I was surprised there has been that many.

Beside Scotland, Wales and Ireland, what other nation can match and beat 52?

Dunno if this link will work, but here they are

www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/article14315100.ab

I wonder has northern ireland had that many?

And now twins in Blackburn

Here they are (link doesn't work)

Niclas Alexandersson – Sheffield Wednesday , Everton- 1997–03
Marcus Allbäck – Aston Villa- 2002–04
Anders Andersson – Blackburn– 1997–98
Andreas Andersson – Newcastle– 1997–99
Patrik Andersson – Blackburn– 1992–94
Joachim Björklund – Sunderland- 2001–03
Jesper Blomqvist – Manchester United , Everton , Charlton– 1998–99, 2001–03
Tomas Brolin – Leeds , Crystal Palace- 1995–96, 1997–98
Martin Dahlin – Blackburn– 1997–99
Bojan Djordjic – Manchester United- 2000–01
Erik Edman – Tottenham, Wigan– 2004–06, 2007–11
David Elm – Fulham- 2009–10
Johan Elmander – Bolton– 2008–11
Jan Eriksson – Sunderland- 1996–97
Andreas Granqvist – Wigan - 2007–08
Niklas Gudmundsson – Blackburn– 1995–97
Tomas Gustafsson – Coventry– 1999–2000
Magnus Hedman – Coventry– 1997–01
Klas Ingesson – Sheffield Wednesday- 1994–96
Andreas Isaksson – Manchester City- 2006–08
Andreas Jakobsson – Southampton- 2004–05
Andreas Johansson – Wigan - 2005–07
Nils-Eric Johansson – Blackburn– 2001–05
Mattias Jonson – Norwich– 2004–05
Pontus Kåmark – Leicester– 1996–99
Henrik Larsson – Manchester United- 2006–07
Sebastian Larsson – Arsenal , Birmingham, Sunderland- 2005–06, 2008–12
Anders Limpar – Arsenal , Everton- 1992–97
Tobias Linderoth – Everton- 2001–04
Fredrik Ljungberg – Arsenal , West Ham– 1998–08
Teddy Lucic – Leeds- 2002–03
Peter Markstedt – Barnsley- 1997–98
Jesper Mattsson – Nottingham– 1998–99
Olof Mellberg – Aston Villa- 2001–08
Mikael Nilsson – Southampton- 2004–05
Roland Nilsson – Sheffield Wednesday , Coventry– 1992–94, 1997–99
Jonas Olsson – West Bromwich– 2008–12
Martin Olsson – Blackburn– 2007–12
Rade Prica – Sunderland- 2007–08
Martin Pringle – Charlton - 1998–99, 2000–01
Marino Rahmberg – Derby– 1996–97
Björn Runström – Fulham- 2006–07
Stefan Schwarz – Arsenal , Sunderland- 1994–95, 1999–02
Rami Shaaban – Arsenal- 2002–03
Fredrik Stoor – Fulham- 2008–10
Anders Svensson – Southampton- 2001–05
Mathias Svensson – Charlton , Norwich– 2000–05
Michael Svensson – Southampton- 2002–04
Christian Wilhelmsson – Bolton– 2007–08
Jonas Wirmola – Sheffield United- 1993–94

Wiki says:


152 - France
87 - Netherlands
55 - Italy
53 - Spain
52 - Norway
52 - Sweden
46 - Denmark
44 - Brazil
43 - Portugal
42 - Australia
41 - Argentina
33 - United States
32 - Germany
31 - Jamaica
26 - Belgium
26 - Nigeria
22 - Cameroon
21 - Czech Republic
21 - Serbia
20 - Senegal
18 - Croatia
17 - Switzerland
16 - Finland
16 - Greece
15 - Iceland
15 - Ivory Coast
14 - Ghana
13 - Israel
12 - Poland
12 - Slovakia
12 - South Africa
12 - Uruguay
11 - Algeria
11 - Morocco
10 - Hungary
10 - Trinidad and Tobago
10 - Turkey
9 - Canada
9 - Korea Republic
9 - Romania
8 - Austria
8 - Ecuador
8 - Mexico
7 - Bulgaria
7 - Chile
7 - Russia
6 - Egypt
6 - Mali
6 - New Zealand
5 - China PR
5 - Colombia
5 - Congo DR
5 - Georgia
5 - Honduras
5 - Paraguay
5 - Slovenia
5 - Ukraine
4 - Guinea
4 - Latvia
4 - Peru
4 - Saint Kitts and Nevis
3 - Barbados
3 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 - Costa Rica
3 - Japan
3 - Macedonia
3 - Togo
3 - Tunisia
3 - Zimbabwe
2 - Belarus
2 - Bermuda
2 - Bolivia
2 - Congo
2 - Cyprus
2 - Grenada
2 - Iran
2 - Liberia
2 - Montenegro
2 - Sierra Leone
1 - Albania
1 - Angola
1 - Antigua and Barbuda
1 - Cape Verde
1 - Curaçao
1 - Estonia
1 - Faroe Islands
1 - Gabon
1 - Guyana
1 - Lithuania
1 - Montserrat
1 - Oman
1 - Pakistan
1 - Seychelles
1 - Zambia

