Aim: To describe the development of sport management higher education (HE) in the Scandinavian countries. The article maps the institutions, when the programs started (and dissolved), program level, the amount of sport specific courses (ECTS credits), and internship offers.

Method: The data derive from: (1) the four authors’ personal experience as entrepreneurs of higher education in sport management and their personal study notes (2) brief conversations/contacts with other entrepreneurs of such programs, in 2016 and 2024 respectively (3) archive studies of previous and present program and plans, and (4) literature on sport management higher education (HE) in Scandinavia

Results: Sport management HE in Scandinavia is not a standardized package. Despite commonalities in sporting cultures across Scandinavia, there are differences. Whilst there are strong similarities between Norway and Sweden, Denmark diverges in three respects. First, the Danes never established a national sports university.  Second, in contrast to their Scandinavian neighbors, in Denmark Sport management HE suffers from a clear differentiation in HE level between university colleges and universities. Third, in recent years the Danish governments have introduced regulation that restricts the HE institutions’ capacities and recruitment strategies. As a result, in Denmark there is hardly any offer left to study sport management at university level.