page_title: Sweden women's national football team
section_title: Women's World Cup
hierarchical_section_title: Sweden women's national football team / Competitive record / Women's World Cup
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Finale der Fußball-WM der Frauen 2003: Deutschland–Schweden English: Match between Germany and Sweden in the en:FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 (final)
context_page_description: The Sweden women's national football team represents Sweden in international women's football competition and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. The national team has won the European Competition for Women's Football in 1984, one World Cup-silver, as well as three European Championship-silvers. The team has participated in six Olympic Games, eight World Cups, as well as ten European Championships. Sweden won bronze medals at the World Cups in 1991, 2011 and 2019.
  The 2003 World Cup-final was the second most watched event in Sweden that year. Lotta Schelin is the top goalscorer in the history of Sweden with 85 goals. Schelin surpassed Hanna Ljungberg's 72-goal record against Germany on 29 October 2014. The player with the most caps is Therese Sjögran, with 214. The team was coached by Thomas Dennerby from 2005 to 2012, and Pia Sundhage from 2012 to 2017. The head coach is Peter Gerhardsson.
  After winning the two qualifying matches against Denmark for the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the Swedish Olympic Committee approved of record increases in investments for the women's team.
caption: Sweden playing against Germany in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final.
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