thumb|260px|Tre Kronor in November 1958, from the left, standing: [[Lasse Björn, Karl-Sören "Kalle" Hedlund, Einar Granath, Sigge Bröms, Nils "Double-Nisse" Nilsson, Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg, Göran Lysén, Uno "Garvis" Öhrlund, Roland "Rolle" Stoltz; front row: Sven "Tumba" Johansson, Hasse Svedberg, Yngve Johansson, Roland "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson, Vilgot "Ville" Larsson and Rune Gudmundsson.]]
The Sweden men's national ice hockey team () is governed by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association. It is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and the United States.
The team's nickname Tre Kronor, meaning "Three Crowns", refers to the emblem on the team jersey, which is found in the lesser national coat of arms of the Kingdom of Sweden. The first time this emblem was used on the national team's jersey was on 12 February 1938, during the World Championships in Prague.
The team has won numerous medals at both the World Championships and the Winter Olympics. In 2006, they became the first team to win both tournaments in the same calendar year, by winning the 2006 Winter Olympics in a thrilling final against Finland by 3–2, and the 2006 World Championships by beating Czech Republic in the final, 4–0. In 2013 the team was the first team to win the World Championships at home since the Soviet Union in 1986. In 2018, the Swedish team won its 11th, and most recent, title at the World Championships.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Games !! GP !! W !! L !! T !! GF !! GA !! Coach !! Captain !! Finish
|-
| 1920 Antwerp || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 17 || 20 || Raoul Le Mat || Einar Lindqvist || 4th
|-
| 1924 Chamonix || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 21 || 49 || Unknown || Unknown || 4th
|-
| style="background:silver"| 1928 St. Moritz || style="background:silver"|5 || style="background:silver"|3 || style="background:silver"|1 || style="background:silver"|1 || style="background:silver"|12 || style="background:silver"|14 || style="background:silver"|Viking Harbom<br />Sten Mellgren || style="background:silver" |Carl Abrahamsson || style="background:silver"|Silver
|-
| 1932 Lake Placid || colspan="9" style="text-align:center" | did not compete
|-
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 5 || 7 || Vic Lindquist || Herman Carlson|| 5th
|-
| 1948 St. Moritz || 8 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 55 || 28 || Unknown || Unknown || 4th
|-
| style="background:#c96"| 1952 Oslo || style="background:#c96" |8 || style="background:#c96"|7 || style="background:#c96"|2 || style="background:#c96"|0 || style="background:#c96"|53 || style="background:#c96"|22 || style="background:#c96"|Sven Bergqvist || style="background:#c96"|Unknown || style="background:#c96"|Bronze
|-
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo || 7 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 17 || 27 || Folke "Masen" Jansson|| Unknown || 4th
|-
| 1960 Squaw Valley || 7 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 40 || 24 || Ed Reigle || Unknown || 5th
|-
| style="background:silver"| 1964 Innsbruck || style="background:silver"|8 || style="background:silver"|6 || style="background:silver"|2 || style="background:silver"|0 || style="background:silver"|59 || style="background:silver"|18 || style="background:silver"|Arne Strömberg || style="background:silver" |Unknown || style="background:silver"|Silver
|-
| 1968 Grenoble || 7 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 23 || 18 || Arne Strömberg || Unknown || 4th
|-
| 1972 Sapporo || 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 25 || 14 || Billy Harris || Unknown || 4th
|-
| 1976 Innsbruck || colspan="9" style="text-align:center" | did not compete
|-
| style="background:#c96"| 1980 Lake Placid, New York || style="background:#c96"|7 || style="background:#c96"|4 || style="background:#c96"|1 || style="background:#c96"|2 || style="background:#c96"|31 || style="background:#c96"|19 || style="background:#c96"|Tommy Sandlin || style="background:#c96"|Mats Waltin || style="background:#c96"|Bronze
|-
