Swedish Sports Legends
The greatest swedish sports people of all time — across 9 sports.
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🎾 Tennis
Swedish
Stefan Edberg
Professional Tennis Player
Six-time Grand Slam champion and two-time world No.1 whose serve-and-volley game at its peak was impossible to…
Swedish
Björn Borg
Professional Tennis Player
The Ice Man — 11 Grand Slam titles including five consecutive Wimbledons, and tennis's first global superstar.…
Swedish
Stefan Edberg
Professional Tennis Player
The most complete serve-and-volley player of the 1980s — six Grand Slams and the ATP Sportsmanship Award bears…
Swedish
Mats Wilander
Tennis Player
The quiet champion — seven-time Grand Slam winner who won three different Slams in a single year (1988) and re…
🏃 Athletics
Swedish/American
Armand Duplantis
Pole Vaulter
Mondo — the greatest pole vaulter in history who has broken the world record nine times, currently standing at…
Swedish/American
Mondo Duplantis
Pole Vaulter
World record holder in pole vault — 6.26m and the only man who breaks his own world records at every major eve…
Swedish
Armand Duplantis
Pole Vault
Mondo — the most prolific world record breaker in athletics history, breaking the pole vault record at every m…
⚽ Football
Swedish
Henrik Larsson
Centre Forward
Football at the highest level rewards technical mastery, physical conditioning and the mental fortitude to per…
Swedish
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Centre Forward
Football at the highest level rewards technical mastery, physical conditioning and the mental fortitude to per…
Swedish
Freddie Ljungberg
Midfielder
Football at the highest level rewards technical mastery, physical conditioning and the mental fortitude to per…
Swedish
Zlatan Ibrahimovic-b
Forward
Ego, acrobatics and goals — the greatest Swedish player and a striker who defied age and physics.…
⛷️ Winter Sports
🏒 Ice Hockey
Swedish
Peter Forsberg
Centre
The most complete player in hockey history — Stanley Cup winner, scoring champion and Olympic gold medallist.…
Swedish
Nicklas Lidström
Defenceman
The Perfect Human — seven Norris Trophies and the most defensively complete player in NHL history.…
Swedish
Mats Sundin
Centre
Sweden's greatest NHL centre — 11 seasons as Toronto Maple Leafs captain and 564 career goals.…
Swedish
Henrik Lundqvist
Goalie
King Henrik — the greatest goaltender in New York Rangers history and one of the finest of the modern era.…
Swedish
Victor Hedman
Defenceman
The most complete defenceman of the modern era — Norris Trophy winner and two-time Stanley Cup champion.…
Swedish
Nicklas Backstrom
Centre
The most unheralded elite player in the NHL — 1,100+ points as Ovechkin's playmaker.…
Swedish
Elias Pettersson
Centre
Vancouver's franchise hope — Hart Trophy finalist and the most skilful Swedish player since Forsberg.…
Swedish
Henrik Zetterberg
Left Wing
The Conn Smythe winner who delivered the Red Wings' last dynasty — three Stanley Cups and team captain.…
Swedish
Tomas Holmström
Left Wing
The net-front master — four Stanley Cups by becoming the most effective screen in NHL history.…