Swedish national men's ice hockey team
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| Team Jersey |
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| Association |
| Svenska ishockeyförbundet |
| Current Olympic/World Cup coach |
| Hardy Nilsson, 2002- |
| Current national team coach |
| Bengt-Åke Gustavsson 2004- |
| Most Games* |
| Jonas Bergqvist: ? |
| Most Points* |
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| First Game** |
| Sweden 8 - 0 Belgium (Antwerp, Belgium; April 23, 1920) |
| Largest win** |
| Sweden 24 - 0 Belgium (Prague, Czech Republic; February 16, 1947 |
| Largest defeat** |
| Sweden 0 - 22 Canada (Chamonix, France; January 29, 1924) |
| World Cup and Canada Cup |
| Winners: 0 |
| Olympics |
| Gold medalists: 1- 1994 |
| World Championships |
| Gold medalists: 7- 1953, 1957, 1962, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1998 |
| * Includes Professional ice hockey world championships and the 1998 and 2002 Olympics only ** Includes Olympics, World Championships, World Cups, Canada Cups, and Summit Series' |
The Swedish national men's ice hockey team is one of the best ice hockey teams in the world. The IIHF currently ranks them second only to Canada. The team is controlled by the Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Sweden has won 4 medals in the last 4 years at the World Championships, including 2 silvers in a row (2003, 2004) but no golds. Sweden has a total of 65,613 players.
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Current top players
- Daniel Alfredsson
- Peter Forsberg
- Kenny Jönsson
- Niklas Lidström
- Markus Näslund
- Mattias Norstrom
- Mats Sundin
- Henrik Zetterberg
- Henrik Lundqvist
Olympic Record
- 1920 - Finished in 4th place
- 1924 - Finished in 4th place
- 1928 - Won silver medal
- 1932 - Did not participate
- 1936 - Finished tied in 5th place
- 1948 - Finished in 4th place
- 1952 - Won bronze medal
- 1956 - Finished in 4th place
- 1960 - Finished in 5th place
- 1964 - Won silver medal
- 1968 - Finished in 4th place
- 1972 - Finished in 4th place
- 1976- Did not participate
- 1980 - Won bronze medal
- 1984 - Won bronze medal
- 1988 - Won bronze medal
- 1992 - Finished in 5th place
- 1994 - Won gold medal
- 1998 - Finished tied in 5th place
- 2002 - Finished tied in 5th place
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Canada Cup Record
- 1976 - Finished in 4th place
- 1981 - Finished in 5th place
- 1984 - Finished in 2nd place
- 1987 - Finished tied in 3rd place
- 1991 - Finished tied in 3rd place
World Cup Record
European Championship Record
- 1910 - 1914 Did not participate
- 1921 - Won gold medal
- 1922 - Won silver medal
- 1923 - Won gold medal
- 1924 - Won silver medal
- 1925 - Did not participate
- 1926 - Did not participate
- 1927 - Did not participate
- 1929 - Did not participate
- 1932 - Won gold medal
World Championship Record
- 1930 - Did not participate
- 1931 - Finished in 6th place
- 1933 - Did not participate
- 1934 - Did not participate
- 1935 - Finished in 5th place
- 1937 - Finished tied in 10th place
- 1938 - Finished in 5th place
- 1939 - Did not participate
- 1947 - Won silver medal
- 1949 - Finished in 4th place
- 1950 - Finished in 5th place
- 1951 - Won silver medal
- 1953 - Won gold medal
- 1954 - Won bronze medal
- 1955 - Finished in 5th place
- 1957 - Won gold medal
- 1958 - Won bronze medal
- 1959 - Finished in 5th place
- 1961 - Finished in 4th place
- 1962 - Won gold medal
- 1963 - Won silver medal
- 1965 - Won bronze medal
- 1966 - Finished in 4th place
- 1967 - Won silver medal
- 1969 - Won silver medal
- 1970 - Won silver medal
- 1971 - Won bronze medal
- 1972 - Won bronze medal
- 1973 - Won silver medal
- 1974 - Won bronze medal
- 1975 - Won bronze medal
- 1976 - Won bronze medal
- 1977 - Won silver medal
- 1978 - Finished in 4th place
- 1979 - Won bronze medal
- 1981 - Won silver medal
- 1982 - Finished in 4th place
- 1983 - Finished in 4th place
- 1985 - Finished in 6th place
- 1986 - Won silver medal
- 1987 - Won gold medal
- 1989 - Finished in 4th place
- 1990 - Won silver medal
- 1991 - Won gold medal
- 1992 - Won gold medal
- 1993 - Won silver medal
- 1994 - Won bronze medal
- 1995 - Won silver medal
- 1996 - Finished in 6th place
- 1997 - Won silver medal
- 1998 - Won gold medal
- 1999 - Won bronze medal
- 2000 - Finished in 7th place
- 2001 - Won bronze medal
- 2002 - Won bronze medal
- 2003 - Won silver medal
- 2004 - Won silver medal
- 2005 - Finished in 4th place