Finland and Sweden entertain a strong rivalry in ice hockey, in which both
are multiple world champions and are seldom troubled by their Scandinavian
counterparts from Denmark and Norway, but in football the record is rather one-sided:
Sweden won roughly three quarters of the encounters and drew half of the remainder.
A peculiarity is the fact that four matches were played indoor (albeit with
full teams and on a full-sized pitch); perhaps due to their hockey tradition,
Finland are unbeaten in those.
Between 2013 and 2019, four consecutive matches were played in January, but
in tropical places in Asia; in those unusual conditions Finland did also better
than could be expected from the overall record, both countries winning and
losing twice.
All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Game Date Venue Result Remark 1. 22-10-1911 Helsinki Finland 2-5 Sweden 2. 27- 6-1912 Stockholm Sweden 7-1 Finland 3. 24- 5-1914 Stockholm Sweden 4-3 Finland 4. 29- 5-1919 Stockholm Sweden 1-0 Finland 5. 28- 9-1919 Helsinki Finland 3-3 Sweden 6. 30- 5-1920 Stockholm Sweden 4-0 Finland 7. 19- 9-1920 Helsinki Finland 1-0 Sweden 8. 29- 5-1921 Stockholm Sweden 0-3 Finland 9. 5- 6-1922 Helsinki Finland 1-4 Sweden 10. 20- 6-1923 Gävle Sweden 5-4 Finland 11. 28- 7-1924 Helsinki Finland 5-7 Sweden 12. 9- 6-1925 Göteborg Sweden 4-0 Finland 13. 26- 7-1926 Helsinki Finland 2-3 Sweden 14. 12- 6-1927 Stockholm Sweden 6-2 Finland 15. 2- 9-1928 Helsinki Finland 2-3 Sweden 16. 14- 6-1929 Stockholm Sweden 3-1 Finland [Nordic Cup] 17. 28- 9-1930 Helsinki Finland 4-4 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 18. 3- 7-1931 Stockholm Sweden 8-2 Finland [Nordic Cup] 19. 16- 5-1932 Stockholm Sweden 7-1 Finland 20. 10- 6-1932 Helsinki Finland 1-3 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 21. 14- 7-1933 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 22. 23- 9-1934 Helsinki Finland 5-4 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 23. 12- 6-1935 Stockholm Sweden 2-2 Finland [Nordic Cup] 24. 27- 9-1936 Helsinki Finland 1-2 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 25. 16- 6-1937 Solna Sweden 4-0 Finland [World Cup Qual., Nordic Cup] 26. 15- 6-1938 Solna Sweden 2-0 Finland 27. 4- 7-1938 Helsinki Finland 2-4 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 28. 9- 6-1939 Solna Sweden 5-1 Finland [Nordic Cup] 29. 29- 8-1940 Helsinki Finland 2-3 Sweden 30. 22- 9-1940 Solna Sweden 5-0 Finland 31. 3-10-1943 Helsinki Finland 1-1 Sweden 32. 26- 8-1945 Göteborg Sweden 7-2 Finland 33. 30- 9-1945 Helsinki Finland 1-6 Sweden 34. 15- 9-1946 Helsinki Finland 0-7 Sweden 35. 24- 8-1947 Borås Sweden 7-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 36. 19- 9-1948 Helsinki Finland 2-2 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 37. 2-10-1949 Malmö Sweden 8-1 Finland [Nordic Cup] 38. 24- 9-1950 Helsinki Finland 0-1 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 39. 2- 9-1951 Solna Sweden 3-2 Finland [Nordic Cup] 40. 13- 6-1952 Oslo Finland 3-1 Sweden [aet] 41. 21- 9-1952 Helsinki Finland 1-8 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 42. 5- 8-1953 Helsinki Finland 3-3 Sweden [World Cup Qual.] 43. 16- 8-1953 Solna Sweden 4-0 Finland [World Cup Qual., Nordic Cup] 44. 4- 6-1954 Göteborg Sweden 6-0 Finland 45. 15- 8-1954 Helsinki Finland 1-10 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 46. 28- 8-1955 Helsingborg Sweden 3-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 47. 