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The Sweden national football team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i fotboll) represents the nation of Sweden in international association football. It is fielded by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) (Swedish: Svenska Fotbollförbundet) and competes as a member of the UEFA. The team played its first official international match on 12 July 1908 against Norway, winning 11–3.^[1] Since the match against Norway, 1,104 players have made at least one international appearance for the team.^[2] Of them, 131 have served as captain of the national team.^[3] This list contains footballers who have served as captain of the Sweden national team and is listed according to their number of matches captained.

The Sweden national team's record appearance-maker as captain is Björn Nordqvist, who led the team out 92 times during his 115-cap tenure. He is the only player to have captained Sweden at the three different major tournaments; 1970 FIFA World Cup, 1974 FIFA World Cup and 1978 FIFA World Cup. During the tournament in 1974, Bo Larsson was the first-choice captain, but Nordqvist wore the armband in the last match against Yugoslavia. Zlatan Ibrahimović is the player with second most captaincies. Original a vice captain behind Henrik Larsson, he took over the armband in the summer of 2010 and wore it until his international retirement in 2016.^[4] Midfielder Jonas Thern and defender Erik Nilsson are the most successful captains regarding medals. Thern led Sweden to a semi-final in UEFA Euro 1992 and a third place in 1994 FIFA World Cup. Nilsson led Sweden to third places in both 1950 FIFA World Cup and 1952 Summer Olympics. Birger Rosengren became the first and so far only Swedish captain to win a major international competition after leading the team in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Nils Rosén captained Sweden in their first World Cup in 1934 and Nils Liedholm led the team to their best performance in the World Cup, runners-up in 1958.

"Of course, it was an honor considering that the former captains had been great players. I took over the duty from Agne Simonsson. Orvar Bergmark [the manager] maybe thought you should have a defender as captain."

Björn Nordqvist on captaining the Sweden for a record of 92 times.^[5]

"Bian [Birger Rosengren] was born with the armband on his arm. Despite only having one earlier cap, in 1945, he got to wear armband at the pre-Olympic game and the rest of his four-month long national team career. Then he returned the armband to its owner – Erik Nilsson"

SvFF describing Birger Rosengren who captained Sweden in the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Players are initially listed by amount of matches captained, followed by the chronological order of the first captaincy. Only players who started the match as captain are included here, not players that might have been given the armband due to the starting captain being injured, sent off or substituted off.

Statistics correct as of 22 June 2016.

Key
	Still active for the national team^[a]
	Captained the team at a major international tournament^[b]

Björn Nordqvist captained Sweden in 92 matches and was the captain during the World Cups in 1970 and 1978.

Gustaf Bergström captained Sweden in their first ever game against Norway on 12 July 1908.

Zlatan Ibrahimović captained Sweden for six years, including the European Championships in 2012 and 2016.

Erik Nilsson captained Sweden to third places at the 1950 FIFA World Cup and the 1952 Olympic football tournament.

Birger Rosengren was the captain in all of his caps and he captained Sweden to victory at the 1948 Olympic football tournament.

Nils Liedholm captained Sweden to the final at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, played at home soil.

Tore Keller captained Sweden in four matches and led the team to a fourth place at the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Anders Svensson is Sweden's most capped player with 148 caps. He was in the captain in 21 of those.

Andreas Granqvist is the current captain of Sweden since 2016.

