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List of Sweden national football team captains

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The Sweden national football team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i fotboll) represents the nation of Sweden in international association football. The team is controlled by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) (Swedish: Svenska Fotbollförbundet) and competes as a member of the UEFA and the FIFA. The team played its first official international match on 12 July 1908 against Norway, winning 11–3.^[1] Since the match against Norway, 1,204 players have made at least one international appearance for the team.^[2] Of them, 149 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.

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[active_players-5] Players who have not declared their retirement from international football and have been called up to the national team within the last two years.

[international-6] Includes matches in FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship and Olympic football tournament (1908–1952).

[den-swe-7] Includes the abandoned match against Denmark on 2 June 2007, for which caps and goals were awarded.

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"Sveriges landslagsmän" (PDF) (in Swedish). SvFF. Retrieved 7 July 2016.

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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.

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

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"Sweden at EU Football" (in Swedish). EU Football. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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"Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

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Rank	Player	Sweden career	Caps as captain	Total caps	First to last captaincy
1	Björn Nordqvist	1963–1978	92	115	1967–1978
2	Zlatan Ibrahimović	2001–2023	58	122	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	Andreas Granqvist	2006–2019	33	88	2016–2019
10	Sven Friberg	1915–1928	30	41	1920–1928
11	Bengt Gustavsson	1951–1963	29	57	1953–1962
12	Glenn Hysén	1981–1990	23	68	1987–1990
13	Åke Johansson	1955–1965	22	53	1956–1964
13	Roland Nilsson	1986–2000	22	116	1989–2000
15	Anders Svensson	1999–2013	21	148	2007–2013
16	Victor Lindelöf	2016–0000	19	65	2021–2024
17	Karl-Erik Grahn	1935–1946	17	41	1941–1946
17	Johan Mjällby	1997–2004	17	49	1998–2004
19	Stig Fredriksson	1979–1987	15	58	1985–1987
20	Agne Simonsson	1957–1967	14	51	1966–1967
20	Sebastian Larsson	2008–2021	14	133	2013–2021
22	Sven Jonasson	1932–1940	13	42	1935–1940
22	Freddie Ljungberg	1998–2008	13^{[lower-alpha 3]}	75	2006–2008
24	Axel Alfredsson	1924–1932	11	31	1925–1931
25	Per Kaufeldt	1921–1931	10	33	1926–1931
	Harry Lundahl	1928–1933	10	14	1929–1933
	Bo Larsson	1964–1978	10	70	1973–1974
28	Ragnar Wicksell	1911–1921	9	33	1914–1921
28	Birger Rosengren	1945–1948	9	9	1945–1948
30	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
34	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
41	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
	Marcus Berg	2008–2021	6	90	2020–2021
51	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
58	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
	Albin Ekdal	2011–2023	4	70	2019–2023
64	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
	Pontus Jansson	2012–2020	3	27	2018–2019
	Emil Forsberg	2014–0000	3	87	2022
75	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	2015–2016	2	3	2016
	Oscar Lewicki	2014–2018	2	15	2017
	Marcus Danielson	2019–2022	2	19	2020–2021
	Viktor Claesson	2012–0000	2	74	2023
102	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	10	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	2001
	Per Nilsson	2001–2014	1	16	2003
	Mikael Nilsson	2002–2009	1	64	2004
	Teddy Lučić	1995–2006	1	86	2005
	Johan Wiland	2007–2013	1	9	2011
	Pär Hansson	2011–2014	1	6	2014
	Jakob Johansson	2013–2019	1	18	2014
	Anton Tinnerholm	2015–2018	1	9	2018
	Johan Larsson	2014–2018	1	6	2018
	Alexander Milošević	2013–0000	1	9	2019
	Sotirios Papagiannopoulos	2018–0000	1	5	2019
	Robin Söder	2020	1	1	2020
	Gustav Svensson	2009–2021	1	32	2020
	Robin Olsen	2015–0000	1	72	2022
	Samuel Gustafson	2022–0000	1	12	2023
	Edvin Kurtulus	2022–0000	1	4	2023
	Isaac Kiese Thelin	2014–0000	1	33	2024

	Champions
	Runners-up
	Third place
	Fourth place

Year	Incumbent
1992	Jonas Thern
2000	Patrik Andersson
2004	Johan Mjällby
2008	Freddie Ljungberg
2012	Zlatan Ibrahimović
2016	Zlatan Ibrahimović
2020	Andreas Granqvist

Year	Incumbent
1908	Hans Lindman
1912	Herman Myhrberg
1920	Bertil Nordenskjöld
1924	Sven Friberg
1936	Victor Carlund
1948	Birger Rosengren
1952	Erik Nilsson

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Year	Incumbent
1934	Nils Rosén
1938	Tore Keller
1950	Erik Nilsson
1958	Nils Liedholm
1970	Björn Nordqvist
1974	Bo Larsson
1978	Björn Nordqvist
1990	Glenn Hysén
1994	Jonas Thern
2002	Patrik Andersson
2006	Olof Mellberg
2018	Andreas Granqvist