Sweden national bandy team

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Sweden
Coat of arms of Sweden.svg
Association Swedish Bandy Association
(Svenska bandyförbundet)
Head coach Flag of Sweden.svg Michael Carlsson
Team colors  
Kit left arm icehockey.svg
Kit body team sweden bandy.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm icehockey.svg
Kit shorts icehockey.svg
Home colours
Kit left arm icehockey.svg
Kit body team sweden bandy.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm icehockey.svg
Kit shorts icehockey.svg
Away colours
First international
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 12 – 1 Finland Flag of Russia.svg
Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire 11 March 1907
Biggest win
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 31–0 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg
(Lidköping, Sweden; 25 March 2025)
Biggest defeat
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0–8 Soviet Union  Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
(Stockholm, Sweden; 24 February 1963)
Bandy World Championship
Appearances38 (first in 1957 )
Best resultChampions (1981, 1983, 1987, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2023)
The Swedish team in 1947 Bandy 1947.jpg
The Swedish team in 1947

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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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.

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

GamesFinish
Flag of Norway.svg Norway 1952, Oslo Gold medal icon.svg Gold

Unofficial tournament

GamesFinish
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 1954, Moscow Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 2020, Porvoo / Lappeenranta Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 2024, Karlstad Gold medal icon.svg Gold

World Championship record

TournamentFinal standing
Finland 1957 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Norway 1961 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Sweden 1963 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Soviet Union 1965 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Finland 1967 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Sweden 1969 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Sweden 1971 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Soviet Union 1973 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Finland 1975 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Norway 1977 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Sweden 1979 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Soviet Union 1981 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Finland 1983 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Norway 1985 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Sweden 1987 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Soviet Union 1989 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Finland 1991 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Norway 1993 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
USA 1995 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Sweden 1997 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Russia 1999 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Finland and Sweden 2001 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Russia 2003 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Sweden 2004 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Russia 2005 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Sweden 2006 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Russia 2007 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Russia 2008 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Sweden 2009 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Russia 2010 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Russia 2011 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Kazakhstan 2012 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Sweden and Norway 2013 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Russia 2014 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Russia 2015 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Russia 2016 Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze
Sweden 2017 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Russia 2018 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Sweden 2019 Silver medal icon.svg Silver
Sweden 2023 Gold medal icon.svg Gold
Sweden 2025

Current squad

Swedish squad at the 2014 World Championship in Irkutsk, Russia, January 26 – February 2, 2014. [6]

Pos.AgeNameClub
GK39 Andreas Bergwall Flag of Sweden.svg Västerås SK
GK38 Anders Svensson Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Kazan
DF26 Martin Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg Villa Lidköping BK
DF30 Per Hellmyrs Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Moscow
DF26 Linus Pettersson Flag of Russia.svg Zorky Krasnogorsk
DF36 Andreas Westh Flag of Sweden.svg Bollnäs GIF
DF37 Daniel Välitalo Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Kazan
MF25 Erik Säfström Flag of Sweden.svg Sandvikens AIK
MF31 Hans Andersson Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Kazan
MF27 Johan Löfstedt Flag of Sweden.svg Vetlanda BK
MF28 David Pizzoni Elfving Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby IF
MF26 Daniel Berlin Flag of Russia.svg Dynamo Moscow
MF32 Ulf Einarsson Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby IF
MF26 Christoffer Edlund Flag of Sweden.svg Sandvikens AIK
FW23 Adam Gilljam Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby IF
FW30 Daniel Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg Villa Lidköping BK
FW31 Patrik Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg Hammarby IF
FW18 Erik Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg Sandvikens AIK

References

  1. Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), pp. 123-4 (in Swedish)
  2. Eric Sköld (ed.): Boken om bandy, Uppsala: Bygd och Folk Förlag (1948), p. 183 (in Swedish)
  3. Claes-G Bengtsson (23 November 2007). "Sargens entré förändrade bandyn" (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. "Sverige vann VM-guldet". Svenska Dagbladet. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  5. "Därför vann Sverige VM-guld". Sveriges Radio. 31 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
  6. "Inför VM: Supertalangen med i truppen" (in Swedish). Svenskbandy.se. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014.