Sweden women's national rugby union team

Sweden

Union	Swedish Rugby Union
Head coach
Captain	Elisabeth Ygge
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	19 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
Sweden 34-0 Netherlands  (Malmö, Sweden 1984)
Biggest win
Sweden 67-0 Russia  (Enkoping, Sweden 3 May 2012)
Biggest defeat
United States 111-0 Sweden  (Melrose, Scotland 11 April 1994)
World Cup
Appearances	3 (First in 1991)

The Sweden women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Sweden, representing them at rugby union. The side first played in 1984.

History[]

Sweden are considered one of the pioneers of women’s test rugby. In 2017, they returned to the international 15s scene after a three-year absence.^[1]

Results summary[]

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Sweden internationals 1984-

Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Belgium	1986	3	3	0	0	100.00%
Canada	2010	1	0	0	1	0.00%
England	1988	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Finland	2011	2	2	0	0	100.00%
France	1991	4	0	0	4	0.00%
Germany	1989	10	7	0	3	70.00%
Italy	1991	8	3	0	5	37.50%
Japan	1991	2	1	0	1	50.00%
Kazakhstan	1994	4	0	0	4	0.00%
Netherlands	1984	17	3	0	14	17.65%
Norway	2006	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Russia	1994	4	4	0	0	100.00%
Samoa	2013	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Scotland	1994	9	0	0	9	0.00%
Spain	2004	5	1	0	4	20.00%
United States	1994	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Wales	2007	3	1	0	2	33.33%
Summary	1984	78	26	0	52	33.33%

Current squad[]

Name	Club
Kerstin Lövendahl	Lugi RK
Erica Storkenfeldt	Göteborgs RF
Henrietta Högberg	Göteborgs RF
Viktoria Svangren	Stockholm Exiles RFC
Katarina Boman	Uppsala RFC
Elisabeth Österberg	Uppsala RFC
Elisabeth Ygge	Stockholm Exiles RFC
Lene Lykke-Olsen	Enköpings RK
Sofia Gertz	Uppsala RFC
Carina Trinh	IF Attila
Emma Skagerlind	Enköpings RK
Johanna Gustafsson	Göteborgs RF
Ninni Giebat- Johansson	Vänersborgs RK
Jennie Olsson	Uppsala RFC
Amanda Sandsborg	Lugi RK
Emma Hellsten	Enköpings RK
Malin Johansson	Uppsala RFC
Mimmie Mikaelsdotter-Linde	Pingvin RC
Tove Viksten	NRK Troján
Lina Engdahl	NRK TRoján
Michaela Petersson	Göteborgs RF
Rebecca Kearney	Stockholm Exiles RFC
Rebecka Lundgren	Malmö RC
Edona Alija	Stockholm Exiles RFC

Results[]

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals[]

[4]
	1984-??-??	Sweden	0-34	Netherlands	Malmö	[1/4/1]

[7]
	1985-??-??	Netherlands	19-0	Sweden	Nijmegen	[6/2/2]

[11]
	1986-??-??	Netherlands	11-6	Sweden		[8/3/3]

[12]
	1986-10-29	Belgium	0-32	Sweden	Brussels	[1/4/1]

[28]
	1988-10-15	England	40-0	Sweden	Waterloo	[3/5/1]

[34]
	1989-10-14	West Germany	0-8	Sweden	Berlin	[1/6/1]

[53]
	1991-04-08 (WC)	France	37-0	Sweden	Glamorgan Wanderers	[20/7/1]

[57]
	1991-04-10 (WC)	Japan	0-20	Sweden	Llanharan	[2/8/1]

[60]
	1991-04-11 (WC)	Italy	18-0	Sweden	Cardiff	[10/9/1]

[63]
	1991-11-09	Sweden	20-10	Germany	Trelleborg	[10/2/2]

[84]
	1994-04-11 (WC)	Sweden	0-111	United States	Melrose	[11/15/1]

[86]
	1994-04-13 (WC)	Japan	10-5	Sweden	Melrose	[3/12/2]

[94]
	1994-04-17 (WC)	Russia	13-20	Sweden	Kirkcaldy	[3/13/1]

