List of Sweden national football team hat-tricks

This page is a list of hat-tricks scored by the Sweden men's national football team. Since Sweden's first international association football match on 12 July 1908 against Norway^[1], there have been 92 recorded hat-tricks, with the first two being scored by Erik Bergström and Erik Börjesson in this first match^[2]. The most goals scored in a single match is six, achieved by Albin Hallbäck against Latvia in 1927 during a friendly^[3].

The record for most hat-tricks scored for the Swedish national team is nine, a record held by Sven Rydell. The team which Sweden have scored the most hat-tricks against is Finland, scoring 25 different hat-tricks against them. Two Swedes have scored hat-tricks at the FIFA World Cup; with both Gustav Wetterström and Harry Andersson scoring hat-tricks against Cuba at the 1938 FIFA World Cup^[4].

Sweden have conceded 31 hat-tricks in total, with England and Denmark scoring four each. The record for the most hat-tricks scored against Sweden is two, with the record being held by Sándor Kocsis of Hungary; with the most goals scored in a single game being six, achieved by Poul Nielsen of Denmark in 1913. The most notable hat-trick scored against Sweden was scored by Ademir de Menezes for Brazil at the 1950 FIFA World Cup, a game in which Sweden lost 1–7^[5].

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No.	Player	Date	Opponent	Venue	Goals	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	Erik Bergström	12 July 1908	Norway	Balders Hage, Gothenburg, Sweden	4 – (27', 29', 44', 89')	11–3	Friendly	^[2]
2	Erik Börjesson	12 July 1908	Norway	Balders Hage, Gothenburg, Sweden	4 – (24', 60', 75', 86')	11–3	Friendly	^[2]
3	Hjalmar Lorichs	27 June 1912	Finland	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (11', 50', 65')	7–1	Friendly	^[6]^[7]
4	Karl Gustafsson	8 June 1913	Norway	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	4 – (23', 36', 50', 52')	9–0	Friendly	^[8]
5	Sten Söderberg	25 October 1914	Norway	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (20', 65', 68')	7–0	Friendly	^[9]
6	Helge Ekroth	25 October 1914	Norway	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (5', 80', 86')	7–0	Friendly	^[9]
7	Ivar Svensson	24 October 1915	Norway	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (10', 14', 61')	5–2	Friendly	^[10]
8	Karl Gustafsson (2)	2 July 1916	Norway	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (30', 61', 80')	6–0	Friendly	^[11]
9	Herbert Carlsson	14 August 1919	Netherlands	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (6', 20', 43')	4–1	Friendly	^[12]
10	Herbert Carlsson (2)	12 October 1919	Denmark	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (2', 35', 88')	3–0	Friendly	^[13]
11	Herbert Carlsson (3)	28 August 1920	Greece	Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp, Belgium	5 – (15', 20', 21', 51', 85')	9–0	1920 Summer Olympics	^[14]
12	Albin Dahl	24 September 1922	Norway	Gressbanen, Oslo, Norway	3 – (30', 40', 75')	5–0	Friendly	^[15]
13	Gunnar Paulsson	20 June 1923	Finland	Strömvallen, Gävle, Sweden	3 – (31', 48', 64')	5–4	Friendly	^[16]
14	Sven Rydell	18 May 1924	Poland	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (5', 61', 83')	5–1	Friendly	^[17]
15	Putte Kock	29 May 1924	Belgium	Stade olympique, Colombes, France	3 – (8', 24', 77')	8–1	1924 Summer Olympics	^[18]
16	Sven Rydell (2)	29 May 1924	Belgium	Stade olympique, Colombes, France	3 – (20', 61', 83')	8–1	1924 Summer Olympics	^[18]
