This is a complete list of Sweden national football team managers, football managers who have coached the Sweden national football team and a list of the chairmen of the Swedish Football Association International Selection Committee from 1908 to 1961 which acted as national team managers. They are listed in chronological order, their total national team scores and any qualifications to the finals of the World Cup, European Championship or Olympic Games are included. A game lost after a penalty shoot-out is counted as a draw, but a game lost after extra time is counted as a loss.
Manager | Tenure | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | World Cups | Euros | Olympic Games |
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Lennart Nyman | 1962–1965 | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 60 | 44 | – | – | – |
Orvar Bergmark | 1966–1970 | 49 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 87 | 59 | 1970 | – | – |
Georg Ericson | 1971–1979 | 91 | 39 | 20 | 32 | 130 | 109 | 1974, 1978 | – | – |
Lars Arnesson | 1980–1985 | 59 | 27 | 13 | 19 | 93 | 60 | – | – | – |
Olle Nordin | 1986–1990 | 45 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 71 | 40 | 1990 | – | – |
Nisse Andersson | 1990 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | – | – | – |
Tommy Svensson | 1991–1997 | 87 | 44 | 23 | 20 | 147 | 88 | 1994 | 1992 | – |
Tommy Söderberg | 1998–1999 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 10 | – | – | |
T. Söderberg / L. Lagerbäck | 2000–2004 | 68 | 28 | 25 | 15 | 113 | 61 | 2002 | 2000, 2004 | |
Lars Lagerbäck | 2004–2009 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 60 | 39 | 2006 | 2008 | |
Erik Hamrén | 2009–2016 | 86 | 46 | 17 | 23 | 147 | 87 | – | 2012, 2016 | |
Janne Andersson | 2016–2023 | 94 | 48 | 15 | 31 | 151 | 97 | 2018 | 2020 | |
Jon Dahl Tomasson | 2024– | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | – | – |
Name | Tenure | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | World Cups | Euros | Olympic Games |
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Ludvig Kornerup | 1908 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 1908 | ||
Wilhelm Friberg | 1909–1911 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 15 | – | ||
John Ohlson | 1912 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1912 | ||
Ruben Gelbord | 1912–1913 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 24 | – | ||
Hugo Levin | 1914–1915 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | – | ||
Frey Svenson | 1916 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | – | ||
Anton Johanson | 1917–1920 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 48 | 43 | 1920 | ||
John Pettersson | 1921–1936 | 138 | 73 | 21 | 44 | 399 | 252 | 1934 | 1924, 1936 | |
Carl Linde | 1937 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 21 | – | – | |
Gustaf Carlsson | 1938–1942 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 70 | 44 | 1938 | – | |
Selection Committee | 1942 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | – | – | |
Putte Kock | 1943–1956 | 110 | 61 | 20 | 29 | 318 | 195 | 1950 | 1948, 1952 | |
Eric Persson George Raynor | 1957–1961 | 39 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 100 | 44 | 1958 | – | – |
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