Sweden men's national ice hockey team

The Sweden men's national ice hockey team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i ishockey) is governed by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association. It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and the United States.^[5]

Sweden

Nickname(s)	Tre Kronor (Three Crowns)
Association	Swedish Ice Hockey Association
Head coach	Sam Hallam
Assistants	Josef Boumedienne Stefan Klockare Nicklas Rahm
Captain	Erik Karlsson
Most games	Jörgen Jönsson (285)[1]
Most points	Sven Tumba (186)[1]
Home stadium	Avicii Arena Stockholm, Sweden
Team colors
IIHF code	SWE
Ranking
Current IIHF	7 1 (27 May 2024)[2]
Highest IIHF	1 (2006–07, 2013–14)
Lowest IIHF	7 (2021, 2024)
First international
Sweden  8–0  Belgium (Antwerp, Belgium; 23 April 1920)[3]
Biggest win
Sweden  24–1  Belgium (Prague, Czechoslovakia; 16 February 1947)[3] Sweden  23–0  Italy (St. Moritz, Switzerland; 7 February 1948)[4]
Biggest defeat
Canada  22–0  Sweden (Chamonix, France; 29 January 1924)[3]
Olympics
Appearances	23 (first in 1920)
Medals	Gold: (1994, 2006) Silver: (1928, 1964, 2014) Bronze: (1952, 1980, 1984, 1988)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	72 (first in 1920)
Best result	Gold: (1953, 1957, 1962, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2017, 2018)
World Cup / Canada Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1976)
Best result	2nd: (1984)
European Championship
Appearances	12
Best result	Gold: (1921, 1923, 1932)
International record (W–L–T)
710–198–86

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1994 Lillehammer	Team
	2006 Turin	Team
	1928 St. Moritz	Team
	1964 Innsbruck	Team
	2014 Sochi	Team
	1952 Oslo	Team
	1980 Lake Placid	Team
	1984 Sarajevo	Team
	1988 Calgary	Team
World Championship
	1953 Switzerland
	1957 Soviet Union
	1962 United States
	1987 Austria
	1991 Finland
	1992 Czechoslovakia
	1998 Switzerland
	2006 Latvia
	2013 Sweden/Finland
	2017 Germany/France
	2018 Denmark
	1947 Czechoslovakia
	1951 France
	1963 Sweden
	1967 Austria
	1969 Sweden
	1970 Sweden
	1973 Soviet Union
	1977 Austria
	1981 Sweden
	1986 Soviet Union
	1990 Switzerland
	1993 Germany
	1995 Sweden
	1997 Finland
	2003 Finland
	2004 Czech Republic
	2011 Slovakia
	1954 Sweden
	1958 Norway
	1965 Finland
	1971 Switzerland
	1972 Czechoslovakia
	1974 Finland
	1975 Germany
	1976 Poland
	1979 Soviet Union
	1994 Italy
	1999 Norway
	2001 Germany
	2002 Sweden
	2009 Switzerland
	2010 Germany
	2014 Belarus
	2024 Czechia
European Championship
	1921 Sweden
	1923 Belgium
	1932 Germany
	1922 Switzerland
	1924 Italy
Canada Cup / World Cup
	1984 Edmonton
	1987 Hamilton
	1996 Montreal
	2016 Toronto

Tre Kronor in November 1958, from the left, standing: Lasse Björn, Karl-Sören "Kalle" Hedlund, Einar Granath, Sigge Bröms, Nils "Double-Nisse" Nilsson, Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg, Göran Lysén, Uno "Garvis" Öhrlund, Roland "Rolle" Stoltz; front row: Sven "Tumba" Johansson, Hasse Svedberg, Yngve Johansson, Roland "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson, Vilgot "Ville" Larsson and Rune Gudmundsson.

