Welcome, Jonathan Svedberg!

We are delighted to announce that we have agreed terms to sign Swedish midfielder Jonathan Svedberg in a deal through until the summer of 2026, subject to international clearance.

Jonathan has spent his entire professional career at Halmstads BK, who play in the Allsvenskan – the top tier of football in Sweden.

Making his first team debut for HBK back in 2016, the 25-year-old moved on to play 233 matches for the club.

A youth internationalist for Sweden, he is now excited to make the switch to Scotland to join us here at St Johnstone.

Jonathan said: “I am very excited to be here. I have met everybody and have received a warm welcome – I feel like I am in a good place.

“It is a good league, the intensity is higher and I think it will suit me. I feel I can bring a lot of experience. I have been playing high level football for a long time now.

“I am physical, go into duels and will be strong. But I like to be in control of positions too. The head coach wants to have control of games and I like this football philosophy.”

Jonathan added: “I was at Halmstads BK since I was a kid at the age of 13 and was playing for the first team for nine years.

“It has been a good journey for me but I felt like I needed something else and an adventure. I think Scotland is perfect for that. It is different moving here all by myself but this will help me grow more as a person.”

He continued: “I quickly went out to see the arena and it is very nice. Everything is top here and I am excited to make my debut in front of the fans.”