17	Sven Rydell (3)	29 June 1924	Egypt	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	4 – (19', 21', 24', 56')	5–0	Friendly	^[18]
18	Putte Kock (2)	28 July 1924	Finland	Helsinki, FInland	3 – (35', 77', 84' pen.)	7–5	Friendly	^[19]
19	Sven Rydell (4)	21 September 1924	Norway	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (66', 78', 89')	6–1	Friendly	^[20]
20	Filip Johansson	9 June 1925	Finland	Slottsskogsvallen, Gothenburg, Sweden	4 – (8', 23', 72' pen., 85')	4–0	Friendly	^[21]
21	Filip Johansson (2)	12 July 1925	Hungary	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (3'. 27', 50')	6–2	Friendly	^[22]
22	Sven Rydell (5)	23 August 1925	Norway	Gressbanen, Oslo, Norway	4 – (22', 42', 44', 62')	7–3	Friendly	^[23]
23	Filip Johansson (3)	1 November 1925	Poland	Stadion Cracovii, Kraków, Poland	3 – (5', 29', 31')	6–2	Friendly	^[24]
24	Albin Hallbäck	29 May 1927	Latvia	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	6 – (9', 30', 31', 44', 77', 84')	12–0	Friendly	^[25]
25	Sven Rydell (6)	29 May 1927	Latvia	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (11', 65', 85')	12–0	Friendly	^[25]
26	Sven Rydell (7)	26 June 1927	Norway	Gressbanen, Oslo, Norway	3 – (18', 23', 65')	5–3	Friendly	^[26]
27	Tore Keller	1 July 1927	Estonia	Idrottsparken, Norrköping, Sweden	3 – (2', 25', 79')	3–1	Friendly	^[27]
28	Ernst Lööf	6 July 1928	Latvia	Latvijas Universitātes stadions, Riga, Latvia	3 – (14', 16', 35')	4–0	Friendly	^[28]
29	Sven Rydell (8)	9 June 1929	Netherlands	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (19', 73', 75')	6–2	Friendly	^[29]
30	Rupert Andersson	28 July 1929	Latvia	Malmö IP, Malmö, Sweden	3 – (46', 77', 87')	10–0	Friendly	^[30]
31	Harry Lundahl	6 July 1930	Norway	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (5', 13', 48')	6–3	1929–32 Nordic Football Championship	^[31]
32	John Sundberg	18 July 1930	Estonia	Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	3 – (10', 44', 73')	5–1	Friendly	^[32]
33	Bertil Karlsson	28 September 1930	Finland	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland	3 – (26', 53', 64')	4–4	Friendly	^[33]
34	Sune Zetterberg	3 July 1931	Finland	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	4 – (18', 25', 30', 55')	8–2	Friendly	^[34]
35	Evert Hansson	3 July 1931	Finland	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (35', 65', 73')	8–2	Friendly	^[34]
36	John Sundberg (2)	26 July 1931	Latvia	Arosvallen, Västerås, Sweden	3 – (10', 44', 78')	6–0	Friendly	^[35]
37	Sven Rydell (9)	16 May 1932	Finland	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (12', 20', 62')	7–1	Friendly	^[36]
38	John Nilsson	25 September 1932	Lithuania	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	4 – (59', 60', 65', 75')	8–1	Friendly	^[37]
39	Tore Keller (2)	23 May 1934	Poland	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (40', 70', 76')	4–2	Friendly	^[38]
40	Bertil Ericsson	17 June 1934	Denmark	Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark	3 – (35', 60', 62')	5–3	1933–36 Nordic Football Championship	^[39]
41	Erik Persson	23 September 1934	Finland	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland	3 – (6', 42', 87')	4–5	1933–36 Nordic Football Championship	^[40]
42	Axel Nilsson	1 September 1935	Romania	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (70', 73', 87')	7–1	Friendly	^[41]
43	Sven Jonasson	21 June 1936	Switzerland	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (27', 56', 59')	5–2	Friendly	^[42]
44	Gustav Wetterström	20 June 1937	Estonia	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (73', 77', 84')	7–2	1938 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[43]
