Stockholm, Jan 17 (AP) Former Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt is one of three candidates nominated to become the next head of the country's soccer federation.

Reinfeldt was prime minister from 2006-14 as leader of the Moderate Party and has no previous links to soccer.

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The federation announced on Tuesday that the other candidates are Helene Barnekow, who has had high-profile roles in the IT industry in Sweden at Microsoft and telecommunications firm Telia, and Lars-Christer Olsson, a former chief executive at UEFA and a member of its executive committee until 2021.

The three candidates will give presentations on January 24. The nomination committee has to agree to a candidate no later than February 15.

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Karl-Erik Nilsson is stepping down as the federation's president after 10 years. He is one of UEFA's vice presidents and can stay on in that role into 2025. (AP)

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