Sweden men's national handball team

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Association	Swedish Handball Association (Svenska Handbollförbundet)
Coach	Michael Apelgren
Assistant coach	Patrik Fahlgren
Most caps	Magnus Wislander (386)
Most goals	Magnus Wislander (1191)
Colours
Team colours Team colours Team colours Team colours 1st Team colours Team colours Team colours Team colours 2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances	10 (First in 1972 )
Best result	Silver 2nd (1992, 1996, 2000, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances	27 (First in 1938 )
Best result	Gold 1st (1954, 1958, 1990, 1999)
European Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1994 )
Best result	Gold 1st (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2022)
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Sweden men's national handball team

Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place	1992 Barcelona	Team
Silver medal – second place	1996 Atlanta	Team
Silver medal – second place	2000 Sydney	Team
Silver medal – second place	2012 London	Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place	1954 Sweden
Gold medal – first place	1958 East Germany
Gold medal – first place	1990 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place	1999 Egypt
Silver medal – second place	1964 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place	1997 Japan
Silver medal – second place	2001 France
Silver medal – second place	2021 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place	1938 Germany
Bronze medal – third place	1961 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place	1993 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place	1995 Iceland
European Championship
Gold medal – first place	1994 Portugal
Gold medal – first place	1998 Italy
Gold medal – first place	2000 Croatia
Gold medal – first place	2002 Sweden
Gold medal – first place	2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Silver medal – second place	2018 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place	2024 Germany
World Outdoor Championship
Gold medal – first place	1948 France
Silver medal – second place	1952 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place	1959 Austria

The Sweden men's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) 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, Staffan Olsson, 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 with 5 titles, and at the World Men's Handball Championship has won 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 1952 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	1st place, gold medalist(s)	2nd place, silver medalist(s)	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	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
Germany 1936 Berlin	did not enter
Not held from 1948 to 1968
West Germany 1972 Munich	Match for 7th place	7th of 16	6	2	2	2	82	87	−5
Canada 1976 Montreal	did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow
United States 1984 Los Angeles	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	145	134	+11
South Korea 1988 Seoul	Match for 5th place	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	133	109	+24
Spain 1992 Barcelona	Runners-up	2nd of 12	7	6	0	1	165	130	+35
United States 1996 Atlanta	Runners-up	2nd of 12	7	6	0	1	182	141	+41
Australia 2000 Sydney	Runners-up	2nd of 12	8	7	0	1	240	197	+43
Greece 2004 Athens	did not qualify
China 2008 Beijing
United Kingdom 2012 London	Runners-up	2nd of 12	8	5	0	3	228	186	+42
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro	Group stage	11th of 12	5	1	0	4	132	131	+1
Japan 2020 Tokyo	Quarter-finals	5th of 12	6	4	0	2	177	176	+1
France 2024 Paris	Quarter-finals	7th of 12	6	3	0	3	189	171	+18
United States 2028 Los Angeles	to be determined
Australia 2032 Brisbane
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
Nazi Germany 1938 Germany	Third place	3rd of 4	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5
Sweden 1954 Sweden	Champions	1st of 6	3	3	0	0	56	36	+20
East Germany 1958 East Germany	Champions	1st of 16	6	6	0	0	138	74	+64
West Germany 1961 West Germany	Third place	3rd of 12	6	5	0	1	89	73	+16
Czechoslovakia 1964 Czechoslovakia	Runners-up	2nd of 16	6	3	0	3	104	90	+14
Sweden 1967 Sweden	Match for 5th place	5th of 16	6	4	0	2	118	112	+6
France 1970 France	Match for 5th place	6th of 16	6	3	0	3	69	68	+1
East Germany 1974 East Germany	Preliminary round	10th of 16	6	3	0	3	111	113	−2
Denmark 1978 Denmark	Second round	8th of 16	6	2	0	4	121	125	−4
West Germany 1982 West Germany	Second round	11th of 16	7	2	1	4	159	157	+2
Switzerland 1986 Switzerland	Fourth place	4th of 16	7	5	0	2	174	153	+21
Czechoslovakia 1990 Czechoslovakia	Champions	1st of 16	7	6	0	1	177	143	+34
Sweden 1993 Sweden	Third place	3rd of 16	7	6	0	1	166	136	+30
Iceland 1995 Iceland	Third place	3rd of 24	9	8	0	1	251	201	+50
Japan 1997 Japan	Runners-up	2nd of 24	9	7	0	2	253	187	+66
Egypt 1999 Egypt	Champions	1st of 24	9	8	1	0	282	202	+80
France 2001 France	Runners-up	2nd of 24	9	8	0	1	263	207	+56
Portugal 2003 Portugal	Second round	13th of 24	7	5	0	2	204	191	+13
Tunisia 2005 Tunisia	Main round	11th of 24	9	4	1	4	275	234	+41
Germany 2007 Germany	did not qualify
Croatia 2009 Croatia	Main round	7th of 24	9	6	0	3	277	232	+45
Sweden 2011 Sweden	Fourth place	4th of 24	10	6	0	4	272	241	+31
Spain 2013 Spain	did not qualify
Qatar 2015 Qatar	Round of 16	10th of 24	6	3	1	2	157	133	+24
France 2017 France	Quarter-finals	6th of 24	7	5	0	2	233	166	+67
Denmark Germany 2019 Denmark/Germany	Main round	5th of 24	9	7	0	2	273	222	+51
Egypt 2021 Egypt	Runners-up	2nd of 32	9	6	2	1	276	218	+58
Poland Sweden 2023 Poland/Sweden	Fourth place	4th of 32	9	7	0	2	299	237	+62
Croatia Denmark Norway 2025 Croatia/Denmark/Norway	Main round	14th of 32	6	2	2	2	195	173	+22
Germany 2027 Germany	To be determined
France Germany 2029 France/Germany
Denmark /Iceland /Norway 2031 Denmark/Iceland/Norway
Total	27/32	4 Titles	193	131	8	54	4998	4137	+861

