Just three years after the countries split up, Norway and Sweden faced
each other in the first ever international match for both (like
England and Scotland,
Argentina and Uruguay,
Austria and Hungary, and
Belgium and France).
Neither played more often against any other opponent,
but in football (unlike several other sports) the difference in strength
was too great to get a real rivalry going.
The tone was set as early as that first encounter in Gothenburg, won 11-3
by the hosts, who once more would reach double digits in the fixture,
winning 10-0 in the first meeting after World War II. Sweden won its
first six matches against the western neighbours and did not lose until
the seventeenth meeting; Norway did claim four consecutive wins in the
thirties, around the 1936 Berlin Olympics
where Norway claimed the bronze
medals after defeating Turkey, the hosts and Poland, while Sweden suffered
a shock first round loss against Japan, but Sweden chalked up ten
successive wins in the fixture between 1968 and 1976 and outscored Norway
by nearly two goals to one over the years.
In addition, they can easily outbid Norway's 1936 bronze, thanks to
winning the 1948 Olympics football tournament and collecting two more
bronze medals, in 1924 and 1952. At the World Cup, Sweden were losing
finalists as organisers in 1958 and reached the last four on three
further occasions (1938, 1950 and 1994), while Norway never even got
as far as the quarterfinals.
All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Game Date Venue Result Remark 1. 12- 7-1908 Göteborg Sweden 11-3 Norway 2. 11- 9-1910 Kristiania Norway 0-4 Sweden 3. 17- 9-1911 Stockholm Sweden 4-1 Norway 4. 16- 6-1912 Kristiania Norway 1-2 Sweden 5. 3-11-1912 Göteborg Sweden 4-2 Norway 6. 8- 6-1913 Stockholm Sweden 9-0 Norway 7. 26-10-1913 Kristiania Norway 1-1 Sweden 8. 28- 6-1914 Kristiania Norway 0-1 Sweden 9. 25-10-1914 Stockholm Sweden 7-0 Norway 10. 27- 6-1915 Kristiania Norway 1-1 Sweden 11. 24-10-1915 Stockholm Sweden 5-2 Norway 12. 2- 7-1916 Stockholm Sweden 6-0 Norway 13. 1-10-1916 Kristiania Norway 0-0 Sweden 14. 19- 8-1917 Helsingborg Sweden 3-3 Norway 15. 16- 9-1917 Kristiania Norway 0-2 Sweden 16. 26- 5-1918 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 Norway 17. 15- 9-1918 Kristiania Norway 2-1 Sweden 18. 29- 6-1919 Kristiania Norway 4-3 Sweden 19. 14- 9-1919 Göteborg Sweden 1-5 Norway 20. 27- 6-1920 Kristiania Norway 0-3 Sweden 21. 26- 9-1920 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 Norway 22. 19- 6-1921 Kristiania Norway 3-1 Sweden 23. 18- 9-1921 Stockholm Sweden 0-3 Norway 24. 23- 8-1922 Stockholm Sweden 0-0 Norway 25. 24- 9-1922 Kristiania Norway 0-5 Sweden 26. 16- 9-1923 Kristiania Norway 2-3 Sweden 27. 21- 9-1924 Stockholm Sweden 6-1 Norway [Nordic Championship] 28. 23- 8-1925 Oslo Norway 3-7 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 29. 9- 6-1926 Stockholm Sweden 3-2 Norway [Nordic Championship] 30. 26- 6-1927 Oslo Norway 3-5 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 31. 7- 6-1928 Stockholm Sweden 6-1 Norway [Nordic Championship] 32. 29- 9-1929 Oslo Norway 2-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 33. 6- 7-1930 Stockholm Sweden 6-3 Norway [Nordic Championship] 34. 27- 9-1931 Oslo Norway 2-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 35. 1- 7-1932 Göteborg Sweden 1-4 Norway [Nordic Championship] 36. 24- 9-1933 Oslo Norway 0-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 37. 1- 7-1934 Stockholm Sweden 3-3 Norway [Nordic Championship] 38. 22- 9-1935 Oslo Norway 0-2 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 39. 5- 7-1936 Göteborg Sweden 2-0 Norway [Nordic Championship] 40. 26- 7-1936 Stockholm Sweden 3-4 Norway 41. 19- 9-1937 Oslo Norway 3-2 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 42. 4- 9-1938 Oslo Norway 2-1 Sweden 43. 2-10-1938 Solna Sweden 2-3 Norway [Nordic Championship] 44. 2- 6-1939 Solna Sweden 3-2 Norway 45. 14- 6-1939 København Norway 1-0 Sweden [DBU's 50th Anniversary] 46. 17- 9-1939 Oslo Norway 2-3 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 47. 21-10-1945 Solna Sweden 10-0 Norway 48. 15- 9-1946 Oslo Norway 0-3 Sweden 49. 28- 6-1947 Helsinki Sweden 5-1 Norway [SPL's 40th Anniversary] 50. 5-10-1947 Stockholm Sweden 4-1 Norway [Nordic Championship] 51. 19- 9-1948 Oslo Norway 3-5 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 52. 