The Swedish national bandy team has been taking part in bandy

Bandy

Bandy is a team winter sport played on ice, in which skaters use sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.The rules of the game have many similarities to those of association football: the game is played on a rectangle of ice the same size as a football field. Each team has 11 players,...

 world championship

Bandy World Championships

The Bandy World Championships are a competition between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy....

 since the start in 1957. The team has never finished worse than third place and has won the championship 10 times . Sweden won the first ever world championship for women in 2004.

In the 2009 World Championship

Bandy World Championship 2009

The Bandy World Championship 2009 was held between January 18 and January 25 in Västerås, Sweden. 13 countries participated in the 2009 championships: Belarus, Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia, the Netherlands and the United States...

 Sweden won in the final against Russia. Sweden repeated the victory in the 2010 World Championships

Bandy World Championship 2010

The Bandy World Championship 2010 was held between January 24 and January 31, 2010, in Moscow, Russia. 11 countries participated in the 2010 championships: Finland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia, Sweden, the United States and Canada, Hungary, Latvia, Mongolia and the Netherlands .The tournament was...

, this time in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, the first time Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 has won a bandy world championship in the capital of Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. This was the tenth victory in the world championships for Sweden.

The record for senior men's senior team appearances for the Swedish national bandy team is held by former Borlänge/Stora Tuna BK, Falu BS

Falu BS

Falu BS, is a bandy club from Falun in Sweden.Falu BS was founded on 10 December 1935, by merging Falu BK, Holmens IF, Falu SK and IFK Falun. All these clubs were playing bandy....

, Västerås SK Bandy

Västerås SK Bandy

Västerås SK Bandy is a Swedish sports club located in Västerås that plays the winter sport of bandy. The senior side currently plays in the Swedish Elitserien, the top division of Swedish bandy...

, IFK Vänersborg

IFK Vänersborg

IFK Vänersborg is a Swedish sports club in Vänersborg, Sweden, most famous for its success in bandy for men.-History:The club was formed on 9 March 1903. The first years, the club also competed in sports such as gymnastics and athletics....

, Sandvikens AIK

Sandvikens AIK

Sandvikens AIK, SAIK, is a sports club from Sandviken in Sweden. It is most noted for its successes in bandy but has also played football. Sandvikens are in their 64th season in the top division. Sandvikens play in black shirts...

 and Tillberga IK Bandy

Tillberga IK Bandy

Tillberga IK Bandy are a Swedish Bandy club who are playing in the Allsvenskan for the first time in the 2006/2007 season. Tillberga IK were founded in 1930 and play their home games at Rocklunda. Tillberga IK have struggled in the Allsvenskan this season finishing bottom of the Norra division...

 player Per Fosshaug

Per Fosshaug

Per "Pelle" Fosshaug is a Swedish bandy player, born on February 24, 1965. Fosshaug played in midfield for many clubs in Sweden, as well as for the Swedish national bandy team, for which he made a record 129 appearances between 1994 and 2005. His career began in the 1982/1983 season where he played...

, who played for the team 129 times.