Sweden women's national handball team facts for kids

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Information
Association	Swedish Handball Federation
Coach	Tomas Axnér
Assistant coach	Johanna Wiberg
Captain	Jamina Roberts
Most caps	Åsa Eriksson (254)
Most goals	Mia Hermansson-Högdahl (1153)
Colours
Home Away
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	4 (First in 2008)
Best result	4th (2020)
World Championship
Appearances	11 (First in 1957)
Best result	4th (2017)
European Championship
Appearances	13 (First in 1994)
Best result	2nd (2010)
Last updated on Unknown.

The Sweden women's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges damlandslag i handboll) is the national team of Sweden. It is governed by the Swedish Handball Federation (Swedish: Svenska Handbollförbundet) and takes part in international handball competitions.

Honours

Competition	1	2	3	Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championship	0	0	0	0
European Championship	0	1	1	2
Total	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
1976 Montreal	Did not qualify
1980 Moscow
1984 Los Angeles
1988 Seoul
1992 Barcelona
1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing	Quarter-final	8th of 12	6	2	0	4	147	168	−21
2012 London	Preliminary round	11th of 12	5	0	0	5	108	131	−23
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Quarter-final	7th of 12	6	2	1	3	170	174	−4
2020 Tokyo	Bronze final	4th of 12	8	5	1	3	237	228	+9
Total	4/12	0 Titles	25	9	2	15	662	701	–39

World championship

Competitive record at the World championship Year Position Pld W D L GS GA +/- 1957 8th 4 1 0 3 9 19 −10 1962 Did not qualify 1965 1971 1973 1975 1978 1982 1986 1990 13th 6 3 1 2 137 119 +18 1993 6th 7 4 0 3 140 124 +16 1995 11th 8 4 0 4 175 166 +9 1997 Did not qualify 1999 2001 8th 9 6 0 3 228 224 +4 2003 Did not qualify 2005 2007 2009 13th 8 6 0 2 247 191 +56 2011 9th 6 3 0 3 164 123 +41 2013 Did not qualify 2015 9th 6 4 1 1 211 160 +51 2017 4th 9 6 0 3 262 231 +31 2019 7th 9 6 1 2 262 214 +48 2021 5th 7 4 2 1 270 167 +103 2023 Qualified as co-host 2025 TBD 2027 Total 12/28 80 47 5 27 2105 1758 +367

Record against other teams at the world championship National Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Angola 3 3 0 0 77 53 +24 Argentina 1 1 0 0 37 11 +26 Australia 1 1 0 0 66 21 +45 Austria 4 0 1 3 85 93 −8 Brazil 1 1 0 0 26 23 +3 Canada 1 1 0 0 21 16 +5 China 1 0 0 1 15 17 −2 Republic of the Congo 2 2 0 0 57 40 +17 Croatia 1 0 0 1 26 27 −1 Denmark 3 1 0 2 66 68 −2 Czech republic* 3 1 0 2 42 42 - France 4 1 0 3 92 88 +4 Germany 2 0 0 2 42 50 −8 Hungary 2 1 0 1 32 38 −6 Ivory Coast 2 2 0 0 54 40 +14 Japan 1 1 0 0 27 14 +13 The Netherlands 1 1 0 0 23 21 +2 Norway 1 0 0 1 15 26 −11 Poland 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 Romania 3 3 0 0 48 40 +8 Russia 1 0 0 1 19 25 −6 Spain 1 1 0 0 27 24 +3 Slovakia 1 1 0 0 26 20 +6 South Korea 1 0 0 1 25 34 −9 Thailand 1 1 0 0 49 18 +31 Ukraine 2 1 0 1 53 55 −2 Uruguay 1 1 0 0 31 14 +17 USA 1 1 0 0 30 11 +19 F.R. Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 18 32 −14 Total 48 26 1 21 1130 955 +175 *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 +/- 1994 7th 6 3 0 3 134 145 −11 1996 8th 6 2 0 4 142 171 −29 1998 Did not qualify 2000 2002 15th 3 0 0 3 79 94 −15 2004 14th 3 0 0 3 68 81 −13 2006 6th 7 3 0 4 156 170 −14 2008 9th 6 2 2 2 134 135 −1 2010 2nd 8 6 0 2 199 176 +23 2012 8th 6 3 1 2 153 142 +11 2014 3rd 8 5 1 2 238 220 +18 2016 8th 6 1 1 4 149 156 −7 2018 6th 7 3 1 3 191 192 −1 2020 11th 6 1 1 4 148 162 −14 2022 5th 7 5 0 2 206 179 +27 2024 TBD 2026 2028 Qualified aco-host Total 14/18 72 29 7 36 1791 1844 -53