The team's nickname Tre Kronor, meaning "Three Crowns", refers to the emblem on the team jersey, which is found in the lesser national coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden. The first time this emblem was used on the national team's jersey was on 12 February 1938, during the World Championships in Prague.^[6]

The team has won numerous medals at both the World Championships and the Winter Olympics. In 2006, they became the first team to win both tournaments in the same calendar year, by winning the 2006 Winter Olympics in a thrilling final against Finland by 3–2, and the 2006 World Championships by beating Czech Republic in the final, 4–0.^[7] In 2013 the team was the first team to win the World Championships at home since the Soviet Union in 1986. In 2018, the Swedish team won its 11th title at the World Championships. In 2021 Sweden failed to reach the playoffs for the first time after the tournament implemented the playoff system, placing 9th, tying their 1937 team for their worst placement in tournament history.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Games	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish
1920 Antwerp	4	3	1	0	17	20	Raoul Le Mat	Einar Lindqvist	4th
1924 Chamonix	5	2	3	0	21	49	Unknown	Unknown	4th
1928 St. Moritz	5	3	1	1	12	14	Viking Harbom Sten Mellgren	Carl Abrahamsson	Silver
1932 Lake Placid	did not compete
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	5	2	3	0	5	7	Vic Lindquist	Herman Carlson	5th
1948 St. Moritz	8	4	4	0	55	28	Unknown	Unknown	4th
1952 Oslo	8	7	2	0	53	22	Sven Bergqvist	Unknown	Bronze
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	7	2	4	1	17	27	Folke "Masen" Jansson	Unknown	4th
1960 Squaw Valley	7	2	4	1	40	24	Ed Reigle	Unknown	5th
1964 Innsbruck	8	6	2	0	59	18	Arne Strömberg	Unknown	Silver
1968 Grenoble	7	4	2	1	23	18	Arne Strömberg	Unknown	4th
1972 Sapporo	6	3	2	1	25	14	Billy Harris	Unknown	4th
1976 Innsbruck	did not compete
1980 Lake Placid	7	4	1	2	31	19	Tommy Sandlin	Mats Waltin	Bronze
1984 Sarajevo	7	4	2	1	36	17	Anders Parmström	Håkan Eriksson	Bronze
1988 Calgary	8	4	1	3	33	21	Tommy Sandlin	Thomas Rundqvist	Bronze
1992 Albertville	8	5	1	2	30	19	Conny Evensson	Thomas Rundqvist	5th
1994 Lillehammer	8	6	1	1	33	18	Curt Lundmark	Charles Berglund	Gold
1998 Nagano	4	2	2	0	12	9	Kent Forsberg	Calle Johansson	5th
2002 Salt Lake City	4	3	1	0	17	8	Hardy Nilsson	Mats Sundin	5th
2006 Turin	8	6	2	0	31	19	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	Mats Sundin	Gold
2010 Vancouver	4	3	1	0	12	6	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	Nicklas Lidström	5th
2014 Sochi	6	5	1	0	17	9	Pär Mårts	Henrik Zetterberg Niklas Kronwall[8]	Silver
2018 Pyeongchang	4	3	0	1	11	5	Rikard Grönborg	Joel Lundqvist	5th
2022 Beijing	6	3	0	3	13	13	Johan Garpenlöv	Anton Lander	4th
2026 Milan / Cortina	To be determined

