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This is a list of Sweden national football team captains, football players who have been selected as captains for the Sweden national football team in three matches or more. Only matches where the player started as captain are included here, not matches where a player may have been given the armband due to the starting captain being injured, sent off or substituted off. Players are listed according to their first appearance as captain.

As of 15 October 2006:

Name	Pos	Captain career	Captain apps	National team career	Total apps
Götrik Frykman	MF	1911–16	3	1911–16	6
Karl Gustafsson	MF	1913–24	7	1908–24	32
Erik Börjesson	FW	1913–19	5	1908–22	17
Albert Andersson	DF	1920–21	5	1915–21	31
Sven Friberg	MF	1920–28	30	1915–28	41
Axel Alfredsson	DF	1925–31	11	1924–32	11
Per Kaufeldt	FW	1926–31	10	1921–31	33
Knut Kroon	FW	1933	4	1925–34	35
Victor Carlund	MF	1933–36	6	1932–36	12
Tore Keller	FW	1934–38	4	1924–38	25
Sven Andersson	DF	1935–38	7	1930–38	27
Ernst Andersson	MF	1935–37	3	1931–37	29
Sven Jonasson	FW	1935–40	13	1932–40	42
Lennart Bunke	FW	1937	5	1933–37	11
Karl-Erik Grahn	MF	1941–46	17	1935–46	41
Bengt Gustavsson	DF/MF	1953–62	29	1951–63	57
Åke Johansson	MF	1956–64	22	1955–65	53
Gunnar Gren	FW	1957–58	5	1940–58	57
Nils Liedholm	MF	1958	5	1947–58	23
Orvar Bergmark	DF	1959–65	38	1951–65	94
Nils Johansson	MF	1963	3	1959–66	7
Roland Grip	DF	1972–73	5	1968–74	55
Bo Larsson	DF/MF/FW	1973–74	10	1964–78	70
Ronnie Hellström	GK	1978–79	4	1968–80	77
Håkan Arvidsson	DF	1979–80	3	1976–80	17
Anders Linderoth	MF	1979	3	1972–80	40
Hans Borg	DF	1979–80	8	1976–85	49
Eine Fredriksson	MF	1979–80	3	1974–80	20
Ingemar Erlandsson	DF	1981–85	47	1978–85	69
Stig Fredriksson	DF	1985–87	15	1979–87	58
Glenn Hysén	DF	1987–90	23	1981–90	68
Patrik Andersson	DF	1995–2002	41	1992–2002	96

Key

GK — Goalkeeper
DF — Defender
MF — Midfielder
FW — Forward

References

Alsiö, Martin, Frantz, Alf, Lindahl, Jimmy & Persson, Gunnar (2004). 100 år: Svenska fotbollförbundets jubileumsbok 1904-2004, del 2: statistiken. Vällingby: Stroemberg Media Group. ISBN 91-86184-59-8.

Category:Sweden national football team|Captains