Record against other teams at the European Championship National Team Pld W D L PF PA +/- Austria 4 1 0 3 93 100 −7 Belarus 1 0 1 0 21 21 0 Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 59 46 +13 Croatia 4 1 0 3 99 106 −7 Denmark 3 1 0 2 60 89 −29 France 3 1 0 2 67 72 −5 Germany 3 2 0 1 88 90 −2 Hungary 2 2 0 0 55 45 +10 Montenegro 2 1 0 1 54 53 +1 North Macedonia 2 2 0 0 50 38 +12 Netherlands 2 1 1 0 55 48 +7 Norway 5 1 0 4 117 126 −9 Poland 1 1 0 0 24 23 +1 Romania 2 1 0 1 50 53 −3 Russia 2 0 1 1 47 51 −4 Serbia 1 0 1 0 23 23 0 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 31 22 +9 Ukraine 2 2 0 0 57 48 +9 Yugoslavia 1 0 0 1 28 31 −3 Total 43 19 4 20 1078 1085 -7

Performance in other tournaments

Sweden during a friendly match against the Netherlands in 2016

• Carpathian Trophy 1994 – Third place
• GF World Cup 2006 – Fifth place
• Møbelringen Cup 2001 – Third place
• Møbelringen Cup 2011 – Third place
• Carpathian Trophy 2015 – Winner

Team

Current squad

The squad for the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.

Caps and goals as of 18 November 2022.

Head coach: Tomas Axnér

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Johanna Bundsen (1991-06-03) 3 June 1991 (age 32) 1.85 m 125 2 IK Sävehof 3 RB Nina Koppang (2002-05-31) 31 May 2002 (age 21) 1.77 m 8 10 IK Sävehof 6 CB Carin Strömberg (1993-07-10) 10 July 1993 (age 29) 1.84 m 134 200 Neptunes de Nantes 7 P Linn Blohm (1992-05-20) 20 May 1992 (age 31) 1.80 m 145 412 Győri Audi ETO KC 8 LB Jamina Roberts (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 33) 1.76 m 210 516 Vipers Kristiansand 9 LB Melissa Petrén (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 28) 1.73 m 62 114 Viborg HK 15 RW Sara Johansson (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 30) 1.76 m 13 22 Skara HF 16 GK Jessica Ryde (1994-05-18) 18 May 1994 (age 29) 1.85 m 54 0 Ikast Håndbold 17 RB Nina Dano (2000-06-12) 12 June 2000 (age 22) 1.72 m 36 68 HH Elite 19 P Anna Lagerquist (1993-10-16) 16 October 1993 (age 29) 1.75 m 102 124 Neptunes de Nantes 21 GK Evelina Eriksson (1996-08-20) 20 August 1996 (age 26) 1.85 m 10 1 CSM București 23 CB Emma Lindqvist (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 25) 1.77 m 66 135 Ikast Håndbold 24 RW Nathalie Hagman (1991-07-19) 19 July 1991 (age 31) 1.67 m 198 710 Neptunes de Nantes 29 LB Kristin Thorleifsdóttir (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 25) 1.82 m 38 48 HH Elite 38 LW Elin Hansson (1996-08-07) 7 August 1996 (age 26) 1.73 m 50 130 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 42 CB Jenny Carlson (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 28) 1.72 m 37 97 Brest Bretagne 44 CB Daniela de Jong (1998-09-01) 1 September 1998 (age 24) 1.75 m 13 17 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea 54 LB Tyra Axnér (2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 21) 1.78 m 12 21 Nykøbing Falster 55 RW Clara Petersson Bergsten (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 21) 1.62 m 5 5 Skuru IK 66 P Clara Monti Danielsson (1992-01-30) 30 January 1992 (age 31) 1.76 m 16 4 Chambray Touraine 97 LW Linn Hansson (1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 25) 1.69 m 5 4 Önnereds HK

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 World Championship
• Linn Blohm, 2019 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

     Still active players are highlighted

Head coach history

Period	Coach
1991–1994; 1999–2003	Tomas Ryde
2003–2005	Per-Olof Jonsson
2005–2008	Ulf Schefvert
2008–2012	Per Johansson
2012–2013	Torbjörn Klingvall
2014–2015; 2016	Helle Thomsen
2015–2016	Thomas Sivertsson
2016–2020	Henrik Signell
2020–present	Tomas Axnér