45	Gustav Wetterström (2)	12 June 1938	Cuba	Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France	3 – (22', 37', 44')	8–0	1938 FIFA World Cup	^[4]
46	Harry Andersson	12 June 1938	Cuba	Stade du Fort Carré, Antibes, France	3 – (9', 61', 89')	8–0	1938 FIFA World Cup	^[4]
47	Erik Persson (2)	9 June 1939	Finland	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (30', 64', 67')	5–1	1937–47 Nordic Football Championship	^[44]
48	Knut Johansson	29 August 1940	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	3 – (13', 34', 85')	3–2	Friendly	^[45]
49	Knut Johansson (2)	22 September 1940	Finland	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (58', 59', 74')	5–0	Friendly	^[46]
50	Henry Carlsson	5 October 1941	Germany	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (24', 49', 80')	4–2	Friendly	^[47]
51	Gunnar Gren	26 August 1945	Finland	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	3 – (8', 60', 77')	7–2	Friendly	^[48]
52	Börje Tapper	30 September 1945	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	5 – (36', 59', 81', 82', 88')	6–1	Friendly	^[49]
53	Gunnar Nordahl	21 October 1945	Norway	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	4 – (12', 26', 82', 89')	10–0	Friendly	^[50]
54	Gunnar Gren (2)	7 July 1946	Switzerland	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	4 – (30', 55', 61', 79')	7–2	Friendly	^[51]
55	Gustaf Nilsson	15 September 1946	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	3	7–0	Friendly	^[52]
56	Gunnar Nordahl (2)	28 June 1947	Norway	Olympia, Helsingborg, Sweden	4 – (18', 56', 59', 85')	5–1	Friendly	^[53]
57	Gunnar Nordahl (3)	24 August 1947	Finland	Ryavallen, Borås, Sweden	3 – (5', 30', 40')	7–0	1937–47 Nordic Football Championship	^[54]
58	Gunnar Nordahl (4)	5 August 1948	South Korea	Selhurst Park, London, England	4	12–0	1948 Summer Olympics	^[55]
59	Henry Carlsson (2)	5 August 1948	South Korea	Selhurst Park, London, England	3	12–0	1948 Summer Olympics	^[55]
60	Gunnar Nordahl (5)	19 September 1948	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	5 – (24', 44', 62', 74', 80')	5–3	1948–51 Nordic Football Championship	^[56]
61	Egon Jönsson	2 October 1949	Finland	Malmö IP, Malmö, Sweden	3 – (7', 9', 17')	8–1	1948–51 Nordic Football Championship	^[57]
62	Ingvar Rydell	2 October 1949	Finland	Malmö IP, Malmö, Sweden	3 – (24', 75', 83')	8–1	1948–51 Nordic Football Championship	^[57]
63	Karl-Erik Palmér	13 November 1949	Republic of Ireland	Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland	3 – (4', 40', 68')	3–1	1950 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[58]
64	Lars Råberg	21 September 1952	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	3 – (10', 48', 58')	8–1	1952–55 Nordic Football Championship	^[59]
65	Hasse Persson	21 September 1952	Finland	Helsinki, Finland	3 – (24', 50', 83')	8–1	1952–55 Nordic Football Championship	^[59]
66	Birger Eklund	15 August 1954	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, London	3 – (7', 30', 48')	10–1	1952–55 Nordic Football Championship	^[60]
67	Kurt Hamrin	15 August 1954	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, London	3 – (6', 71', 80')	10–1	1952–55 Nordic Football Championship	^[60]
68	Nils-Åke Sandell	10 October 1954	Denmark	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (12', 38', 60')	5–2	1952–55 Nordic Football Championship	^[61]
69	Henry Källgren	19 June 1957	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, London	3	5–1	Friendly	^[62]