10- 6-1956 Helsinki Finland 1-3 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 48. 19- 6-1957 Helsinki Finland 1-5 Sweden [aet] 49. 22- 9-1957 Solna Sweden 5-1 Finland [Nordic Cup] 50. 20- 8-1958 Helsinki Finland 1-7 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 51. 2- 8-1959 Malmö Sweden 3-1 Finland [Nordic Cup] 52. 22- 6-1960 Helsinki Finland 0-3 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 53. 9- 8-1961 Norrköping Sweden 4-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 54. 19- 6-1962 Helsinki Finland 0-3 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 55. 14- 8-1963 Solna Sweden 0-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 56. 2- 8-1964 Helsinki Finland 1-0 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 57. 22- 8-1965 Luleå Sweden 2-2 Finland [Nordic Cup] 58. 4- 6-1966 Helsinki Finland 1-0 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 59. 10- 8-1967 Solna Sweden 2-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 60. 11- 9-1968 Helsinki Finland 0-3 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 61. 22- 5-1969 Växjö Sweden 4-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 62. 26- 8-1970 Helsinki Finland 1-2 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 63. 20- 5-1971 Borås Sweden 4-1 Finland [Nordic Cup] 64. 8- 7-1973 Halmstad Sweden 1-1 Finland [Nordic Cup] 65. 29- 8-1973 Helsinki Finland 1-2 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 66. 1- 6-1976 Helsinki Finland 0-2 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 67. 11- 8-1976 Malmö Sweden 6-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 68. 28- 6-1978 Borås Sweden 2-1 Finland [Nordic Cup] 69. 22- 5-1980 Helsinki Finland 0-2 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 70. 1- 3-1981 Lahti Finland 2-1 Sweden [indoor] 71. 29- 7-1981 Halmstad Sweden 1-0 Finland [Nordic Cup] 72. 20- 2-1982 Lahti Finland 2-2 Sweden [indoor] 73. 21- 2-1982 Lahti Finland 2-1 Sweden [indoor] 74. 7- 9-1983 Helsinki Finland 0-3 Sweden [Nordic Cup] 75. 6- 8-1986 Helsinki Finland 1-3 Sweden 76. 15- 1-1988 Maspalomas Sweden 1-0 Finland 77. 27- 5-1990 Solna Sweden 6-0 Finland 78. 9- 9-1992 Helsinki Finland 0-1 Sweden [World Cup Qual.] 79. 13-10-1993 Solna Sweden 3-2 Finland [World Cup Qual.] 80. 1- 2-2001 Jönköping Sweden 0-1 Finland [indoor; Nordic Cup] 81. 28- 5-2004 Tampere Finland 1-3 Sweden 82. 25- 5-2006 Göteborg Sweden 0-0 Finland 83. 12- 8-2009 Solna Sweden 1-0 Finland 84. 7- 6-2011 Solna Sweden 5-0 Finland [European Champ. Qual.] 85. 7-10-2011 Helsinki Finland 1-2 Sweden [European Champ. Qual.] 86. 26- 1-2013 Chiang Mai Sweden 3-0 Finland 87. 19- 1-2015 Abu Dhabi Finland 1-0 Sweden 88. 10- 1-2016 Abu Dhabi Sweden 3-0 Finland 89. 8- 1-2019 Doha Finland 1-0 Sweden 90. 29- 5-2021 Solna Sweden 2-0 Finland 91. 9- 1-2023 Faro Sweden 2-0 Finland
Total record:
Finland 91 11 11 69 96-299 33
Sweden 91 69 11 11 299- 96 149
Some more stats:
Pd F D S FG- SG
In Finland: 41 6 6 29 56-131
Helsinki 37 4 5 28 49-124
Lahti 3 2 1 0 6- 4 (all indoor)
Tampere 1 0 0 1 1- 3
In Sweden: 43 2 5 36 35-158
Solna 14 0 1 13 6- 47
Stockholm 11 1 1 9 15- 44
Göteborg 4 0 1 3 2- 17
Borås 3 0 0 3 2- 13
Malmö 3 0 0 3 2- 17
Halmstad 2 0 1 1 1- 2
Gävle 1 0 0 1 4- 5
Helsingborg 1 0 0 1 0- 3
Jönköping 1 1 0 0 1- 0 (indoor)
Luleå 1 0 1 0 2- 2
Norrköping 1 0 0 1 0- 4
Växjö 1 0 0 1 0- 4
Elsewhere: 7 3 0 4 5- 10
Finland - List of International Matches
Sweden - List of International Matches
Thanks to Roberto Di Maggio
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