landslag

landslag

National team.

Here 'landslag' means the national sports team representing Sweden in an international competition.

Sveriges landslag spelar i mästerskapet.

Sweden's national team is playing in the championship.

In this context, 'landslag' refers to the entire team that achieved victory in their sporting match.

Vi såg på nyheterna att landslaget vann sin match.

We saw on the news that the national team won its game.

Here 'landslag' is used metaphorically to describe a high aspiration of becoming part of the elite sports representatives for one's country.

Barnen drömmer om att en dag spela i landslaget.

The children dream of playing in the national team one day.