| style="background:#c96"| 1984 Sarajevo || style="background:#c96"|7 || style="background:#c96"|4 || style="background:#c96"|2 || style="background:#c96"|1 || style="background:#c96"|36 || style="background:#c96"|17 || style="background:#c96"|Anders Parmström || style="background:#c96"|Håkan Eriksson || style="background:#c96"|Bronze
|-
| style="background:#c96"| 1988 Calgary || style="background:#c96"|8 || style="background:#c96"|4 || style="background:#c96"|1 || style="background:#c96"|3 || style="background:#c96"|33 || style="background:#c96"|21 || style="background:#c96"|Tommy Sandlin || style="background:#c96"|Thomas Rundqvist || style="background:#c96"|Bronze
|-
| 1992 Albertville || 8 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 30 || 19 || Conny Evensson || Thomas Rundqvist || 5th
|-
| style="background:gold"| 1994 Lillehammer || style="background:gold"|8 || style="background:gold"|6 || style="background:gold"|1 || style="background:gold"|1 || style="background:gold"|33 || style="background:gold"|18 || style="background:gold"|Curt Lundmark || style="background:gold"|Charles Berglund || style="background:gold"|Gold
|-
| 1998 Nagano || 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 12 || 9 || Kent Forsberg || Calle Johansson || 5th
|-
| 2002 Salt Lake City || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 17 || 8 || Hardy Nilsson || Mats Sundin || 5th
|-
| style="background:gold"| 2006 Turin || style="background:gold"|8 || style="background:gold"|6 || style="background:gold"|2 || style="background:gold"|0 || style="background:gold"|31 || style="background:gold"|19 || style="background:gold"|Bengt-Åke Gustafsson || style="background:gold"|Mats Sundin || style="background:gold"|Gold
|-
| 2010 Vancouver || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 12 || 6 || Bengt-Åke Gustafsson || Nicklas Lidström || 5th
|-
| style="background:silver"| 2014 Sochi || style="background:silver"|6 || style="background:silver"|5 || style="background:silver"|1 || style="background:silver"|0 || style="background:silver"|17 || style="background:silver"|9 || style="background:silver"|Pär Mårts || style="background:silver"|Henrik Zetterberg<br />Niklas Kronwall || style="background:silver"|Silver
|-
| 2018 Pyeongchang || 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 11 || 5 || Rikard Grönborg || Joel Lundqvist || 5th
|-
| 2022 Beijing || 6 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 13 || 13 || Johan Garpenlöv || Anton Lander || 4th
|-
| 2026 Milan / Cortina d'Ampezzo || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 17 || 12 || Sam Hallam || Gabriel Landeskog || 7th
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Totals
|-
! Games !! style="background:gold"|Gold !! style="background:silver"|Silver !! style="background:#c96"|Bronze !! Total
|-
| 24 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 9
|}
Canada Cup
- 1976 – 4th
- 1981 – 5th
- 1984 – 2nd
- 1987 – 3rd
- 1991 – 4th
World Cup
- 1996 – 3rd
- 2004 – 5th
- 2016 – 3rd
European Championship
- 1921 –
- 1922 –
- 1923 –
- 1924 –
- 1932 –
World Championship
- 1931 – 6th place
- 1935 – 5th place
- 1937 – 9th place
- 1938 – 5th place
- 1947 –
- 1949 – 4th place
- 1950 – 5th place
- 1951 –
- 1953 –
- 1954 –
- 1955 – 5th place
- 1957 –
- 1958 –
- 1959 – 5th place
- 1961 – 4th place
- 1962 –
- 1963 –
- 1965 –
- 1966 – 4th place
- 1967 –
- 1969 –
- 1970 –
- 1971 –
- 1972 –
- 1973 –
- 1974 –
- 1975 –
- 1976 –
- 1977 –
- 1978 – 4th place
- 1979 –
- 1981 –
- 1982 – 4th place
- 1983 – 4th place
- 1985 – 6th place
- 1986 –
- 1987 –
- 1989 – 4th place
- 1990 –
- 1991 –
- 1992 –
- 1993 –
- 1994 –
- 1995 –
- 1996 – 5th place
- 1997 –
- 1998 –
- 1999 –
- 2000 – 7th place
- 2001 –
- 2002 –
- 2003 –
- 2004 –
- 2005 – 4th place
- 2006 –
- 2007 – 4th place
- 2008 – 4th place
- 2009 –
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Games !! GP !! W !! OTW !! OTL !! L !! GF !! GA !! Coach !! Captain !! Finish
|-style="background:#c96"
| 2010 Germany || 9 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 2 || |30 || |15 || Bengt-Åke Gustafsson || Magnus Johansson || Bronze
|-style="background:silver"
| 2011 Slovakia || 9 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 32 || 20 || Pär Mårts || Rickard Wallin || Silver
|-
| 2012 Finland/Sweden || 8 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 32 || 19 || Pär Mårts || Daniel Alfredsson || 6th
