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Sweden women's national handball team
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Summary
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| Field | Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| country | Sweden | |||
| type | W | |||
| Badge | [[File:Swedish Handball Federation logo.svg | 160px]] | ||
| Association | Swedish Handball Federation | |||
| Coach | Tomas Axnér | |||
| Assistant coach | Johanna Wiberg | |||
| Captain | Jamina Roberts | |||
| Most caps | Jamina Roberts | |||
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| Most goals | Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (1153) | |||
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| Summer Olympics apps | 5 | |||
| Summer Olympics first | 2008 | |||
| Summer Olympics best | 4th (2020, 2024) | |||
| World cup apps | 13 | |||
| World cup first | 1957 | |||
| World cup best | 4th (2017, 2023) | |||
| Regional name | European Championship | |||
| Regional cup apps | 14 | |||
| Regional cup first | 1994 | |||
| Regional cup best | 2nd (2010) |
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The Sweden women's national handball team () is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation () and takes part in international handball competitions.
Honours
| Competition | Total | Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| World Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| European Championship | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Competitive record
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Results
Olympic Games
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Total | 5/13 | 0 Titles | 33 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 891 | 919 | –28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN 1976 Montreal | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||||
| URS 1980 Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA 1984 Los Angeles | |||||||||||||||||||
| KOR 1988 Seoul | |||||||||||||||||||
| ESP 1992 Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||
| USA 1996 Atlanta | |||||||||||||||||||
| AUS 2000 Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||
| GRE 2004 Athens | |||||||||||||||||||
| CHN 2008 Beijing | Quarter final | 8th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 147 | 168 | −21 | ||||||||||
| GBR 2012 London | Preliminary round | 11th of 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 131 | −23 | ||||||||||
| BRA 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Quarter final | 7th of 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 170 | 174 | −4 | ||||||||||
| JPN 2020 Tokyo | 3rd place game | 4th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 237 | 228 | +9 | ||||||||||
| FRA 2024 Paris | 3th place game | 4th of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 229 | 218 | +11 |
World Championship
Competitive record at the World Championship
| Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- | Total | 13/30 | 95 | 57 | 5 | 32 | 2554 | 2105 | +427 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YUG 1957 | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 19 | −10 | |||||||||
| RPR 1962 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| GER 1965 | |||||||||||||||||
| NED 1971 | |||||||||||||||||
| YUG 1973 | |||||||||||||||||
| URS 1975 | |||||||||||||||||
| CZE 1978 | |||||||||||||||||
| HUN 1982 | |||||||||||||||||
| NED 1986 | |||||||||||||||||
| KOR 1990 | 13th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 137 | 119 | +18 | |||||||||
| NOR 1993 | 6th | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 124 | +16 | |||||||||
| AUTHUN 1995 | 11th | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 175 | 166 | +9 | |||||||||
| GER 1997 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| DENNOR 1999 | |||||||||||||||||
| ITA 2001 | 8th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 224 | +4 | |||||||||
| CRO 2003 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| RUS 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
| FRA 2007 | |||||||||||||||||
| CHN 2009 | 13th | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 247 | 191 | +56 | |||||||||
| BRA 2011 | 9th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 123 | +41 | |||||||||
| SRB 2013 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| DEN 2015 | 9th | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 211 | 160 | +51 | |||||||||
| GER 2017 | 4th | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 262 | 231 | +31 | |||||||||
| JPN 2019 | 7th | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 262 | 214 | +48 | |||||||||
| ESP 2021 | 5th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 270 | 167 | +103 | |||||||||
| DENNORSWE 2023 | 4th | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 261 | 204 | +57 | |||||||||
| GERNED 2025 | 15th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 186 | 163 | +23 | |||||||||
| HUN 2027 | TBD | ||||||||||||||||
| ESP 2029 | |||||||||||||||||
| CZEPOL 2031 |
Record against other teams at the World Championship
| National Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Total | 48 | 26 | 1 | 21 | 1130 | 955 | +175 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANG Angola | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 53 | +24 | ||||||||
| ARG Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11 | +26 | ||||||||
| AUS Australia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 21 | +45 | ||||||||
| AUT Austria | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 85 | 93 | −8 | ||||||||
| BRA Brazil | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 23 | +3 | ||||||||
| CAN Canada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 16 | +5 | ||||||||
| CHN China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 17 | −2 | ||||||||
| CGO Republic of the Congo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 40 | +17 | ||||||||
| CRO Croatia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 27 | −1 | ||||||||
| DEN Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 68 | −2 | ||||||||
| TCH Czech republic* | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 42 | - | ||||||||
| FRA France | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 92 | 88 | +4 | ||||||||
| GER Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 50 | −8 | ||||||||
| HUN Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 38 | −6 | ||||||||
| CIV Ivory Coast | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 40 | +14 | ||||||||
| JPN Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 14 | +13 | ||||||||
| NED The Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 21 | +2 | ||||||||
| NOR Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 26 | −11 | ||||||||
| POL Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | ||||||||
| ROM Romania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 40 | +8 | ||||||||
| RUS Russia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 25 | −6 | ||||||||
| ESP Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 24 | +3 | ||||||||
| SVK Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 20 | +6 | ||||||||
| KOR South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 34 | −9 | ||||||||
| THA Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 18 | +31 | ||||||||
| UKR Ukraine | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 55 | −2 | ||||||||
| URU Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 14 | +17 | ||||||||
| USA USA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 11 | +19 | ||||||||
| YUG F.R. Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 32 | −14 |
*Results against the Czech republic also include Czechoslovakia (−1993) and the combined team of the Czech republic and Slovakia (1993).
