The UEFA European Championship is one of the major competitive international football tournaments, first played in 1960, whose finals stage has been held every four years, with the sixteenth staging of the competition occurring in 2021 (postponed for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe).
The Sweden men's national football team did not enter the competition until 1992, when it was the host nation of the tournament. After failing to qualify for Euro 1996, Sweden then qualified for six consecutive tournaments between the 2000 edition (played in Belgium and the Netherlands) and the 2020 edition (played across Europe), before missing out in 2024. The team's best performance has been reaching the semi-finals once — in 1992, losing to Germany 2–3 to finish with a bronze medal, Sweden's highest achievement up to date in the European Championship.
| UEFA European Championship record | width=1% rowspan=25 | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | ||||||||||||||
 1960 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1964 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | |||||||||
 1968 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||
 1972 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1976 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1980 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | ||||||||||
| 1984 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1988 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | ||||||||||
 1992 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | Qualified as hosts | |||||||
| 1996 | Did not qualify | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
 2000 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
 2004 | Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 3* | 0 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | ||
  2008 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | ||
  2012 | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 11 | |||
| 2016 | 20th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 12 | |||
| 2020 | Round of 16 | 10th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | ||
 2024 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 12 | |||||||||
 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
 2032 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | Best: Semi-finals | 7/17 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 122 | 64 | 27 | 31 | 211 | 123 | ||
See main article: UEFA Euro 1992.
See main article: UEFA Euro 1992 Group 1.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 1992 knockout stage.
Semi-finals
See main article: UEFA Euro 2000.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group B.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2004.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group C.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage.
Quarter-finals
See main article: UEFA Euro 2008.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2008 Group D.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2012.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2012 Group D.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2016.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2016 Group E.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2020.
See main article: UEFA Euro 2020 Group E.
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See main article: UEFA Euro 2020 knockout stage.
Round of 16
| Player | Goals | 1992 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| < | --These are own goals scored by opponents for Sweden, not own goals scored by Sweden. This row should be placed last no matter how many own goals have been scored.--> | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 30 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 |