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 Sweden : 6th place
• 1974 Sweden : 8th place
• 1979 Sweden : 8th place
• 1984 Sweden : 4th place
• 1988 Sweden : 3rd place
• 1992 Sweden : Champions

EURO Super Cup tournament Germany

• 1979 Germany : 6th place
• 1981 Germany : 6th place
• 1983 Germany : 5th place
• 1985 Germany : 8th place
• 1987 Germany : 6th place
• 1989 Germany : 5th place
• 1991 Germany : 3rd place
• 1993 Germany : Champions

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Portugal 1994 Portugal	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	172	133	+39
Spain 1996 Spain	Fourth place	4th of 12	7	4	0	3	170	156	+14
Italy 1998 Italy	Champions	1st of 12	7	6	0	1	182	158	+24
Croatia 2000 Croatia	Champions	1st of 12	7	7	0	0	198	167	+31
Sweden 2002 Sweden	Champions	1st of 16	8	7	0	1	235	191	+44
Slovenia 2004 Slovenia	Main round	7th of 16	7	4	0	3	211	203	+8
Switzerland 2006 Switzerland	did not qualify
Norway 2008 Norway	Match for 5th place	5th of 16	7	4	1	2	208	190	+18
Austria 2010 Austria	Preliminary round	15th of 16	3	0	0	3	78	84	−6
Serbia 2012 Serbia	Main round	12th of 16	6	1	2	3	157	168	−11
Denmark 2014 Denmark	Main round	7th of 16	6	4	0	2	166	158	+8
Poland 2016 Poland	Match for 7th place	8th of 16	7	2	2	3	173	168	+5
Croatia 2018 Croatia	Runners-up	2nd of 16	8	4	0	4	218	216	+2
Austria Norway Sweden 2020 Austria/Norway/Sweden	Main round	7th of 24	7	4	0	3	182	169	+13
Hungary Slovakia 2022 Hungary/Slovakia	Champions	1st of 24	9	7	1	1	252	221	+31
Germany 2024 Germany	Third place	3rd of 24	9	6	0	3	282	255	+27
Denmark Norway Sweden 2026 Denmark/Norway/Sweden	Qualified as co-host
Portugal Spain Switzerland 2028 Portugal/Spain/Switzerland	To be determined
Total	15/16	5 titles	105	67	6	32	2884	2637	+247

*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.

Roster for the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship.^{[1] [2]}

Head coach: Michael Apelgren

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 LB Jonathan Carlsbogård (1995年04月19日) 19 April 1995 (age 29) 1.95 m 79 156 Spain Barça 6 P Felix Möller (2002年09月04日) 4 September 2002 (age 22) 1.97 m 22 29 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold 10 RW Niclas Ekberg (1988年12月23日) 23 December 1988 (age 36) 1.91 m 212 845 Sweden Ystads IF 12 GK Andreas Palicka (1986年07月10日) 10 July 1986 (age 38) 1.89 m 168 19 France Paris Saint-Germain 13 RW Sebastian Karlsson (1995年01月21日) 21 January 1995 (age 30) 1.78 m 25 72 France Montpellier Handball 15 LW Hampus Wanne (1993年12月10日) 10 December 1993 (age 31) 1.85 m 106 434 Spain Barça 16 GK Tobias Thulin (1995年07月05日) 5 July 1995 (age 29) 1.98 m 69 0 Hungary Pick Szeged 22 LW Lucas Pellas (1995年08月28日) 28 August 1995 (age 29) 1.83 m 80 256 France Montpellier Handball 23 RB Albin Lagergren (1992年09月11日) 11 September 1992 (age 32) 1.86 m 120 356 Germany SC Magdeburg 24 CB Jim Gottfridsson (1992年09月02日) 2 September 1992 (age 32) 1.91 m 164 517 Germany SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28 CB Jonathan Edvardsson (1997年04月07日) 7 April 1997 (age 27) 1.90 m 29 18 Germany TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 29 RB Edwin Aspenbäck (2000年08月07日) 7 August 2000 (age 24) 1.96 m 4 3 Denmark TTH Holstebro 33 RB Lukas Sandell (1997年02月03日) 3 February 1997 (age 28) 1.93 m 66 166 Hungary Telekom Veszprém 35 P Andreas Nilsson (1990年04月12日) 12 April 1990 (age 34) 1.97 m 155 351 Sweden Önnereds HK 42 LB Eric Johansson (2000年06月28日) 28 June 2000 (age 24) 1.97 m 40 110 Germany THW Kiel 45 LB Olle Forsell Schefvert (1993年08月13日) 13 August 1993 (age 31) 1.96 m 7 4 Germany Rhein Neckar Löwen 51 GK Fabian Norsten (2000年07月11日) 11 July 2000 (age 24) 1.96 m 7 0 Denmark Aalborg Håndbold

• Per Carlén
• Björn "Lurch" Andersson
• Bengt Johansson
• Stefan Lövgren
• Mats Olsson
• Staffan Olsson
• Magnus Wislander
• Ljubomir Vranjes
• Pierre Thorsson
• Magnus Andersson
• Ola Lindgren
• Erik Hajas
• Johan Petersson
• Peter Gentzel
• Tomas Svensson
• Kim Andersson
• Martin Frändesjö
• Jim Gottfridsson
• Niclas Ekberg

#	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–

• 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).

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

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

From 2004 to 2015 Sweden's kits were supplied by Adidas, and 2016–2019 by Kempa. The current supplier is Craft.

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