|-style="background:gold"
| 2013 Sweden/Finland || 10 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 28 || 14 || Pär Mårts || Staffan Kronwall || Gold
|-style="background:#c96"
| 2014 Belarus || 10 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 28 || 15 || Pär Mårts || Joel Lundqvist || Bronze
|-
| 2015 Czech Republic || 8 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 37 || 24 || Pär Mårts || Staffan Kronwall || 5th
|-
| 2016 Russia || 8 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 23 || 24 || Pär Mårts || Jimmie Ericsson || 6th
|-style="background:gold"
| 2017 Germany/France || 10 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 38 || 16 || Rikard Grönborg || Joel Lundqvist || Gold
|-style="background:gold"
| 2018 Denmark || 10 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 43 || 13 || Rikard Grönborg || Mikael Backlund || Gold
|-
| 2019 Slovakia || 8 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 45 || 26 || Rikard Grönborg || Oliver Ekman-Larsson || 5th
|-
| 2021 Latvia || 7 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 21 || 14 || Johan Garpenlöv || Henrik Tömmernes || 9th
|-
| 2022 Finland || 8 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 30 || 14 || Johan Garpenlöv || Oliver Ekman-Larsson || 6th
|-
| 2023 Finland/Latvia || 8 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 27 || 10 || Sam Hallam || Jakob Silfverberg || 6th
|-style="background:#c96"
| 2024 Czech Republic || 10 || 8 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 44 || 19 || Sam Hallam || Erik Karlsson || Bronze
|-style="background:#c96"
| 2025 Sweden/Denmark || 10 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 41 || 18 || Sam Hallam || Rasmus Andersson || Bronze
|-
| 2026 Switzerland || 8 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 28 || 19 || Sam Hallam || Oliver Ekman-Larsson || 7th
|-
| 2027 Germany || colspan="10" align=center| Future event
|}
Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2026 IIHF World Championship.
Head Coach: Sam Hallam
{| width="80%" class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center;"
! No. !! Pos. !! Name !! Height !! Weight !! Birthdate !! Team
|-
| 4 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
|-
| 8 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Brynäs IF
|-
| 9 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Vancouver Canucks
|-
| 10 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders
|-
| 13 || F || align=left| – A || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings
|-
| 14 || D || align=left| – A || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Edmonton Oilers
|-
| 15 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers
|-
| 16 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks
|-
| 20 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| SCL Tigers
|-
| 23 || D || align=left| – C || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Toronto Maple Leafs
|-
| 26 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Lausanne HC
|-
| 33 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Brynäs IF
|-
| 34 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Detroit Red Wings
|-
| 40 || G || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Chicago Blackhawks
|-
| 41 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Frölunda HC
|-
| 45 || G || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Djurgårdens IF
|-
| 51 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| New York Islanders
|-
| 61 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Djurgårdens IF
|-
| 70 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| St. Louis Blues
|-
| 72 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Ambrì-Piotta
|-
| 73 || G || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Södertälje SK
|-
| 74 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Davos
|-
| 91 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Philadelphia Flyers
|-
| 94 || D || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| Växjö Lakers
|-
| 95 || F || align=left| || || || || style="text-align:left;"| HC Fribourg-Gottéron
|}
2026 Olympics roster
All-time team record
The following table shows Sweden's all-time international record in official matches (WC, OG, EC), correct as of 26 May 2024.
