applied a cast.
The Swedish artist Håkan Hellström has in 2014, 2016 and 2022 broken the attendance record thanks to a small stage which gave room for more spectators.
[9] The concert, which featured orchestration from the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, was broadcast on SVT1 on 2 January 2023 and made available on SVT Play on 28 December 2022.
[10][11] An accompanying documentary directed by Sara Aren going behind the scenes of the concert preparations was also broadcast on SVT2 on 30 December 2022 under the title Laleh – välkommen hem.
[13] In March 2007, Ullevi installed what whas then one of Sweden's largest solar power plants, consisting of 600m² of photovoltaic panels situated on the roof of the luxury boxes section.
Led by reigning world champion Ove Fundin and his teammates Olle Nygren, Rune Sörmander and Björn Knutson, Sweden swept to victory over England, Czechoslovakia and Poland.