Sweden men's national handball team

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AssociationSwedish Handball Association
(Svenska Handbollförbundet)
CoachMichael Apelgren
Assistant coachMichael Apelgren
CaptainAndreas Palicka
Most capsMagnus Wislander (386)
Most goalsMagnus Wislander (1191)
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1st
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2nd
Results
Summer Olympics
Appearances10 (First in 1972)
Best resultSilver 2nd (1992, 1996, 2000, 2012)
World Championship
Appearances26 (First in 1938)
Best resultGold 1st (1954, 1958, 1990, 1999)
European Championship
Appearances15 (First in 1994)
Best resultGold 1st (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2022)
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Sweden men's national handball team
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1954 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 1958 East Germany
Gold medal – first place 1990 Czechoslovakia
Gold medal – first place 1999 Egypt
Silver medal – second place 1964 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place 1997 Japan
Silver medal – second place 2001 France
Silver medal – second place 2021 Egypt
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1961 West Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Iceland
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1994 Portugal
Gold medal – first place 1998 Italy
Gold medal – first place 2000 Croatia
Gold medal – first place 2002 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hungary/Slovakia
Silver medal – second place 2018 Croatia
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Germany
World Outdoor Championship
Gold medal – first place 1948 France
Silver medal – second place 1952 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 1959 Austria

The Sweden men's national handball team (Swedish: Sveriges herrlandslag i handboll) is Sweden's national team in men's handball and is controlled by the Swedish Handball Association. Its most successful periods were under coaches Curt Wadmark (1948–1967) and Bengt Johansson (1988–2004). The team under Bengt Johansson, nicknamed Bengan Boys in Sweden, is regarded as one of the finest national teams in the history of the sport with players like Tomas Svensson, Staffan Olsson, Magnus Wislander and Stefan Lövgren. From 1990 through 2002 the team reached the medal round in every championship (6 World Championships, 5 European Championships and 3 Olympic Games, earning 13 medals in total) and qualified for a record 8 championship finals in a row 1996–2002.

Sweden is the most successful nation at the European Men's Handball Championship with 5 titles, and has won the most medals in the history of the World Men's Handball Championship with a total tally of 12 medals (as of 2023, this is a record shared with France). Conversely, Sweden has yet to win an Olympic title despite participating in 4 finals (Sweden participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics in a demonstration match, defeating Denmark 19–11). The team has also won the World Cup 3 times, the Supercup 2 times, and were Intercontinental Cup winners in 2000.