70	Gunnar Gren (3)	22 September 1957	Finland	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3	5–1	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	^[63]
71	Torbjörn Jonsson	20 August 1958	Finland	Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, London	3	7–1	1956–59 Nordic Football Championship	^[64]
72	Leif Skiöld	12 November 1962	Israel	The National Stadium, Ramat Gan, Israel	3 – (12', 82', 86')	4–0	Friendly	^[65]
73	Tom Turesson	18 September 1966	Norway	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	3 – (60', 63', 70')	4–2	1964–67 Nordic Football Championship	^[66]
74	Inge Ejderstedt	19 February 1968	Israel	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel	3 – (25', 27', 44')	3–0	Friendly	^[67]
75	Ove Kindvall	9 October 1968	Norway	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (37', 58', 61')	5–0	1970 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[68]
76	Ralf Edström	6 August 1972	Soviet Union	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (16', 54', 84')	4–4	Friendly	^[69]
77	Ralf Edström	15 October 1972	Malta	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	3 – (2', 32', 64')	7–0	1974 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[70]^[71]
78	Torbjörn Nilsson	17 November 1979	Singapore	National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	3 – (51', 81', 88')	5–0	Friendly	^[72]
79	Mats Jingblad	16 November 1983	Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	3 – (48', 54', 88')	5–0	Friendly	^[73]
80	Mats Jingblad (2)	19 November 1983	Barbados	Barbados National Stadium, Saint Michael, Barbados	3 – (75', 80', 85')	4–0	Friendly	^[74]
81	Kennet Andersson	1 May 1991	Austria	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (12', 34', 88')	6–0	Friendly	^[75]
82	Tomas Brolin	2 June 1993	Israel	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (16', 41', 66')	5–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[76]
83	Henrik Larsson	6 June 2001	Moldova	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	4 – (38' pen., 58', 68' pen., 79' pen.)	6–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[77]
84	Mattias Jonson	7 June 2003	San Marino	San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino	3 – (16', 60', 71')	6–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying	^[78]
85	Zlatan Ibrahimović	4 September 2004	Malta	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	4 – (4', 11', 14', 71')	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[79]
86	Zlatan Ibrahimović (2)	7 June 2011	Finland	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (31', 35', 53')	5–0	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	^[80]
87	Zlatan Ibrahimović (3)	14 November 2012	England	Nationalarenan, Stockholm, Sweden	4 – (20', 77', 84', 91')	4–2	Friendly	^[81]
88	Zlatan Ibrahimović (4)	14 August 2013	Norway	Nationalarenan, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (2', 28', 57')	4–2	Friendly	^[82]
89	Marcus Berg	7 October 2017	Luxembourg	Nationalarenan, Stockholm, Sweden	4 – (18', 37', 54', 71')	8–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[83]
90	Viktor Gyökeres	19 November 2024	Azerbaijan	Nationalarenan, Stockholm, Sweden	4 – (26', 37', 58', 70')	6–0	2024–25 UEFA Nations League C	^[84]
91	Ken Sema	10 June 2025	Algeria	Nationalarenan, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (14', 39', 50' pen.)	4–3	Friendly	^[85]
92	Viktor Gyökeres (2)	26 March 2026	Ukraine	Estadi Ciutat de València, Valencia, Spain	3 – (6', 51', 73' pen.)	3–1	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[86]

