For a long time, the choice fell on Hedvig Lindahl, and when she wasn't in goal, Jennifer Falk and Zecira Musovic fought for the spot.
But when Lindahl retired and Musovic is pregnant, it's suddenly only Jennifer Falk left among the current Swedish goalkeepers with A-international matches on their merit list.
However, the Häcken goalkeeper still feels the competition.
Of course, I do. We are three good goalkeepers who are here, says Jennifer Falk ahead of the Nations League matches against Italy and Wales.
I try to have the same attitude as I always have and do everything I can to play.
But shouldn't at least one other goalkeeper get a chance before the summer's European Championship, just in case? Jennifer Falk, who has had some injury concerns during the preseason, doesn't quite know what she thinks.
I haven't reflected much on it, she says.
I've always felt that I want to play all matches. But when I was part of the World Championship 2019, I had never played an international match. And it felt a bit strange. So I don't know what's best.
"Want to win"
At the last national team gathering, IFK Norrköping's goalkeeper Sofia Hjern, this time in the U23 national team, was selected.
But neither she nor the alternatives who are included in the upcoming Nations League matches – Emma Holmgren (Levante) and Tove Enblom (Vålerenga) – have played any international matches yet.
Considering that Sweden is fighting for a semifinal spot in the Nations League, it's not impossible that the statistics will look the same even when the European Championship starts in the summer, notes national team coach Peter Gerhardsson.
We haven't had a training international match since the Philippines before the World Championship (2023). Naturally, it has affected some players who would have played otherwise, he says.
But we have the opportunity to reach the semifinals in the Nations League this fall, so our thoughts are very competition-oriented now. We want to win.
Five matches left
Including the upcoming two matches – on Friday and Tuesday – five Swedish international matches remain before the European Championship premiere in July.
According to national team coach Peter Gerhardsson, it's not relevant to let another goalkeeper get playing time just to gain experience
You can enter a championship with someone debuting and doing very well as an outfield player. So you can do that as a goalkeeper too, he says.
It's a quality assessment.
Sweden's women's football team has five international matches left before the European Championship in Switzerland this summer:
April 4: Sweden–Italy, Stockholm (Nations League).
April 8: Sweden–Wales, Gothenburg (Nations League).
May 30: Italy–Sweden, venue not yet decided (Nations League).
June 3: Sweden–Denmark, Stockholm (Nations League).
June 26: Norway–Sweden, Oslo (friendly match).
The group stage of the European Championship:
July 4: Denmark–Sweden in Geneva.
July 8: Poland–Sweden in Lucerne.
July 12: Sweden–Germany in Zurich.