List of Sweden national team football players who have served as captain of the team
#	Player	Sweden career	Caps as captain	Total caps	First to last captaincy
1	Björn Nordqvist	1963–1978	92	115	1967–1978
2	Zlatan Ibrahimović	2001–2016	58	116	2008–2016
3	Jonas Thern	1987–1997	55	75	1989–1997
4	Ingemar Erlandsson	1978–1985	47	69	1981–1985
5	Patrik Andersson	1992–2002	41	96	1995–2002
6	Orvar Bergmark	1951–1965	38	94	1959–1965
7	Erik Nilsson	1938–1952	37	57	1947–1952
8	Olof Mellberg	2000–2012	36	117	2002–2006
9	Sven Friberg	1915–1928	30	41	1920–1928
10	Bengt Gustavsson	1951–1963	29	57	1953–1962
11	Glenn Hysén	1981–1990	23	68	1987–1990
12	Åke Johansson	1955–1965	22	53	1956–1964
12	Roland Nilsson	1986–2000	22	116	1989–2000
14	Anders Svensson	1999–2013	21	148	2007–2013
15	Karl-Erik Grahn	1935–1946	17	41	1941–1946
15	Johan Mjällby	1997–2004	17	49	1998–2004
17	Stig Fredriksson	1979–1987	15	58	1985–1987
18	Agne Simonsson	1957–1967	14	51	1966–1967
19	Sven Jonasson	1932–1940	13	42	1935–1940
19	Fredrik Ljungberg	1998–2008	13^[c]	75	2006–2008
21	Axel Alfredsson	1924–1932	11	31	1925–1931
22	Per Kaufeldt	1921–1931	10	33	1926–1931
	Harry Lundahl	1928–1933	10	14	1929–1933
	Bo Larsson	1964–1978	10	70	1973–1974
25	Ragnar Wicksell	1911–1921	9	33	1914–1921
25	Birger Rosengren	1945–1948	9	9	1945–1948
27	Thure Svensson	1926–1931	8	10	1926–1930
	Harry Nilsson	1938–1947	8	34	1946–1947
	Hasse Borg	1976–1985	8	49	1979–1980
	Henrik Larsson	1993–2009	8	106	2008–2009
31	Knut Nilsson	1911–1915	7	9	1912–1915
	Karl Gustafsson	1908–1924	7	32	1913–1924
	Herbert Samuelsson	1929–1932	7	11	1931–1932
	Sven Andersson	1930–1938	7	27	1935–1938
	Gösta Lindh	1950–1954	7	31	1951–1954
	Daniel Andersson	1997–2009	7	74	2006–2009
	Andreas Isaksson	2002–2016	7	133	2010–2016
38	Hans Lindman	1908–1911	6	7	1908–1911
	Herman Myhrberg	1909–1913	6	10	1911–1912
	Bertil Nordenskjöld	1910–1920	6	8	1915–1920
	Theodor Malm	1908–1920	6	26	1917–1920
	Victor Carlund	1932–1936	6	12	1933–1936
	Nils Rosén	1925–1934	6	25	1934
	Stefan Rehn	1988–1995	6	45	1992–1994
	Niclas Alexandersson	1993–2008	6	109	2005–2007
	Tobias Linderoth	1999–2008	6	76	2005–2008
47	Erik Börjesson	1908–1922	5	17	1913–1919
	Albert Andersson	1915–1921	5	11	1920–1921
	Lennart Bunke	1933–1937	5	11	1937
	Gunnar Gren	1940–1958	5	57	1957–1958
	Nils Liedholm	1947–1958	5	23	1958
	Roland Grip	1968–1974	5	55	1972–1973
	Thomas Ravelli	1981–1997	5	143	1990–1995
54	Sven Rydell	1923–1932	4	43	1929–1932
	Knut Kroon	1925–1934	4	35	1933
	Tore Keller	1924–1938	4	25	1934–1938
	Ronnie Hellström	1968–1980	4	77	1978–1979
	Håkan Arvidsson	1976–1980	4	17	1979–1980
59	Götrik Frykman	1911–1916	3	6	1911–1916
	Rune Wenzel	1919–1930	3	30	1925–1926
	Ernst Andersson	1931–1937	3	29	1935–1937
	Erik Persson	1930–1939	3	32	1939
	Nils Johansson	1959–1966	3	7	1963
	Anders Linderoth	1972–1980	3	40	1979
	Eine Fredriksson	1974–1980	3	20	1979–1980
	Andreas Ravelli	1980–1989	3	41	1987–1988
	Håkan Mild	1991–2001	3	74	2001
68	Gustaf Bergström	1908–1909	2	6	1908–1909
	Carl Ohlsson	1912–1919	2	4	1919
	Helge Ekroth	1911–1922	2	18	1920–1922
	Gösta Pettersson	1921–1923	2	2	1921–1923
	Gustav Möller	1921–1923	2	6	1923
	Gunnar Holmberg	1922–1927	2	12	1925–1927
	Harry Johansson	1932–1935	2	9	1932
	Einar Snitt	1926–1936	2	17	1935
	Arvid Emanuelsson	1935–1946	2	35	1938–1945
	Sven Jacobsson	1937–1947	2	7	1939–1947
	Sture Mårtensson	1943–1948	2	3	1946–1948
	Knut Nordahl	1945–1950	2	26	1949
	Tommy Svensson	1967–1973	2	40	1970
	Kent Karlsson	1973–1977	2	38	1974–1975
	Leif Engqvist	1986–1990	2	18	1990
	Peter Larsson	1983–1992	2	47	1991
	Mats Gren	1984–1992	2	22	1992
	Gary Sundgren	1994–2000	2	30	1997
	Markus Johannesson	2001–2003	2	5	2001–2003
	Andreas Jakobsson	1996–2004	2	36	2002–2004
	Tommy Jönsson	2003	2	3	2003
	Daniel Majstorović	2003–2013	2	50	2009
	Johan Elmander	2002–2015	2	85	2015
	Emil Bergström	2015–	2	3	2016
92	Sixten Öberg	1910–1911	1	2	1910
	Josef Appelgren	1911–1918	1	8	1916
	Torsten Husén	1916	1	1	1916
	Georg Bengtsson	1913–1917	1	3	1917
	Konrad Törnqvist	1909–1919	1	14	1918
	Victor Horndahl	1921	1	1	1921
	Gösta Wihlborg	1919–1923	1	7	1921
	Valdus Lund	1915–1923	1	29	1922
	Gustaf Carlson	1915–1924	1	14	1924
	Putte Kock	1919–1925	1	37	1924
	Arvid Persson	1921–1924	1	2	1924
	Douglas Krook	1924–1929	1	21	1926
	Knut Lensing	1927	1	1	1927
	Bror Persson	1928	1	1	1928
	Arthur Bengtsson	1925–1930	1	4	1930
	Torsten Lindskog	1930	1	1	1930
	Gunnar Olsson	1923–1932	1	1	1932
	Sven Nilsson	1937	1	1	1937
	Malte Mårtensson	1937–1949	1	16	1943
	Helge Bengtsson	1949	1	1	1949
	Börje Leander	1941–1950	1	23	1950
	Sven-Ove Svensson	1951–1956	1	31	1951
	Karl-Erik Andersson	1948–1954	1	11	1954
	Arne Arvidsson	1954–1965	1	27	1963
	Harry Bild	1957–1968	1	28	1967
	Ove Kindvall	1965–1974	1	43	1974
	Olle Nordin	1970–1979	1	19	1979
	Bo Börjesson	1976–1981	1	23	1981
	Christian Karlsson	1996–1997	1	8	1997
	Magnus Erlingmark	1990–1998	1	37	1998
	Petter Hansson	2001–2009	1	43	2001
	Klebér Saarenpää	2000–2001	1	11	2011
	Per Nilsson	2001–	1	16	2003
	Mikael Nilsson	2002–2009	1	64	2004
	Teddy Lučić	1995–2006	1	86	2005
	Johan Wiland	2007–2013	1	9	2011
	Sebastian Larsson	2008–	1	87	2013
	Pär Hansson	2011–2014	1	6	2014
	Jakob Johansson	2013–	1	3	2014
	Andreas Granqvist	2006–	1	55	2016

