Henrik Larsson - Personal Life

Personal Life

On 21 June 1996, Larsson married Magdalena Spjuth whom he had met in a restaurant at the age of 19. She is the daughter of a politician and a local authority education chief. They have one son, Jordan (named after basketball player Michael Jordan) and one daughter, Janice. He has an elder half-brother, Kim.

On 6 June 2009, before Sweden's 1–0 loss against Denmark, Larsson's younger brother Robert Larsson was found dead in his flat in Helsingborg, in south-west Sweden. Henrik was not told until after the match had concluded.

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