Results updated 16 June 2014.
European Championship
Competitive record at the European Championship
| Year | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | +/- | Total | 15/18 | 79 | 34 | 7 | 38 | 1997 | 2023 | -26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER 1994 | 7th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 134 | 145 | −11 | |||||||||
| DEN 1996 | 8th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 142 | 171 | −29 | |||||||||
| NED 1998 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||||
| ROM 2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| DEN 2002 | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 94 | −15 | |||||||||
| HUN 2004 | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 81 | −13 | |||||||||
| SWE 2006 | 6th | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 156 | 170 | −14 | |||||||||
| Macedonia 2008 | 9th | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 134 | 135 | −1 | |||||||||
| DENNOR 2010 | 2nd | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 199 | 176 | +23 | |||||||||
| SER 2012 | 8th | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 153 | 142 | +11 | |||||||||
| CROHUN 2014 | 3rd | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 238 | 220 | +18 | |||||||||
| SWE 2016 | 8th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 149 | 156 | −7 | |||||||||
| FRA 2018 | 6th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 191 | 192 | −1 | |||||||||
| DENNOR 2020 | 11th | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 148 | 162 | −14 | |||||||||
| SLOMKDMNE 2022 | 5th | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 206 | 179 | +27 | |||||||||
| AUTHUNSUI 2024 | 5th | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 241 | 206 | +35 | |||||||||
| CZEPOLROUSVKTUR 2026 | TBD | ||||||||||||||||
| DENNORSWE 2028 | Qualified as co-host |
Record against other teams at the European Championship
| National Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/- | Total | 43 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 1078 | 1085 | -7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT Austria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 93 | 100 | −7 | ||||||||
| BLR Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||
| CZE Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 46 | +13 | ||||||||
| CRO Croatia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 99 | 106 | −7 | ||||||||
| DEN Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 89 | −29 | ||||||||
| FRA France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 72 | −5 | ||||||||
| GER Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 90 | −2 | ||||||||
| HUN Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 45 | +10 | ||||||||
| Montenegro Montenegro | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 53 | +1 | ||||||||
| Macedonia North Macedonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 38 | +12 | ||||||||
| NED Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 48 | +7 | ||||||||
| NOR Norway | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 117 | 126 | −9 | ||||||||
| POL Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 23 | +1 | ||||||||
| ROM Romania | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 53 | −3 | ||||||||
| RUS Russia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 51 | −4 | ||||||||
| SRB Serbia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 0 | ||||||||
| SVK Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 22 | +9 | ||||||||
| UKR Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 48 | +9 | ||||||||
| YUG Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 31 | −3 |
Performance in other tournaments
- Carpathian Trophy 1994 – Third place
- GF World Cup 2006 – Fifth place
- Møbelringen Cup 2001 – Third place
- Møbelringen Cup 2011 – Third place
- Møbelringen Cup 2012 – Fourth place
- Møbelringen Cup 2015 – Third place
- Carpathian Trophy 2015 – Winner
Team
Current squad
The squad chosen for the 2025 World Women's Handball Championship.
Caps and goals as of 7 December 2025.
