| Sweden | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Information | |||
| Association | Swedish Handball Association (Svenska Handbollförbundet) | ||
| Coach | Michael Apelgren | ||
| Assistant coach | Patrik Fahlgren Daniel Larsson | ||
| Mostcaps | Magnus Wislander (386) | ||
| Most goals | Magnus Wislander (1191) | ||
| Colours | |||
| Results | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 10 (First in1972) | ||
| Best result | |||
| World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 27 (First in1938) | ||
| Best result | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 16 (First in1994) | ||
| Best result | |||
| Last updated on Unknown. | |||
TheSweden men's national handball team (Swedish:Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) is Sweden's national team in men's handball and is controlled by theSwedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coachesCurt Wadmark (1948–1967) andBengt Johansson (1988–2004). The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamedBengan Boys in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players likeTomas Svensson,Magnus Wislander,Staffan Olsson andStefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship (6 World Championships, 5 European Championships and 3 Olympic Games, earning 13 medals in total) and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002.
Sweden is the most successful nation at theEuropean Men's Handball Championship with 5 titles, and has together with France won the most medals at theWorld Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 12 medals, including 4 gold medals. Conversely, Sweden has yet to win an Olympic title despite participating in 4 finals (Sweden participated in the1952 Summer Olympics in a demonstration match, defeating Denmark 19–11). The team has also won the World Cup 3 times, the Supercup 2 times, and were Intercontinental Cup winners in 2000.
| Competition | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| World Championship | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| European Championship | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 9 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| Games | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| did not enter | |||||||||
| Not held from 1948 to 1968 | |||||||||
| Match for 7th place | 7th of 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 82 | 87 | −5 | |
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Match for 5th place | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 134 | +11 | |
| 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 109 | +24 | ||
| Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 130 | +35 | |
| 2nd of 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 141 | +41 | ||
| 2nd of 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 240 | 197 | +43 | ||
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Runners-up | 2nd of 12 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 228 | 186 | +42 | |
| Group stage | 11th of 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 132 | 131 | +1 | |
| Quarter-finals | 5th of 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 177 | 176 | +1 | |
| 7th of 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 189 | 171 | +18 | ||
| to be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 10/17 | 0 Titles | 65 | 42 | 2 | 21 | 1673 | 1362 | +211 |
| World Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Third place | 3rd of 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | −5 | |
| Champions | 1st of 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 36 | +20 | |
| Champions | 1st of 16 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 74 | +64 | |
| Third place | 3rd of 12 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 73 | +16 | |
| Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 90 | +14 | |
| Match for 5th place | 5th of 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 112 | +6 | |
| Match for 5th place | 6th of 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 68 | +1 | |
| Preliminary round | 10th of 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 113 | −2 | |
| Second round | 8th of 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 125 | −4 | |
| Second round | 11th of 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 159 | 157 | +2 | |
| Fourth place | 4th of 16 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 174 | 153 | +21 | |
| Champions | 1st of 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 177 | 143 | +34 | |
| Third place | 3rd of 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 166 | 136 | +30 | |
| Third place | 3rd of 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 251 | 201 | +50 | |
| Runners-up | 2nd of 24 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 253 | 187 | +66 | |
| Champions | 1st of 24 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 282 | 202 | +80 | |
| Runners-up | 2nd of 24 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 263 | 207 | +56 | |
| Second round | 13th of 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 204 | 191 | +13 | |
| Main round | 11th of 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 275 | 234 | +41 | |
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Main round | 7th of 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 277 | 232 | +45 | |
| Fourth place | 4th of 24 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 272 | 241 | +31 | |
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Round of 16 | 10th of 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 157 | 133 | +24 | |
| Quarter-finals | 6th of 24 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 233 | 166 | +67 | |
| Main round | 5th of 24 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 273 | 222 | +51 | |
| Runners-up | 2nd of 32 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 276 | 218 | +58 | |
| Fourth place | 4th of 32 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 299 | 237 | +62 | |
| Main round | 14th of 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 195 | 173 | +22 | |
| Qualified | |||||||||
| To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 28/32 | 4 Titles | 193 | 131 | 8 | 54 | 5000 | 4137 | +863 |
| European Championship record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 133 | +39 | |
| Fourth place | 4th of 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 156 | +14 | |
| Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 182 | 158 | +24 | |
| Champions | 1st of 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 167 | +31 | |
| Champions | 1st of 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 235 | 191 | +44 | |
| Main round | 7th of 16 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 211 | 203 | +8 | |
| did not qualify | |||||||||
| Match for 5th place | 5th of 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 190 | +18 | |
| Preliminary round | 15th of 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 84 | −6 | |
| Main round | 12th of 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 157 | 168 | −11 | |
| Main round | 7th of 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 166 | 158 | +8 | |
| Match for 7th place | 8th of 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 173 | 168 | +5 | |
| Runners-up | 2nd of 16 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 218 | 216 | +2 | |
| Main round | 7th of 24 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 182 | 169 | +13 | |
| Champions | 1st of 24 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 252 | 221 | +31 | |
| Third place | 3rd of 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 282 | 255 | +27 | |
| Match for 5th place | 6th of 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 270 | 240 | +30 | |
| To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 16/20 | 5 titles | 113 | 72 | 7 | 34 | 3154 | 2877 | +277 |
Roster for the2026 European Men's Handball Championship.[1][2]
Head coach:Michael Apelgren
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| # | Coaches | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Herbert Johansson | 1938–1948 |
| 2 | Curt Wadmark | 1948–1967 |
| 3 | Roland Mattsson | 1967–1974 |
| 4 | Bertil Andersén | 1974–1979 |
| 5 | Ingemar Eriksson | 1979–1980 |
| 6 | Caj-Åke Andersson | 1980–1982 |
| 7 | Roger "Ragge" Carlsson | 1982–1988 |
| 8 | Bengt "Bengan" Johansson | 1988–2004 |
| 9 | Ingemar Linnéll | 2004–2008 |
| 10 | Ola Lindgren &Staffan Olsson | 2008–2016 |
| 11 | Kristján Andrésson | 2016–2020 |
| 12 | Glenn Solberg | 2020–2024 |
| 13 | Michael Apelgren | 2024– |
From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied byAdidas, and 2016–2019 byKempa. The current supplier isCraft.