Totals

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
21	2	3	4	9

Canada Cup

• 1976 – 4th
• 1981 – 5th
• 1984 –  Silver
• 1987 –  Bronze
• 1991 – 4th

World Cup

• 1996 –  Bronze
• 2004 – 5th
• 2016 –  Bronze

European Championship

• 1921 –  Gold
• 1922 –  Silver
• 1923 –  Gold
• 1924 –  Silver
• 1932 –  Gold

World Championship

• 1931 – 6th place
• 1935 – 5th place
• 1937 – 9th place
• 1938 – 5th place
• 1947 –  Silver
• 1949 – 4th place
• 1950 – 5th place
• 1951 –  Silver
• 1953 –  Gold
• 1954 –  Bronze
• 1955 – 5th place
• 1957 –  Gold
• 1958 –  Bronze
• 1959 – 5th place
• 1961 – 4th place
• 1962 –  Gold
• 1963 –  Silver
• 1965 –  Bronze
• 1966 – 4th place
• 1967 –  Silver
• 1969 –  Silver
• 1970 –  Silver
• 1971 –  Bronze
• 1972 –  Bronze
• 1973 –  Silver
• 1974 –  Bronze
• 1975 –  Bronze
• 1976 –  Bronze
• 1977 –  Silver
• 1978 – 4th place
• 1979 –  Bronze
• 1981 –  Silver
• 1982 – 4th place
• 1983 – 4th place
• 1985 – 6th place
• 1986 –  Silver
• 1987 –  Gold
• 1989 – 4th place
• 1990 –  Silver
• 1991 –  Gold
• 1992 –  Gold
• 1993 –  Silver
• 1994 –  Bronze
• 1995 –  Silver
• 1996 – 5th place
• 1997 –  Silver
• 1998 –  Gold
• 1999 –  Bronze
• 2000 – 7th place
• 2001 –  Bronze
• 2002 –  Bronze
• 2003 –  Silver
• 2004 –  Silver
• 2005 – 4th place
• 2006 –  Gold
• 2007 – 4th place
• 2008 – 4th place
• 2009 –  Bronze

Games	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish
2010 Germany	9	7	0	0	2	30	15	Bengt-Åke Gustafsson	Magnus Johansson	Bronze
2011 Slovakia	9	6	0	1	2	32	20	Pär Mårts	Rickard Wallin	Silver
2012 Finland/Sweden	8	6	0	0	2	32	19	Pär Mårts	Daniel Alfredsson	6th
2013 Sweden/Finland	10	8	0	0	2	28	14	Pär Mårts	Staffan Kronwall	Gold
2014 Belarus	10	7	1	1	1	28	15	Pär Mårts	Joel Lundqvist	Bronze
2015 Czech Republic	8	4	2	0	2	37	24	Pär Mårts	Staffan Kronwall	5th
2016 Russia	8	3	2	0	3	23	24	Pär Mårts	Jimmie Ericsson	6th
2017 Germany/France	10	7	1	1	1	38	16	Rikard Grönborg	Joel Lundqvist	Gold
2018 Denmark	10	8	2	0	0	43	13	Rikard Grönborg	Mikael Backlund	Gold
2019 Slovakia	8	5	0	1	2	45	26	Rikard Grönborg	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	5th
2021 Latvia	7	3	0	1	3	21	14	Johan Garpenlöv	Henrik Tömmernes	9th
2022 Finland	8	5	1	2	0	30	14	Johan Garpenlöv	Oliver Ekman-Larsson	6th
2023 Finland/Latvia	8	5	1	1	1	27	10	Sam Hallam	Jakob Silfverberg	6th
2024 Czech Republic	10	8	1	0	1	44	19	Sam Hallam	Erik Karlsson	Bronze

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.^[9][10]

Head coach: Sam Hallam

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
9	F	Adrian Kempe	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1996-09-13) 13 September 1996 (age 28)	Los Angeles Kings
12	F	Max Friberg	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1992-11-20) 20 November 1992 (age 32)	Frölunda HC
14	F	Joel Eriksson Ek	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	(1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 28)	Minnesota Wild
16	F	Felix Unger Sörum	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(2005-09-14) 14 September 2005 (age 19)	Leksands IF
19	F	Marcus Sörensen	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 32)	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
23	F	Lucas Raymond – A	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(2002-03-28) 28 March 2002 (age 22)	Detroit Red Wings
25	D	Jonas Brodin	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 31)	Minnesota Wild
26	D	Rasmus Dahlin	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(2000-04-13) 13 April 2000 (age 24)	Buffalo Sabres
28	D	Marcus Pettersson	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 (age 28)	Pittsburgh Penguins
29	F	Pontus Holmberg	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1999-03-09) 9 March 1999 (age 25)	Toronto Maple Leafs
30	G	Jesper Wallstedt	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(2002-11-14) 14 November 2002 (age 22)	Minnesota Wild
32	D	Lukas Bengtsson	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30)	EV Zug
33	G	Samuel Ersson	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1999-10-20) 20 October 1999 (age 25)	Philadelphia Flyers
35	G	Filip Gustavsson	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1998-06-07) 7 June 1998 (age 26)	Minnesota Wild
37	F	Isac Lundeström	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1999-11-06) 6 November 1999 (age 25)	Anaheim Ducks
49	F	Fabian Zetterlund	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1999-08-25) 25 August 1999 (age 25)	San Jose Sharks
59	F	Linus Johansson	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 32)	Färjestad BK
65	D	Erik Karlsson – C	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34)	Pittsburgh Penguins
71	F	Victor Olofsson	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1995-07-18) 18 July 1995 (age 29)	Buffalo Sabres
72	D	Tim Heed	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1991-01-27) 27 January 1991 (age 34)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
77	D	Victor Hedman – A	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	110 kg (240 lb)	(1990-12-18) 18 December 1990 (age 34)	Tampa Bay Lightning
82	F	Jesper Frödén	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1994-09-21) 21 September 1994 (age 30)	ZSC Lions
90	F	Marcus Johansson	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 34)	Minnesota Wild
91	F	Carl Grundström	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 27)	Los Angeles Kings
95	F	André Burakovsky	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 30)	Seattle Kraken

