page_title: Sweden national football team
section_title: Notable captains
hierarchical_section_title: Sweden national football team / Notable captains
caption_attribution_description: English: Swedish footballer Andreas Granqvist on 3 July 2018, after the 2018 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match between Sweden and Switzerland.
context_page_description: The Sweden national football team represents Sweden in men's international football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Friends Arena in Solna and the team is coached by Janne Andersson. From 1945 to late 1950s, they were considered one of the greatest teams in Europe.
  Sweden has made twelve appearances at the World Cup with their first coming in 1934. They have also made six appearances at the European Championship. Sweden finished second at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and third in both 1950 and 1994. Sweden's other accomplishments also include a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics, and bronze medals in 1924 and 1952. They also reached the semi-finals at UEFA Euro 1992.
context_section_description: This is a list of captains who either have played 30 or more matches as team captain or have played a match as team captain in a major tournament (FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro and Olympic Games). Note that only players who started the match as captain are included in the statistics.
  The order for this list is by most appearances as captain, then chronological order of first captaincy.
  Updated as of 15 November 2019.
caption: Andreas Granqvist captains Sweden since 2016.
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