2-10-1949 Solna Sweden 3-3 Norway [Nordic Championship] 53. 24- 9-1950 Oslo Norway 1-3 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 54. 30- 9-1951 Göteborg Sweden 3-4 Norway [Nordic Championship] 55. 21- 7-1952 Tampere Sweden 4-1 Norway [Olympic Games] 56. 5-10-1952 Oslo Norway 1-2 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 57. 18-10-1953 Solna Sweden 0-0 Norway [Nordic Championship] 58. 7- 6-1954 Solna Sweden 3-0 Norway [SFF's 50th Anniversary] 59. 19- 9-1954 Oslo Norway 1-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 60. 25- 9-1955 Solna Sweden 1-1 Norway [Nordic Championship] 61. 16- 9-1956 Oslo Norway 3-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 62. 18- 6-1957 Turku Sweden 0-0 Norway [+] [SPL's 50th Anniversary] 63. 13-10-1957 Solna Sweden 5-2 Norway [Nordic Championship] 64. 14- 9-1958 Oslo Norway 0-2 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 65. 18-10-1959 Göteborg Sweden 6-2 Norway [Nordic Championship] 66. 18- 9-1960 Oslo Norway 3-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 67. 22-10-1961 Göteborg Sweden 2-0 Norway [Nordic Championship] 68. 21- 6-1962 Oslo Norway 0-2 Sweden [European Champ. Qual.] 69. 16- 9-1962 Oslo Norway 2-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 70. 4-11-1962 Malmö Sweden 1-1 Norway [European Champ. Qual.] 71. 14- 8-1963 Göteborg Sweden 0-0 Norway [Nordic Championship] 72. 20- 9-1964 Oslo Norway 1-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 73. 31-10-1965 Solna Sweden 0-0 Norway [Nordic Championship] 74. 18- 9-1966 Oslo Norway 2-4 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 75. 3- 9-1967 Oslo Norway 3-1 Sweden [European Champ. Qual.] 76. 5-11-1967 Solna Sweden 5-2 Norway [Eur. Ch. Q./Nordic Ch.] 77. 15- 9-1968 Oslo Norway 1-1 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 78. 9-10-1968 Solna Sweden 5-0 Norway [World Cup Qualifier] 79. 1- 6-1969 Göteborg Sweden 4-2 Norway [Nordic Championship] 80. 19- 6-1969 Oslo Norway 2-5 Sweden [World Cup Qualifier] 81. 13- 9-1970 Oslo Norway 2-4 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 82. 8- 8-1971 Malmö Sweden 3-0 Norway [Nordic Championship] 83. 17- 9-1972 Oslo Norway 1-3 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 84. 8- 8-1974 Göteborg Sweden 2-1 Norway [Nordic Championship] 85. 30- 6-1975 Solna Sweden 3-1 Norway [European Champ. Qual.] 86. 13- 8-1975 Oslo Norway 0-2 Sweden [European Champ. Qual.] 87. 16- 6-1976 Solna Sweden 2-0 Norway [World Cup Qualifier] 88. 22- 9-1976 Oslo Norway 3-2 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 89. 26- 5-1977 Göteborg Sweden 1-0 Norway [Nordic Championship] 90. 7- 9-1977 Oslo Norway 2-1 Sweden [World Cup Qualifier] 91. 28- 6-1979 Göteborg Sweden 2-0 Norway [Nordic Championship] 92. 15- 8-1979 Oslo Norway 2-0 Sweden [Nordic Championship] -. 28- 2-1981 Lahti (indoor) Sweden 4-2 Norway [!] 93. 11- 8-1982 Oslo Norway 1-0 Sweden [Nordic Championship] 94. 22- 5-1985 Göteborg Sweden 1-0 Norway 95. 12- 8-1987 Oslo Norway 0-0 Sweden -. 26- 4-1988 Katrineholm Sweden 0-0 Norway [*] 96. 22- 8-1990 Stavanger Norway 1-2 Sweden 97. 8- 8-1991 Oslo Norway 1-2 Sweden 98. 26- 8-1992 Oslo Norway 2-2 Sweden 99. 5- 6-1994 Solna Sweden 2-0 Norway 100. 4- 2-2000 La Manga Norway 1-1 Sweden 101. 17- 4-2002 Oslo Norway 0-0 Sweden 102. 22- 1-2004 Hongkong Norway 3-0 Sweden 103. 8- 6-2005 Solna Sweden 2-3 Norway 104. 14- 8-2013 Solna Sweden 4-2 Norway 105. 8- 6-2015 Oslo Norway 0-0 Sweden 106. 13- 6-2017 Oslo Norway 1-1 Sweden 107. 26- 3-2019 Oslo Norway 3-3 Sweden [European Champ. Qual.] 108. 8- 9-2019 Solna Sweden 1-1 Norway [European Champ. Qual.] 109. 5- 6-2022 Solna Sweden 1-2 Norway [European Nations League] 110. 12- 6-2022 Oslo Norway 3-2 Sweden [European Nations League] [+] Sweden won after the drawing of lots to qualify for the final against Finland [!] match official for Sweden but not for Norway and therefore not included in the overviews [*] match official for Norway but not for Sweden and therefore not included in the overviews
Total record:
Norway 110 26 25 59 153-280 77
Sweden 110 59 25 26 280-153 143
Some more stats:
Pd N D S NG- SG
In Norway : 53 16 12 25 76-107
In Sweden: 51 8 11 32 70-163
Elsewhere: 6 2 2 2 7- 10
Norway - List of International Matches (link to RSSSF Norway)
Sweden - List of International Matches
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 6 Dec 2023
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