Tenure	Incumbent	Others used when incumbent unavailable
1938	Tore Keller
1938–1940	Sven Jonasson
1941–1946	Karl-Erik Grahn
1946–1947	Harry Nilsson
1948	Birger Rosengren
1949–1952	Erik Nilsson
1953–1956	Bengt Gustavsson
1956–1957	Åke Johansson
1958	Nils Liedholm
1958	Gunnar Gren
1959–1962	Orvar Bergmark
1963–1965	Various^[d]
1966–1967	Agne Simonsson
1968–1974	Björn Nordqvist
1974	Bo Larsson
1974–1978	Björn Nordqvist
1979–1980	Various^[e]
1981–1985	Ingemar Erlandsson
1986–1987	Stig Fredriksson
1988–1990	Glenn Hysén
1991–1997	Jonas Thern
1998–2002	Patrik Andersson
2002–2006	Olof Mellberg
2006–2008	Fredrik Ljungberg
2008–2009	Henrik Larsson
2009–2010	Anders Svensson
2010–2016	Zlatan Ibrahimović
2016–	Andreas Granqvist

Year	Phase	Incumbent	Others used when incumbent unavailable
1934	Qualification	Knut Kroon	Victor Carlund
1934	Final tournament	Nils Rosén
1938	Qualification	Ernst Andersson	Lennart Bunke, Sven Nilsson
1938	Final tournament	Tore Keller	Sven Jonasson
1950	Qualification	Erik Nilsson
1950	Final tournament	Erik Nilsson
1954	Qualification	Bengt Gustavsson	Gösta Lindh
1958	Final tournament	Nils Liedholm	Bengt Gustavsson
1962	Qualification	Orvar Bergmark
1966	Qualification	Orvar Bergmark
1970	Qualification	Björn Nordqvist
1970	Final tournament		Tommy Svensson
1974	Qualification		Lennart Bunke, Sven Nilsson
1974	Final tournament	Bo Larsson	Björn Nordqvist
1978	Qualification	Björn Nordqvist
1978	Final tournament	Björn Nordqvist
1982	Qualification	Hasse Borg	Håkan Arvidsson
1982	Qualification	Ingemar Erlandsson
1986	Qualification	Ingemar Erlandsson	Stig Fredriksson
1990	Qualification	Glenn Hysén	Jonas Thern
1990	Final tournament	Glenn Hysén	Jonas Thern
1994	Qualification	Jonas Thern	Roland Nilsson
1994	Final tournament
1998	Qualification
2002	Qualification	Patrik Andersson
2002	Final tournament	Patrik Andersson	Johan Mjällby
2006	Qualification	Olof Mellberg
2006	Final tournament	Olof Mellberg
2010	Qualification	Henrik Larsson	Zlatan Ibrahimović
2014	Qualification	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sebastian Larsson
2018	Qualification	Andreas Granqvist

