The Sweden national bandy team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i bandy) represents Sweden in the sport of bandy. There are two separate national teams, a national bandy team for men, and a national bandy team for women. This article deals chiefly with Sweden's national men's bandy team.
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| Association | Swedish Bandy Association (Svenska bandyförbundet) | ||
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| Head coach |  Michael Carlsson | ||
| Team colors | |||
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| First international | |||
Sweden 12 – 1 Finland  Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire 11 March 1907 | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Sweden 33–5 Belarus  (Irkutsk, Russia; 30 January 2014) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Sweden 0–8 Soviet Union  (Stockholm, Sweden; 24 February 1963) | |||
| Bandy World Championship | |||
| Appearances | 38 (first in 1957) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1981, 1983, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2023) | ||
Sweden has been playing friendlies against Finland and Norway since the early 20th century. In 1907 and 1909 there were also occasional games against Russia and Denmark. The games were set up informally from 1907 and in official internationals from 1919.[1] Agreements were made to play friendlies against Soviet Union in the late 1940s, but the plans did not come to realization.[2]
Finland, Norway and Sweden played bandy at the Winter Olympics in Oslo in 1952. After having seen them there, the Soviet Union invited these three countries to a four nation bandy tournament in 1954. This was the first time a Soviet national bandy team met other national bandy teams. The four countries used somewhat different rules prior to this tournament, but the rules were adjusted to be the same for the future. Sweden won the tournament.[3]
Sweden has been taking part in the bandy world championships since the start in 1957. The team has never finished worse than third place (which once, in 1957, meant last place) and has won the championship 12 times as of 2017[update].
In the 2009 World Championship Sweden won in the final against Russia.[4] Sweden repeated the victory in the 2010 World Championships, this time in Moscow, the first time Sweden has won a bandy world championship in the capital of Russia. This was the tenth victory in the world championships for Sweden.[5]
Sweden won the Rossiya Tournament in 1974 and 1990 and has won its successor Russian Government Cup in 1994, 1996 and 2003.
The record for senior men's senior team appearances for the Swedish national bandy team is held by former Borlänge/Stora Tuna BK, Falu BS, Västerås SK Bandy, IFK Vänersborg, Sandvikens AIK and Tillberga IK Bandy player Per Fosshaug, who played for the team 129 times.
Olympics
edit| Games | Finish |
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 Norway 1952, Oslo |
 Gold
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Unofficial tournament
edit| Games | Finish |
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| Soviet Union 1954, Moscow |
Gold
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 Finland 2020, Porvoo / Lappeenranta |
 Bronze
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| Sweden 2024, Karlstad |
Gold
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World Championship record
edit| Tournament | Final standing |
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| Finland 1957 | Bronze
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| Norway 1961 |  Silver
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| Sweden 1963 | Bronze
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| Soviet Union 1965 | Bronze
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| Finland 1967 | Bronze
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| Sweden 1969 | Silver
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| Sweden 1971 | Silver
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| Soviet Union 1973 | Silver
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| Finland 1975 | Silver
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| Norway 1977 | Silver
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| Sweden 1979 | Silver
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| Soviet Union 1981 | Gold
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| Finland 1983 | Gold
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| Norway 1985 | Silver
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| Sweden 1987 | Gold
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| Soviet Union 1989 | Bronze
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| Finland 1991 | Silver
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| Norway 1993 | Gold
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| USA 1995 | Gold
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| Sweden 1997 | Gold
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| Russia 1999 | Bronze
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| Finland and Sweden 2001 | Silver
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| Russia 2003 | Gold
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| Sweden 2004 | Silver
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| Russia 2005 | Gold
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| Sweden 2006 | Silver
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| Russia 2007 | Silver
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| Russia 2008 | Silver
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| Sweden 2009 | Gold
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| Russia 2010 | Gold
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| Russia 2011 | Bronze
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| Kazakhstan 2012 | Gold
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| Sweden and Norway 2013 | Silver
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| Russia 2014 | Silver
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| Russia 2015 | Silver
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| Russia 2016 | Bronze
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| Sweden 2017 | Gold
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| Russia 2018 | Silver
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| Sweden 2019 | Silver
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| Sweden 2023 | Gold
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| Sweden 2025 |
Current squad
editSwedish squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, January 26 – February 2, 2014.[6]
| Pos. | Age | Name | Club |
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| GK | 39 | Andreas Bergwall | Västerås SK
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| GK | 38 | Anders Svensson | Dynamo Kazan
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| DF | 26 | Martin Johansson | Villa Lidköping BK
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| DF | 30 | Per Hellmyrs | Dynamo Moscow
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| DF | 26 | Linus Pettersson | Zorky Krasnogorsk
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| DF | 36 | Andreas Westh | Bollnäs GIF
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| DF | 37 | Daniel Välitalo | Dynamo Kazan
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| MF | 25 | Erik Säfström | Sandvikens AIK
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| MF | 31 | Hans Andersson | Dynamo Kazan
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| MF | 27 | Johan Löfstedt | Vetlanda BK
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| MF | 28 | David Pizzoni Elfving | Hammarby IF
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| MF | 26 | Daniel Berlin | Dynamo Moscow
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| MF | 32 | Ulf Einarsson | Hammarby IF
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| MF | 26 | Christoffer Edlund | Sandvikens AIK
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| FW | 23 | Adam Gilljam | Hammarby IF
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| FW | 30 | Daniel Andersson | Villa Lidköping BK
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| FW | 31 | Patrik Nilsson | Hammarby IF
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| FW | 18 | Erik Pettersson | Sandvikens AIK
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References
edit- ^ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 123-4 (in Swedish)
- ^ Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 183 (in Swedish)
- ^ Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Sverige vann VM-guldet". Svenska Dagbladet. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
- ^ "Därför vann Sverige VM-guld". Sveriges Radio. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Inför VM: Supertalangen med i truppen" (in Swedish). Svenskbandy.se. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.