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Sweden's best World Cup result is runners-up, achieved in 1958 when they hosted the tournament and lost 2-5 to Brazil in the final at Råsunda Stadium in Solna. Sweden is the only Nordic country to have reached a World Cup final.
Sweden won the Olympic gold medal in football at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. They defeated Yugoslavia 3-1 in the final at Wembley Stadium, with goals from Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, and Stjepan Bobek scoring for Yugoslavia.
Zlatan Ibrahimović holds both records. He played his final match at 41 years, five months, and 21 days, making him Sweden's oldest ever player. His national career spanned 22 years, one month, and 24 days, from his debut on the 31st of January 2001 to his final appearance on the 24th of March 2023.
Sweden finished third at the 1994 World Cup in the United States, defeating Bulgaria in the third-place match after four first-half goals. Key players included Martin Dahlin, Kennet Andersson, and goalkeeper Thomas Ravelli, who saved two penalties in the quarter-final shootout against Romania. Sweden were the tournament's top scorers with 15 goals.
The Swedish Football Association maintained a ban on professional players representing the national team, and in 1953 extended that ban to include foreign-based professionals. With its strongest players excluded, Sweden finished second in their qualifying group behind Belgium and missed the 1954 tournament in Switzerland.
The record attendance is more than 138,000, set at the Maracanã Stadium in Brazil during Sweden's 1-7 loss to host nation Brazil at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. That figure remains the highest crowd ever to watch a Sweden national team match.