The midfielder arrived in Lancashire from GAIS in the summer after catching the eye in the Swedish Allsvenskan.

Henriksson has been adapting to English football over the past months and also had a spell out injured with a broken hand.

However, he has started four of the last six league games and is hungry to kick on as Rovers look to climb the table.

“It’s been up and down. I came in and played the first game in the Championship after about two training sessions, then also in the cup,” he told Football’s Coming Home Podcast in an interview translated from Swedish.

“But I felt I wasn’t as good as I could be, and it was a new playing system and new relationships.

“It’s always tough in the beginning. I need to build those relationships, I need passes to me in a certain way.

“It’s been three months now and the first half was tough, just practice, practice, practice. I didn’t get to play much, I broke my hand too.

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“Then, we changed the formation and now I get to play a similar position to what I did before. It feels better and better.

“Now we play a 5-3-2 so it’s perfect for me. Back then I was a two-way midfielder, especially on the right which I played the most. It suits me well and that’s where I’m playing now, so it feels great.”

Henriksson revealed that one of the biggest changes he has experienced in England is the pace of the game.

The summer signing also admitted that it takes a bit of time getting used to life off the pitch in a new country.

“It’s the physical (side) and the tempo, which are big differences from the Allsvenskan,” he continued.

“You have a little less time with the ball and it’s harder to do good things with it because you pressure on you faster.

“Then, there are the differences of changing countries and all that stuff I did the first time I moved from Gothenburg. It was a little difficult at first but you can’t beat yourself up about that.”

The 23-year-old was also quizzed about working under Valerien Ismael and what the head coach demands.

“He is clear about what he wants and what he expects the players to do. He is very demanding, high standards and minimum levels of performance,” said Henriksson.

“It’s very clear and good that you know what to do. If you don’t do the basic job defensively, the duels and stuff like that, you don’t play.

“I started trying to do those things right at the beginning and then maybe the other things come which are a little more difficult.

“But that’s what he expects from all the players. There are many close matches and mistakes can be punished.

“So maintain a good minimum level and then on top of that, he has clear patterns about what he wants to do in the game as well. He is a good coach.”