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 1998 – Finished in 5th place 2002 – Won bronze medal 2006 – Won silver medal 2010 – Finished in 4th place 2014 – Finished in 4th place 2018 – Finished in 7th placeWorld Championship 1990 – Finished in 4th place 1992 – Finished in 4th place 1994 – Finished in 5th place 1997 – Finished in 5th place 1999 – Finished in 4th place 2000 – Finished in 4th place 2001 – Finished in 7th place 2004 – Finished in 4th place 2005 – Won bronze medal 2007 – Won bronze medal 2008 – Finished in 5th place 2009 – Finished in 4th place 2011 – Finished in 5th place 2012 – Finished in 5th place 2013 – Finished in 7th place 2015 – Finished in 5th place 2016 – Finished in 5th place 2017 – Finished in 6th place 2019 – Finished in 9th place 2020 – Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic European Championship 1989 – Won silver medal 1991 – Won silver medal 1993 – Won silver medal 1995 – Won silver medal 1996 – Won gold medal 2000 – Finished in 4th place 2001 – Won bronze medal 2002 – Finished in 4th place 2003 – Finished in 4th place 2004 – Won bronze medal 2005 – Finished in 4th place 2006 – Won bronze medal 2007 – Finished in 4th place 2008 – Won bronze medal 2009 – Won bronze medal 2010 – Finished in 4th placeTeam Current roster Roster for the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship . Head Coach: Ylva Lindberg No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team 1 G Sara Grahn Luleå HF3 D Mina Waxin Modo Hockey4 D Sofia Engström Leksands IF5 D Johanna Fällman Luleå HF6 D Josefin Holmgren – A Djurgårdens IF Hockey7 D Johanna Olofsson Modo Hockey9 D Jessica Adolfsson Penn State Univ.12 D Maja Nylén Persson Leksands IF14 F Sabina Küller AIK IF15 F Lisa Johansson AIK IF16 F Pernilla Winberg Linköpings HC19 F Sara Hjalmarsson Providence College20 F Fanny Rask HV7121 F Isabell Palm HV7122 F Lina Ljungblom HV7124 F Erika Grahm – A Brynäs IF25 F Melinda Olsson Luleå HF26 F Hanna Olsson Skärgårdens SK27 F Emma Nordin – C Luleå HF28 F Sofie Lundin Djurgårdens IF Hockey29 F Olivia Carlsson Modo Hockey30 G Julia Åberg Leksands IF35 G Lovisa Selander RPI
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