Sweden women's national ice hockey team


The Swedish women's national ice hockey team or Damkronorna represents Sweden at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Sweden has 3,425 female players in 2011.

History

The Swedish team had traditionally been the fourth-best women's team in the world, behind Canada, USA and Finland. During the 1997 World Championship, Sweden qualified for the 1998 Olympic tournament in Nagano, ending up 5th. However, the team has shown steady improvement since 2001, winning bronze medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the 2005 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and the 2007 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships, and a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics. On 31 August 2011, Canada was bested by Sweden for just the second time in 66 all-time international meetings. Canada suffered from a 4–1 second-period deficit and lost by a 6–4 score. The current head coach is Ylva Martinsen, who was hired to replace Leif Boork in 2019. On 9 April 2019, at the 2019 World Championship in Espoo, Finland, they lost to Japan 3–2. Sweden has relegated to Division I for the first time in Women's Worlds history.

Records

Olympic Games

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.
Head Coach: Ylva Lindberg
No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateTeam
1GSara Grahn Luleå HF
3DMina Waxin Modo Hockey
4DSofia Engström Leksands IF
5DJohanna Fällman Luleå HF
6DJosefin HolmgrenA Djurgårdens IF Hockey
7DJohanna Olofsson Modo Hockey
9DJessica Adolfsson Penn State Univ.
12DMaja Nylén Persson Leksands IF
14FSabina Küller AIK IF
15FLisa Johansson AIK IF
16FPernilla Winberg Linköpings HC
19FSara Hjalmarsson Providence College
20FFanny Rask HV71
21FIsabell Palm HV71
22FLina Ljungblom HV71
24FErika GrahmA Brynäs IF
25FMelinda Olsson Luleå HF
26FHanna Olsson Skärgårdens SK
27FEmma NordinC Luleå HF
28FSofie Lundin Djurgårdens IF Hockey
29FOlivia Carlsson Modo Hockey
30GJulia Åberg Leksands IF
35GLovisa Selander RPI

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