No.	Player	Date	Opponent	Venue	Goals	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	Arthur Berry	8 September 1908	England	Walhalla IP, Gothenburg, Sweden	4	1–6	Friendly	^[87]
2	Clyde Purnell	20 October 1908	Great Britain	White City Stadium, London, England	4 – (25', 31', 64', 82')	1–12	1908 Summer Olympics	^[88]
3	Harry Stapley	6 November 1909	England	Anlaby Road, Hull, England	3	0–7	Friendly	^[87]
4	Syd Owen	6 November 1909	England	Anlaby Road, Hull, England	3	0–7	Friendly	^[87]
5	Otto Dumke	18 June 1911	Germany	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (13', 44', 83')	2–4	Friendly	^[89]
6	Kristian Gyldenstein	25 May 1913	Denmark	Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark	3 – (17', 56', 61')	0–8	Friendly	^[90]
7	Poul Nielsen	5 October 1913	Denmark	Stockholm Olympic Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden	6 – (5', 10', 29', 47', 50', 53')	0–10	Friendly	^[91]
8	Kaare Engebretsen	14 September 1919	Norway	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	3 – (20', 21', 32')	1–5	Friendly	^[92]
9	György Orth	6 November 1921	Hungary	Üllői úti stadion, Budapest, Hungary	3 – (15', 49', 54')	2–4	Friendly	^[93]
10	Johann Horvath	5 July 1925	Austria	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (11', 22', 60')	2–4	Friendly	^[94]
11	Otto Harder	20 June 1926	Germany	Nuremberg, Germany	3 – (21', 35', 43')	3–3	Friendly	^[95]
12	Richard Hofmann	23 June 1929	Germany	Cologne, Germany	3 – (27', 63', 85')	0–3	Friendly	^[96]
13	Pauli Jørgensen	22 June 1930	Denmark	Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark	3 – (17', 66', 87')	1–6	1929–32 Nordic Football Championship	^[97]
14	Jørgen Juve	6 July 1930	Norway	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (16', 42', 47')	3–6	1929–32 Nordic Football Championship	^[31]
15	Lauri Lehtinen	28 September 1930	Finland	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki, Finland	3 – (9', 40', 41')	4–4	Friendly	^[33]
16	Reidar Kvammen	26 July 1936	Norway	Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden	3 – (17' pen., 29', 65')	3–4	Friendly	^[98]
17	Freddie Steele	17 May 1937	England	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (15', 25', 33')	0–4	Friendly	^[99]
18	Josef Bican	7 August 1938	Czechoslovakia	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (28', 33', 75')	2–6	Friendly	^[100]
19	Kaj Hansen	20 October 1940	Denmark	Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark	3 – (21', 35', 37')	3–3	Friendly	^[101]
20	Stan Mortensen	19 November 1947	England	Arsenal Stadium, London, England	3 – (13', 26', 89')	2–4	Friendly	^[102]
21	Sándor Kocsis	20 November 1949	Hungary	Megyeri úti Stadion, Újpest, Hungary	3 – (8', 49', 63')	0–5	Friendly	^[103]
22	Ademir de Menezes	9 July 1950	Brazil	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4 – (17', 37', 51', 59')	1–7	1950 FIFA World Cup	^[104]
23	Ríkharður Jónsson	29 June 1951	Iceland	Melavöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland	4 – (32', 38', 47', 78')	3–4	Friendly	^[105]
24	Sándor Kocsis (2)	11 May 1955	Hungary	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (16', 30', 79')	3–7	Friendly	^[106]
25	Eduard Streltsov	26 June 1955	Soviet Union	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (3', 14', 43')	0–6	Friendly	^[107]
26	Dejan Savićević	4 September 1991	Yugoslavia	Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden	3 – (33', 66', 75')	4–3	Friendly	^[108]
27	Sacha Kljestan	24 January 2009	United States	Home Depot Center, Carson, United States	3 – (17', 39' pen., 74')	2–3	Friendly	^[109]
28	André Schürrle	15 October 2013	Germany	Nationalarenan, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (57', 66', 76')	3–5	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[110]
29	Cristiano Ronaldo	19 November 2013	Portugal	Nationalarenan, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (50', 77', 79')	2–3	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	^[111]
30	Aleksandar Mitrović	24 September 2022	Serbia	Rajko Mitić Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia	3 – (18', 46', 48')	1–4	2022–23 UEFA Nations League B	^[112]
31	Romelu Lukaku	24 March 2023	Belgium	Nationalarenan, Stockholm, Sweden	3 – (35', 49', 82')	0–3	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	^[113]

List of Sweden national football team hat-tricks

Hat-tricks conceded by Sweden

References

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