Head coach: Tomas Axnér
Extended squad
Notable players
Several Swedish players have seen their individual performance recognized at international tournaments, either as Most Valuable Player, top scorer, best defense player or as a member of the All-Star Team. ;MVP
- Linnea Torstenson, 2010 European Championship
- Isabelle Gulldén, 2014 European Championship ;All-Star Team
- Annika Wiel Fredén, 2006 European Championship
- Nathalie Hagman, 2016 Summer Olympics, 2017 and 2023 World Championship
- Linn Blohm, 2019 and 2023 World Championship
- Jamina Roberts, 2020 Summer Olympics ;Top scorers
- Isabelle Gulldén, 2014 European Championship (58 goals)
- Nathalie Hagman, 2021 World Championship (71 goals) ;Best defense player
- Johanna Wiberg, 2010 European Championship
- Sabina Jacobsen, 2014 European Championship Incomplete
Famous players
- Åsa Eriksson
- Matilda Boson
- Annika Wiel Fredén
- Tina Flognman
- Madeleine Grundström
- Linnea Torstenson
- Nathalie Hagman
- Mia Hermansson-Högdahl
- Isabelle Gulldén
- Sabina Jacobsen
Individual all-time records
Most matches played
Total number of matches played in official competitions only.
| # | Player | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamina Roberts | 269 | 722 |
| 2 | Nathalie Hagman | 257 | 994 |
| 3 | Åsa Eriksson | 254 | 1108 |
| 4 | Mia Hermansson-Högdahl | 225 | 1153 |
| 5 | Tina Flognman | 225 | 388 |
| 6 | Isabelle Gulldén | 224 | 846 |
| 7 | Matilda Boson | 210 | 515 |
| 8 | Linn Blohm | 199 | 583 |
| 9 | Kristina Jönsson | 183 | 2 |
| 10 | Gunilla Olsson | 181 | 293 |
Last updated: 7 December 2025 Source: svenskhandboll.se
Most goals scored
Total number of goals scored in official matches only.
| # | Player | Goals | Matches | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia Hermansson-Högdahl | 1153 | 225 | 5.12 |
| 2 | Åsa Eriksson | 1108 | 254 | 4.36 |
| 3 | Nathalie Hagman | 994 | 257 | 3.86 |
| 4 | Isabelle Gulldén | 846 | 224 | 3.77 |
| 5 | Jamina Roberts | 722 | 269 | 2.68 |
| 6 | Linnea Torstenson | 655 | 177 | 3.70 |
| 7 | Linn Blohm | 583 | 199 | 2.93 |
| 8 | Lina Olsson Rosenberg | 535 | 146 | 3.66 |
| 9 | Matilda Boson | 515 | 210 | 2.45 |
| 10 | Katarina Arfwidsson | 493 | 132 | 3.73 |
Last updated: 7 December 2025 Source: svenskhandboll.se
Head coach history
| Period | Coach |
|---|---|
| 1991–1994; 1999–2003 | SWE Tomas Ryde |
| 2003–2005 | SWE Per-Olof Jonsson |
| 2005–2008 | SWE Ulf Schefvert |
| 2008–2012 | SWE Per Johansson |
| 2012–2013 | SWE Torbjörn Klingvall |
| 2014–2015; 2016 | DEN Helle Thomsen |
| 2015–2016 | SWE Thomas Sivertsson |
| 2016–2020 | SWE Henrik Signell |
| 2020–present | SWE Tomas Axnér |
References
References
- "Women's World Championships".
- "Women's World Championships".
- (27 October 2025). "Rutinerad svensk trupp till VM".
- (25 November 2025). "Sverige reser till VM med 17 spelare".
- (3 December 2025). "Linn Hansson ansluter till VM-truppen".
- (27 November 2025). "Team roster: Sweden". ihf.info.
- "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget". [[Swedish Handball Federation]].
- "Spelarstatistik Damlandslaget". [[Swedish Handball Federation]].
- (2012-10-13). "Torbjörn Klingvall new coach of Sweden's female national team".
- handball-world. "Coach of the Swedish national team resigns".
- "Helle Thomsen steps down as Swedish national coach".
- (2016-10-05). "Helle Thomsen to lead Dutch girls at EHF EURO 2016".
- (2016-03-02). ""Of course, I can help out for a fortnight!"".
- "Sivertsson fired, Helle Thomsen takes over Sweden again – Timeout Magazine".
- (2016-06-23). "The time was right for Henrik Signell".
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