[104]
	1994-04-21 (WC)	Kazakhstan	31-12	Sweden	Stirling County	[5/14/1]

[107]
	1994-04-23 (WC)	Kazakhstan	29-12	Sweden	Boroughmuir	[6/15/2]

[110]
	1994-04-24	Scotland	60-0	Sweden	Meggetland	[9/16/1]

[112]
	1994-11-19	Germany	12-0	Sweden	Hamburg	[6/17/3]

[171]
	1997-08-05	Sweden	0-42	Scotland	Stockholm	[18/24/2]

[192]
	1998-05-02 (WC)	England	75-0	Sweden	Amsterdam	[43/19/2]

[200]
	1998-05-05 (WC)	Netherlands	44-0	Sweden	Amsterdam	[36/20/4]

[213]
	1998-05-09 (WC)	Kazakhstan	47-5	Sweden	Amsterdam	[14/21/3]

[222]
	1998-05-12 (WC)	Germany	20-18	Sweden	Amsterdam	[22/22/4]

[223]
	1998-05-15 (WC)	Russia	3-23	Sweden	Amsterdam	[13/23/2]

[289]
	2000-08-12	Germany	5-30	Sweden	Hanover	[28/24/5]

[317]
	2001-05-07 (FIRA)	Germany	13-15	Sweden	, France	[30/25/6]

[319]
	2001-05-09 (FIRA)	Belgium	0-90	Sweden	Lille, France	[6/26/2]

[324]
	2001-05-12 (FIRA)	Netherlands	12-13	Sweden	Lille, France	[49/27/5]

[340]
	2001-11-11	Scotland	13-3	Sweden	Edinburgh	[56/28/3]

[352]
	2002-03-20 (ENC)	Netherlands	0-22	Sweden	Treviso, Italy	[55/29/6]

[356]
	2002-03-23 (ENC)	Italy	35-24	Sweden	Treviso	[35/30/1]

[395]
	2002-11-24	Scotland	34-3	Sweden	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	[67/31/4]

[411]
	2003-05-01 (FIRA)	Sweden	0-9	France	Malmö, Sweden	[32/85/2]

[413]
	2003-05-03 (FIRA)	Sweden	15-10	Italy	Malmö, Sweden	[33/41/2]

[423]
	2003-07-06	Sweden	5-49	Scotland	Linköping	[34/73/5]

[446]
	2004-05-02 (FIRA)	Scotland	32-0	Sweden	Toulouse, France	[79/35/6]

[452]
	2004-05-05 (FIRA)	Spain	31-5	Sweden	Toulouse, France	[62/36/1]

[455]
	2004-05-08 (FIRA)	Italy	13-0	Sweden	Toulouse, France	[44/37/3]

[491]
	2005-04-07 (FIRA)	Netherlands	8-7	Sweden	Hamburg, Germany	[66/38/7]

[493]
	2005-04-09 (FIRA)	Germany	5-17	Sweden	Hamburg, Germany	[45/39/7]

[543]
	2006-04-23 (ENC)	Norway	0-34	Sweden	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[11/40/1]

[544]
	2006-04-23 (ENC)	Netherlands	10-5	Sweden	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[70/41/8]

[546]
	2006-04-26 (ENC)	Italy	33-0	Sweden	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[49/42/4]

[550]
	2006-04-30 (ENC)	Belgium	0-32	Sweden	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[11/43/3]

[628]
	2007-04-28 (FIRA)	France	12-0	Sweden	Barcelona, Spain	[117/44/3]

[633]
	2007-04-30 (FIRA)	Sweden	18-8	Wales	Barcelona, Spain	[45/109/1]

[637]
	2007-05-02 (FIRA)	Netherlands	20-5	Sweden	Barcelona, Spain	[79/46/9]

[639]
	2007-05-05 (FIRA)	Italy	0-6	Sweden	Barcelona, Spain	[61/47/5]

[681]
	2008-05-17 (FIRA)	England	80-3	Sweden	Amsterdam	[139/48/3]

[689]
	2008-05-20 (FIRA)	Sweden	0-20	Spain	Drachten, Netherlands	[49/84/2]