Year	Phase	Incumbent	Others used when incumbent unavailable
1964	Qualification	Åke Johansson	Orvar Bergmark
1968	Qualification	Agne Simonsson	Harry Bild, Björn Nordqvist
1972	Qualification	Björn Nordqvist
1976	Qualification	Björn Nordqvist	Kent Karlsson
1980	Qualification	Björn Nordqvist
1980	Qualification	Ronnie Hellström	Anders Linderoth, Hasse Borg
1984	Qualification	Ingemar Erlandsson
1988	Qualification	Stig Fredriksson	Glenn Hysén
1992	Final tournament	Jonas Thern
1996	Qualification	Jonas Thern	Roland Nilsson, Patrik Andersson
2000	Qualification	Patrik Andersson
2000	Final tournament	Patrik Andersson	Johan Mjällby
2004	Qualification	Johan Mjällby	Olof Mellberg
2004	Final tournament	Olof Mellberg
2008	Qualification	Fredrik Ljungberg	Tobias Linderoth, Niclas Alexandersson
2008	Final tournament	Fredrik Ljungberg
2012	Qualification	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Anders Svensson
2012	Final tournament
2016	Qualification		Andreas Isaksson
2016	Final tournament

Year	Phase	Incumbent	Others used when incumbent unavailable
1908	Final tournament	Hans Lindman
1912	Final tournament	Herman Myhrberg
1920	Final tournament	Bertil Nordenskjöld	Ragnar Wicksell
1924	Final tournament	Sven Friberg	Gustaf Carlson
1936	Final tournament	Victor Carlund
1948	Final tournament	Birger Rosengren
1952	Final tournament	Erik Nilsson
1964	Qualification	Nils Johansson

^ Players who have not declared their retirement from international football and have been called up to the national team within the last 2 years.
^ Includes matches in FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship and Olympic football tournament (1908–1952).
^ Includes the abandoned match against Denmark on 2 June 2007, for which caps and goals were awarded.
^ Their was not first-choice captain during these years. Orvar Bergmark and Åke Johansson shared the captaincy.
^ Their was not first-choice captain during these years. Hasse Borg and Ronnie Hellström wore the players with most captaincies during this time.

^ "90 år sedan första landskampen" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. April 1998. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ "Sveriges landslagsmän" (in Swedish). SvFF. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
^ Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004, del 2: statistiken (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.
^ "Zlatan blir lagkapten" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ "Björn Nordqvist – guldbollsvinnaren som inte lämnat planen än" (in Swedish). Kungälvs-Posten. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ "Rosengren, Birger" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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[active_players-7] Players who have not declared their retirement from international football and have been called up to the national team within the last 2 years.

[international-8] Includes matches in FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship and Olympic football tournament (1908–1952).

[den-swe-9] Includes the abandoned match against Denmark on 2 June 2007, for which caps and goals were awarded.

[10] Their was not first-choice captain during these years. Orvar Bergmark and Åke Johansson shared the captaincy.

[11] Their was not first-choice captain during these years. Hasse Borg and Ronnie Hellström wore the players with most captaincies during this time.

[swe-nor-1] "90 år sedan första landskampen" (PDF) (in Swedish). Bolletinen. April 1998. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[2] "Sveriges landslagsmän" (in Swedish). SvFF. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

[3] Alsiö, Martin; Frantz, Alf; Lindahl, Jimmy; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904–2004, del 2: statistiken (in Swedish). Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.

[4] "Zlatan blir lagkapten" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2016.

[5] "Björn Nordqvist – guldbollsvinnaren som inte lämnat planen än" (in Swedish). Kungälvs-Posten. 10 November 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[6] "Rosengren, Birger" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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