damlandslag

Damlandslag is a Swedish term used to designate the women’s national team of a country in a given sport. The word is formed from dam, meaning woman, and landslag, meaning national team. In everyday usage, the definite form damlandslaget is used when referring to a specific team, while damlandslag can refer more generally to women’s national teams across sports and, in compound forms, to the team associated with a particular sport, such as damlandslaget i fotboll.

The term is employed across a wide range of sports in Sweden, including football (soccer), ice hockey, handball, basketball, and curling. National federations assign and manage these teams, with players selected from domestic leagues and international campaigns. Damlandslag teams compete in major international tournaments and events relevant to their sport, such as the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the UEFA Women’s Championship in football, the IIHF Women’s World Championship in ice hockey, and the Olympic Games when applicable.

In public and media discourse, damlandslag denotes the national women’s team representing Sweden in a given sport, distinguishing it from the corresponding men’s teams, which are often referred to as herrlandslag. The term reflects a broader pattern in Swedish sports language of using damlandslag to recognize women’s national teams as part of the country’s international sports representation.