Sonny Johansson

BK Landora

Sonny got his football education in BK Landora, a smaller club that also has its home in Landskrona, and like Landskrona BoIS resides at Landskrona IP. Landora do though play their home games at the so-called B-planen or the secondary pitch. However, in the mid-1960s Landora had a good junior team, as they won the Scanian championships in 1966. In the final, BK Landora defeated Malmö FF, 1–0 – and the scorer was Sonny Johansson. As Landskrona BoIS had lost two forwards after the 1965 season, Claes Cronqvist to Djurgårdens IF and Hasse "HP" Persson", who stepped down at the same time, Landskrona BoIS was in need of a striker already in 1966. And the tall Sonny was a plausible choice, but he was only 16 years old and had to bide his time a little while longer.

Transfer to Landskrona BoIS

A year later, Sonny was considered a talent, and Djurgården from Stockholm made Sonny an offer, just as they had done with Claes Cronqvist two years earlier. But unlike Cronqvist, Sonny Johansson had his doubts of moving. But together with his father, Oscar, he made the journey up to the Swedish Capital. The transfer seemed likely but Sonny eventually declined the offer from Djurgården, stating "Dad would become lonesome if I move". And only a month later Sonny put his signature on a contract with Landskrona BoIS instead. And from the season of 1968 he would not only represent the club for 17 seasons, but would be regarded as Landskrona BoIS best and most popular…

Sonny Johansson's representation of and scoring for Landskrona BoIS during his 17 seasons for the club. The table below includes all matches he played for the club.