The Sweden men's national handball team () is Sweden's national team in men's handball and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark (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 and Stefan 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 the

European Men's Handball Championship The European Men's Handball Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Europe and takes place every two years since 1994, in the even-numbered year between the World Championship. In addition to crowning ...

with 5 titles, and at 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-nine tournaments held, twelve national teams have won the title. France is the most successful team with six ...

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 the

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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

Euro Tournaments

All teams in these tournaments are European,all World and Olympic Champions, and top 7 from World Championships and Olympics were participating. They were mini European championships at the time, till 1994 when official European Championship started. :EURO World Cup tournament Sweden *1971 : 6th place *1974 : 8th place *1979 : 8th place *1984 : 4th place *1988 : 3rd place *1992 : Champions :EURO Super Cup tournament Germany *1979 : 6th place *1981 : 6th place *1983 : 5th place *1985 : 8th place *1987 : 6th place *1989 : 5th place *1991 : 3rd place *1993 : Champions

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

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship. Head coach: Michael Apelgren

Notable players

* Per Carlén * Björn "Lurch" Andersson * Bengt Johansson * Stefan Lövgren * Mats Olsson *

* Magnus Wislander *

Ljubomir Vranjes Ljubomir Vranjes (born 3 October 1973) is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt. He was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fam ...

* Pierre Thorsson * Magnus Andersson *

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

Erik Hajas Erik Hajas (born 16 September 1962) is a Swedish former handball player and handball coach. During the 1980s and 1990s he was one of the best wing players in the world. He won the 1990 World Championship and the 1994 European Championship, and ...

* Johan Petersson * Peter Gentzel *

* Kim Andersson * Martin Frändesjö * Jim Gottfridsson * Niclas Ekberg

Coaches

World and 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 - shared with France).

European records

* 3 consecutive gold medals at the European championship (1998, 2000, 2002).

Other merits

* First European nation to win a major championship title three times in a row (Euro 1998, Euro 2000, Euro 2002). * 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

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, and 2016–2019 by Kempa. The current supplier is

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References

External links

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IHF profile
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Handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...