All-time team record

The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record in official matches (WC, OG, EC), correct as of 26 May 2024.^[11] Teams named in italics are no longer active.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Austria	21	16	2	3	101	14
Belarus	12	10	0	2	43	20
Belgium	3	3	0	0	41	2
Canada	87	29	11	47	227	333
Czech Republic	30	15	7	8	92	74
Denmark	12	11	0	1	61	21
Finland	83	48	15	19	300	195
France	19	17	0	2	85	23
Germany	20	17	1	2	89	33
Great Britain	11	7	0	4	52	20
Hungary	1	1	0	0	3	0
Italy	21	18	3	0	143	27
Japan	4	4	0	0	44	1
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	17	6
Latvia	29	25	1	3	120	50
Netherlands	2	2	0	0	16	0
Norway	22	20	2	0	122	30
Poland	29	24	2	3	197	47
Romania	4	4	0	0	35	4
Russia	27	8	3	16	67	88
Slovakia	18	10	3	5	52	41
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	15	2
Spain	1	1	0	0	Walkover
Switzerland	53	41	6	6	269	99
Ukraine	5	5	0	0	26	6
United States	71	45	8	18	317	204
Czechoslovakia	74	27	11	36	193	206
East Germany	16	15	0	1	110	29
Soviet Union	58	7	8	43	118	279
West Germany	33	30	2	1	190	57
Yugoslavia	2	2	0	0	19	1
Totals:	763	460	86	216	3131	1893

Awards

• The team received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1987, shared with Marie-Helene Westin.

• The 2006 Sweden men's national teams were recognized with the IIHF Milestone Award in 2025, for becoming the first men's national team to win both an Olympic gold medal and the World Championships in the same year. Sweden won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2006 IIHF World Championship, the former which was their first Olympic gold since 1994. Eight players participated in both events: Mika Hannula, Jörgen Jönsson, Kenny Jönsson, Niklas Kronwall, Stefan Liv, Mikael Samuelsson, Ronnie Sundin, Henrik Zetterberg.^[12]

Uniform evolution

• National team jerseys
• 
  1988 Winter Olympics
• 
  1994 Winter Olympics
• 
  1998-2001 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2006 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2014 Winter Olympics
• 
  2014–2018 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2016 WCH jerseys
• 
  2018 Winter Olympics
• 
  2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
• 
  2022 Winter Olympics

References

1. Includes Professional ice hockey world championships and the 1998 and 2002 Olympics only.
2. "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
3. Includes Olympics, World Championships, World Cups, Canada Cups and Summit Series.
4. "Official Report 1980W page 1". digital.la84.org.
5. "NHL announces World Cup of Hockey for 2016". The Canadian Press. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
6. Feltenmark, Anders. "Tre Kronor en poppis 69-åring" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 21 April 2008.
7. "Sweden complete golden double". Eurosport. 21 May 2006. Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2006.
8. Due to Zetterberg's injury
9. "Tre Kronor spelar ishockey-VM i Tjeckien, 10-26 maj" (in Swedish). swehockey.se. 10 May 2024.
10. "Team roster: Sweden" (PDF). iihf.com. 10 May 2024.
11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
12. Podnieks, Andrew (1 January 2025). "IIHF Contributors' Class 2025". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile
• National Teams of Ice Hockey