Sweden has an unusually large number of significant players in the world's most popular league, primarily offensively.
One sees the same trend in the national team, that we have quite a few alternatives offensively compared to what we may have had before, says Alexandersson.
Alexandersson, 53 years old, spent seven seasons in the league, 1997-2004, in Sheffield Wednesday, Everton, and West Ham, and made over 100 international appearances. He means that Swedish football is different now and that it has an effect in a league like the Premier League.
It has swung a bit from our side. It probably goes hand in hand with how one works in youth football in Sweden. One works much more with the offensive parts and individual skill.
Expert and former Premier League profile Jonas Olsson is on the same track but talks about foreign influences.
Sweden has gone after what's "trending" in football, in recent years it's been La Masia and Pep Guardiola who have trended, and then Sweden has invested in offensive play. What was a bit of "the Swedish model" before - big, strong, stable defenders, the kind of player I was, is not quite what's in demand in today's football, says Olsson.
Key players offensively
Dejan Kulusevski continues to be Tottenham's creative engine. The team also includes the super talent Lucas Bergvall, 19 years old.
Elsewhere, it's more turbulent. Alexander Isak had a super season last year with 21 league goals - but right now he's in the middle of a transfer carousel that could end with him leaving Newcastle. The rumors about Liverpool are growing, and the question is whether he'll even wear black and white again. New to the club is Anthony Elanga, who steps in from a strong season in Nottingham Forest.
In north London, Viktor Gyökeres hopes to take Arsenal to new heights. Recruited from Sporting after a super success in Portugal, he is intended as the physical number nine that the club has lacked.
"Easy"
That the offensive national team players have key roles in the Premier League does not surprise Alexandersson.
Now it's just a different character for those who are most dominant and it's fun that we have several offensive players in the top teams. I think Swedes are easy to work with, Swedes have an easy time adapting to England. The climate and lifestyle are not all that different either.
In Brighton, Yasin Ayari has gone from talent on loan to established Premier League player.
Other Swedes in the league: Right-back Emil Krafth in Newcastle. Newcomer Leeds has picked up Gabriel Gudmundsson, from Lille, as left-back. At another newcomer, Burnley, is center-back Hjalmar Ekdal.
