Player Nationality Trends in the SDHL
The SDHL (Svenska Damhockeyligan) is the highest level women's ice hockey league in Sweden. The proportion of import players has grown quickly since the 2013-2014 season when Swedish players still made up 85% of the player material. Over the following decade, the proportion of foreign players increased to around 40%. Import players in the SDHL mainly come from Canada, Finland, Czechia, and Norway.
The chart below shows the relative proportions of different nationalities in the SDHL since the 2007-2008 season. Season specific data used in the chart can be found on the nationality totals statistics pages.
Current Season
Sweden
Regular Season
Swedish SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Swedish SDHL playersSeason records for Swedish SDHL playersPlayoffs
Swedish SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Swedish SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Swedish SDHL players - playoffs
Canada
Regular Season
Canadian SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Canadian SDHL playersSeason records for Canadian SDHL playersPlayoffs
Canadian SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Canadian SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Canadian SDHL players - playoffs
Finland
Regular Season
Finnish SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Finnish SDHL playersSeason records for Finnish SDHL playersPlayoffs
Finnish SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Finnish SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Finnish SDHL players - playoffs
United States
Regular Season
American SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for American SDHL playersSeason records for American SDHL playersPlayoffs
American SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for American SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for American SDHL players - playoffs
Czech Republic
Regular Season
Czech SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Czech SDHL playersSeason records for Czech SDHL playersPlayoffs
Czech SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Czech SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Czech SDHL players - playoffs
Norway
Regular Season
Norwegian SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Norwegian SDHL playersSeason records for Norwegian SDHL playersPlayoffs
Norwegian SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Norwegian SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Norwegian SDHL players - playoffs
Hungary
Regular Season
Hungarian SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Hungarian SDHL playersSeason records for Hungarian SDHL playersPlayoffs
Hungarian SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Hungarian SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Hungarian SDHL players - playoffs
Japan
Regular Season
Japanese SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Japanese SDHL playersSeason records for Japanese SDHL playersPlayoffs
Japanese SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Japanese SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Japanese SDHL players - playoffs
Denmark
Regular Season
Danish SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Danish SDHL playersSeason records for Danish SDHL playersPlayoffs
Danish SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Danish SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Danish SDHL players - playoffs
Netherlands
Regular Season
Dutch SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Dutch SDHL playersSeason records for Dutch SDHL playersPlayoffs
Dutch SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Dutch SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Dutch SDHL players - playoffs
Iceland
Regular Season
Icelandic SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Icelandic SDHL playersSeason records for Icelandic SDHL players
Germany
Regular Season
German SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for German SDHL playersSeason records for German SDHL playersPlayoffs
German SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for German SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for German SDHL players - playoffs
Poland
Regular Season
Polish SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Polish SDHL playersSeason records for Polish SDHL playersPlayoffs
Polish SDHL players - 2024 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Polish SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Polish SDHL players - playoffs
Italy
Regular Season
Italian SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Italian SDHL playersSeason records for Italian SDHL playersPlayoffs
Italian SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Italian SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Italian SDHL players - playoffs
Switzerland
Regular Season
Swiss SDHL players - 2024-2025 leadersAll-time records for Swiss SDHL playersSeason records for Swiss SDHL playersPlayoffs
Swiss SDHL players - 2025 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Swiss SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Swiss SDHL players - playoffsPast Seasons
New Zealand
Regular Season
New Zealander SDHL players - 2015-2016 leadersAll-time records for New Zealander SDHL playersSeason records for New Zealander SDHL playersPlayoffs
New Zealander SDHL players - 2016 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for New Zealander SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for New Zealander SDHL players - playoffs
Spain
Regular Season
Spanish SDHL players - 2021-2022 leadersAll-time records for Spanish SDHL playersSeason records for Spanish SDHL playersPlayoffs
Spanish SDHL players - 2021 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Spanish SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Spanish SDHL players - playoffs
Austria
Regular Season
Austrian SDHL players - 2023-2024 leadersAll-time records for Austrian SDHL playersSeason records for Austrian SDHL playersPlayoffs
Austrian SDHL players - 2023 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Austrian SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Austrian SDHL players - playoffs
Russia
Regular Season
Russian SDHL players - 2016-2017 leadersAll-time records for Russian SDHL playersSeason records for Russian SDHL playersPlayoffs
Russian SDHL players - 2017 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Russian SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Russian SDHL players - playoffs
United Kingdom
Regular Season
British SDHL players - 2022-2023 leadersAll-time records for British SDHL playersSeason records for British SDHL playersPlayoffs
British SDHL players - 2023 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for British SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for British SDHL players - playoffs
France
Regular Season
French SDHL players - 2023-2024 leadersAll-time records for French SDHL playersSeason records for French SDHL playersPlayoffs
French SDHL players - 2024 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for French SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for French SDHL players - playoffs
Slovakia
Regular Season
Slovak SDHL players - 2023-2024 leadersAll-time records for Slovak SDHL playersSeason records for Slovak SDHL playersPlayoffs
Slovak SDHL players - 2019 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Slovak SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Slovak SDHL players - playoffs
Lithuania
Regular Season
Lithuanian SDHL players - 2023-2024 leadersAll-time records for Lithuanian SDHL playersSeason records for Lithuanian SDHL players
Latvia
Regular Season
Latvian SDHL players - 2020-2021 leadersAll-time records for Latvian SDHL playersSeason records for Latvian SDHL playersPlayoffs
Latvian SDHL players - 2021 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Latvian SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Latvian SDHL players - playoffs
Slovenia
Regular Season
Slovenian SDHL players - 2019-2020 leadersAll-time records for Slovenian SDHL playersSeason records for Slovenian SDHL playersPlayoffs
Slovenian SDHL players - 2020 leaders - playoffsAll-time records for Slovenian SDHL players - playoffsSeason records for Slovenian SDHL players - playoffs