The Sweden men's national handball team ( sv, Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) is controlled by the

Swedish Handball Association '' , abbrev= SHF , logo= Swedish Handball Federation logo.svg , logosize= 170px , countryflag= Sweden , iocnation= Sweden (SWE) , url= http://www.svenskhandboll.se , sport= handball , othersport1= beach handball , othersport2= wheelchair handball ...

. Its most successful periods were under coaches

Curt Wadmark Curt Wadmark (; 30 January 1915 – 21 July 2003) was a Swedish handball player, coach and administrator. He played for IFK Lund during the club's only season in the top division in 1938–39. At the end of the season the team withdrew from the l ...

(1948–1967) and Bengt Johansson (1988–2004). The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed ''Bengan Boys'' in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like

Tomas Svensson Tomas Runar Svensson (born 15 February 1968) is a Swedish former professional handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeping coach of the Swedish men's national handball team, and an assistant coach for FC Barcelona. Career Growing up in Esk ...

Staffan Olsson Erik Staffan Olsson (born 26 March 1964) is a Swedish handball coach and former player. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right backcourt player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his care ...

Magnus Wislander Hans Einar Magnus Wislander (born 22 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player, who has been voted ''Handball Player of the Century''. Since his debut in the national team in 1985 he has played over 380 games and scored over 1,000 goals ...

and

Stefan Lövgren Lars Stefan Lövgren (born 21 December 1970) is a Swedish former handball player. He was born in Gothenburg. Making his debut in the national team in 1993, he played a total of 268 games and scored 1138 goals. During his adult career he played fo ...

. 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 the

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with 5 titles, and has won the most medals in the history of the

World Men's Handball Championship The IHF Men's Handball World Championship has been organized indoor by the International Handball Federation since 1938. In the twenty-seven tournaments held, eleven nations have won the title. France is the most successful team with six titl ...

with a total tally of 4 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals. Conversely, Sweden has yet to win an Olympic title despite participating in 4 finals (Sweden participated in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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.

Honours

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games

World Championship

European Championship

:''*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty throws.'' :''**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

Team

Current squad

Squad for the 2023 World Championship. ''Appearances and goals correct as of 9 January 2023.'' Head coach:

Glenn Solberg Glenn Solberg (born 18 February 1972) is a Norwegian handball coach and former player. Solberg was born in Drammen. His clubs included Drammen HK, FC Barcelona Handbol and SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He was capped 122 times and scored 250 goals for ...

Notable players

Per Carlén Per Carlén (born 19 November 1960, in Karlstad) is a former handball player and current coach. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén and Swedish national football player Hilda Carlén. His most recent coachi ...

* Björn "Lurch" Andersson * Bengt Johansson *

* Mats Olsson *

Ljubomir Vranjes Ljubomir Vranjes (born 3 October 1973) is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Since June 2022, he is the head coach of USAM Nîmes Gard. Career Club Vranjes played with Redbergslids IK for eight ...

Pierre Thorsson Pierre Roger Valdemar Thorsson (born 21 June 1966) is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was born in Linköping Linköping () is a city i ...

* Magnus Andersson *

Ola Lindgren Per Ola Markus Lindgren (born 29 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player and current coach. He is the head coach for IFK Kristianstad since 2012 and was head coach for Sweden from 2008 to 2016. As a player, he won two World Champion ...

Erik Hajas Erik Hajas (born 16 September 1962 in Huddinge Parish, Sweden) is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially ...

* Johan Petersson *

Peter Gentzel Hans Peter Ludvig Gentzel (born 12 October 1968) is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: '' ...

Kim Andersson Kim Andersson (born 21 August 1982) is a Swedish handball player for Ystads IF. He was voted into the ''All-Star Team'' as ''Best right back'' at the 2008 European Men's Handball Championship, where Sweden finished 5th. He was part of the Swedi ...

Martin Frändesjö Lars Gunnar Martin Frändesjö (born 18 July 1971) is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also kno ...

Coaches

World & European Records

World Records

* Longest undefeated streak in international championships (25 matches, Euro 1998 - 2000 Olympic Games). * Longest medal round streak in major championships (14 tournaments, 1990-2002). * Longest medal round streak in the World Championships (7 tournaments, 1986-2001). * 8 consecutive finals in international championships (1996-2002). * Most World Championship finals (8) * 3 consecutive World Championship finals (1997, 1999, 2001).

European Records

* Most finals reached in international championships (18). * Most medals in international competition (22). * 3 consecutive gold medals at the European championship (1998, 2000, 2002). * Only European nation to defend a championship title two times consecutively (Euro 2000, Euro 2002).

Other merits

* 3 x winners of the World Cup (1992, 1996, 2004) * 2 x winners of the Supercup (1993, 2005) * 1 x winners of the Intercontinental Cup (2000) * The first IHF World Champion (1954 - indoor handball) (Germany's 1938 victory was under the IAHF). * The first EHF European Champion (1994). * Defeated Denmark 18-12 in

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in the first ever international indoor handball game (8 March 1935).

Kit supplier

From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas, and 2016-2019 by

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. The current supplier is

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References

External links

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IHF profile
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