[700]
	2008-05-24 (FIRA)	Netherlands	7-6	Sweden	Amsterdam	[87/50/10]

[719]
	2008-11-02	Germany	12-5	Sweden	Hanover	[55/51/8]

[722]
	2009-01-10	Scotland	32-0	Sweden	Meggetland	[115/52/7]

[738]
	2009-04-25	Sweden	0-24	Netherlands	Norrköping	[53/88/11]

[739]
	2009-04-26	Sweden	3-7	Netherlands	Norrköping	[54/89/12]

[743]
	2009-05-17 (FIRA)	Sweden	16-14	Italy	Stockholm	[55/72/6]

[747]
	2009-05-20 (FIRA)	Sweden	11-6	Spain	Enköping	[56/87/3]

[749]
	2009-05-23 (FIRA)	Sweden	38-6	Germany	Stockholm	[57/58/9]

[781]
	2009-11-28	Wales	56-7	Sweden	St Helen's, Swansea	[125/58/2]

[807]
	2010-04-02	Netherlands	19-0	Sweden	Leiden	[96/59/13]

[808]
	2010-04-04	Netherlands	20-7	Sweden	Amsterdam	[97/60/14]

[809]
	2010-05-08 (FIRA)	Russia	0-32	Sweden	Sélestat	[33/59/3]

[812]
	2010-05-10 (FIRA)	Germany	0-29	Sweden	Colmar	[59/60/10]

[814]
	2010-05-12 (FIRA)	Italy	10-0	Sweden	Haguenau	[84/61/8]

[823]
	2010-05-15 (FIRA)	Netherlands	47-19	Sweden	Illkirch-Graffenstaden	[101/64/15]

[838]
	2010-08-20 (WC)	France	15-9	Sweden	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[146/65/4]

[843]
	2010-08-24 (WC)	Canada	40-10	Sweden	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[84/66/1]

[847]
	2010-08-28 (WC)	Scotland	32 – 5	Sweden	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[133/67/8]

[854]
	2010-09-01 (WC)	Sweden	10–32	Wales	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[68/135/3]

[859]
	2010-09-05 (WC)	Kazakhstan	8–12	Sweden	Surrey Sports Park, Guildford	[50/69/4]

[885]
	2011-05-02 (FIRA)	Finland	0-20	Sweden	Ferrol	[10/71/1]

[886]
	2011-05-04 (FIRA)	Spain	18-3	Sweden	University of Coruña	[98/72/4]

[888]
	2011-05-07 (FIRA)	Netherlands	21-5	Sweden		[103/72/16]

[938]
	2012-05-03 (FIRA)	Sweden	67-0	Russia	Enkoping, Sweden	[73/38/4]

[940]
	2012-05-07 (FIRA)	Sweden	10-3	Netherlands	Enkoping, Sweden	[74/106/17]

[986]
	2013-04-20 [WCQ]	Spain	55-0	Sweden	Madrid	[102/75/5]

[988]
	2013-04-27 (WCQ)	Sweden	0-29	Samoa	Madrid	[76/16/1]

[991]
	2013-04-27 (WCQ)	Sweden	8-63	Scotland	Madrid	[77/155/9]

[1087]
	2014-10-18[2]	Sweden	3-10	Netherlands	Malmö	[78/111/18]

[1236]
	2017-10-21	Finland	10–39	Sweden	, Tammela	[15/79/2]

Other matches[]

[-]
	1994-04-19 (WC)	Scottish Students	12-14	Sweden	Gala	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2003-05-03	Denmark	0-37	Sweden A	Copenhagen	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2003-11-02	Sweden	27-5	Norwegian Barbarians	Copenhagen	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2006-04-14	England Select XV	35-5	Sweden	RAF Halton	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2006-04-16	England Student XV	15-10	Sweden	RAF Halton	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2009-04-12	Welsh Invitational XV	13-15	Sweden	Sardis Road, Pontypridd	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2009-05-22	Sweden A	16-19	Finland	Södertälje	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2011-04-30 (FIRA)	France A	40-3	Sweden	INEF	[-/-/-]

See also[]

• Rugby union in Sweden

References[]

External links[]

• Svenska Rugbyförbundet - Official site (in Swedish)