The national handball team will have to manage without Max Darj in this week's international matches against France and Denmark. The midfielder was injured when his Füchse Berlin won the top match against Kiel in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
Sävehof's 23-year-old Pontus Brolin, who has never represented either the A or U national team before, has been called in as a replacement.
Sweden will meet France in Orleans on Wednesday and Denmark in Linköping on Sunday. The matches are part of the EHF Euro Cup and are the first international matches under new national team captain Michael Apelgren.
It is now also clear who the opponents will be in Sweden's next international matches. The blue-yellow team will prepare for the World Championship by playing against Iceland in Kristianstad (January 9) and Malmö (January 11). Sweden will then begin the World Championship against Japan in Oslo on January 16.