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Teams named in italics are no longer active.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center;"
|-
! Against
! Played
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! GF
! GA
|- style="background:#d0ffd0; text-align:center"
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 21 || 16 || 2 || 3 || 101 || 14
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 12 || 10 || 0 || 2 || 43 || 20
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 41 || 2
|- style="background:#FFCCCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 87 || 29 || 11 || 47 || 227 || 333
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 30 || 15 || 7 || 8 || 92 || 74
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 12 || 11 || 0 || 1 || 61 || 21
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 83 || 48 || 15 || 19 || 300 || 195
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 19 || 17 || 0 || 2 || 85 || 23
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 20 || 17 || 1 || 2 || 89 || 33
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 11 || 7 || 0 || 4 || 52 || 20
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 21 || 18 || 3 || 0 || 143 || 27
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 44 || 1
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 6
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 29 || 25 || 1 || 3 || 120 || 50
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 16 || 0
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 22 || 20 || 2 || 0 || 122 || 30
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 29 || 24 || 2 || 3 || 197 || 47
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 35 || 4
|- style="background:#FFCCCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 27 || 8 || 3 || 16 || 67 || 88
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 18 || 10 || 3 || 5 || 52 || 41
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 2
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 ||colspan=2|Walkover
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 53 || 41 || 6 || 6 || 269 || 99
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 5 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 26 || 6
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | || 71 || 45 || 8 || 18 || 317 || 204
|- style="background:#FFCCCC"
| style="text-align:left" | ' || 74 || 27 || 11 || 36 || 193 || 206
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | ' || 16 || 15 || 0 || 1 || 110 || 29
|- style="background:#FFCCCC"
| style="text-align:left" | ' || 58 || 7 || 8 || 43 || 118 || 279
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | ' || 33 || 30 || 2 || 1 || 190 || 57
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:left" | ' || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 19 || 1
|- style="background:#CCFFCC"
| style="text-align:center" |Totals:|| 763 || 460 || 86 || 216 || 3131 || 1893
|}
Awards
- The team received the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal in 1987, shared with Marie-Helene Westin.
- The 2006 Sweden men's national teams were recognized with the IIHF Milestone Award in 2025, for becoming the first men's national team to win both an Olympic gold medal and the World Championships in the same year. Sweden won gold at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2006 IIHF World Championship, the former which was their first Olympic gold since 1994. Eight players participated in both events: Mika Hannula, Jörgen Jönsson, Kenny Jönsson, Niklas Kronwall, Stefan Liv, Mikael Samuelsson, Ronnie Sundin, Henrik Zetterberg.
Uniform evolution
<gallery class="center" widths="180" caption="National team jerseys">
File:Sweden national ice hockey team jerseys 1988 (WOG).png|1988 Winter Olympics
File:Sweden national ice hockey team jerseys 1994 (WOG).png|1994 Winter Olympics
File:Sweden national team jerseys 1998-2005.png|1998-2001 IIHF jerseys
File:Sweden national hockey team jerseys (2006).png|2006 IIHF jerseys
File:Sweden national hockey team jerseys - 2014 Winter Olympics.png|2014 Winter Olympics
File:Sweden national hockey team jerseys 2014.png|2014–2018 IIHF jerseys
File:Swedish national team jerseys 2016 (WCH).png|2016 WCH jerseys
File:Sweden national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 (WOG).png|2018 Winter Olympics
File:Sweden national ice hockey team jerseys 2018 IHWC.png|2018–2021 IIHF jerseys
File:Sweden national ice hockey team jerseys 2022 (WOG).png|2022 Winter Olympics
</gallery>
References
External links
- IIHF profile
- National Teams of Ice Hockey