Player details
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_Premier_League_players

Dear Mr Wiki:

"Lets talk about Sess baby,
Hes better than you and me,,
Hes the best thing,
From Benin,
Ive ever seen.
Lets talk abooooowwwwut Sess."

Sundeporino wrote:
Hes the best thing,
From Benin,
Ive ever seen.

Talk about damning with faint praise...

The Awesome Berbaslug!!! wrote:
I wonder has Northern Ireland had that many?

Also 52, coincidentally enough.

PS why is the Irish Republic not considered foreign in a list of players from Britain?

...take one down, pass him around,
51 Swedes in the Barclays Premier League®

Nope, it'll never catch on.

Leicester City fans were driven to religious fervor after watching one of their Svensk starlets in the late 1990s. They suffered under Pontus Kamark.

I've looked through that list a few times now, and, Ljungberg apart, I'm struggling to see one player there that has had a major impact on English football. Brolin came with the biggest reputation, and as a result, turned out to be the biggest letdown. Most of that list is a catalogue of averageness that rarely managed to find themselves earning a second contract, with a fair few failing to see out the end of their first contracts.
Wasn't it a long held belief often perpetrated by lazy pundits that Scandinavian players are particularly suited to the style of play in England? Was it really just that they were cheaper than Eastern European/South American players or easier to get through employment issues?

sebastian larsson is a decent player. but yes, the depth of mediocrity is impressive.

Duncan Gardner wrote:
Leicester City fans were driven to religious fervor after watching one of their Svensk starlets in the late 1990s. They suffered under Pontus Kamark.

They hardly suffered. Didn't he once score a goal that won them a League Cup?

Duncan Gardner wrote:
The Awesome Berbaslug!!! wrote:
I wonder has Northern Ireland had that many?

Also 52, coincidentally enough.

PS why is the Irish Republic not considered foreign in a list of players from Britain?

Probably over-familiarity, and the English tendency to lump us in with "the home nations", so they exaggerate 1953, and gloss over 1949.

garcia wrote:
sebastian larsson is a decent player. but yes, the depth of mediocrity is impressive.

But very few of them were signed with the notion that they would become stars in the PL and carry a team. I'm pretty sure many of them were much cheaper than plenty of local below mediocre.

I'm sure Arsenal fans have fond memories of Anders Limpar, as do Sheffield Wednesday fans of Roland Nilsson, and Villa fans of Mellberg.

The norwegians did a bit better. Solksjaer, johnsen, berg, bohinen were all really good players. Tore andre flo was pretty decent at chelsea, thorsvedt was pretty good at spurs. Even Pedersen at blackburn is considerably better than nearly every swede on that list. Hell even alf inge haaland was better than nearly every swede on that list.

Scandanavian footballers usually were big and strong, and used to the english style game. Many of them spoke english, and compared to many of their english equivalents were generally non drinking model professionals.

I also wonder how many of them had rune hauge as an agent?

The Awesome Berbaslug!!! wrote:
The norwegians did a bit better. Solksjaer, johnsen, berg, bohinen were all really good players. Tore andre flo was pretty decent at chelsea, thorsvedt was pretty good at spurs. Even Pedersen at blackburn is considerably better than nearly every swede on that list. Hell even alf inge haaland was better than nearly every swede on that list.

Scandanavian footballers usually were big and strong, and used to the english style game. Many of them spoke english, and compared to many of their english equivalents were generally non drinking model professionals.

I also wonder how many of them had rune hauge as an agent?

Yes, and?

well the best swedish players would be going to italy and germany by default. English clubs hoovered up the big tall ones who were left.