Stina Blackstenius

Vadstena

Blackstenius grew up in Vadstena and joined local club Vadstena GIF in 2002 at the age of 6. On 20 April 2011, Blackstenius made her senior debut for the club against BK Kenty in the Östergötland region Division 3, the fifth tier of women's football in Sweden. She started the match and scored twice as Vadstena lost 5–4. In her debut season, Blackstenius started all 18 leagues games and scored 21 goals. She played 16 games the following season and finished as the league's top scorer with 38 goals. She was named 2012 Östergötland player of the year.

Linköping

Prior to the start of the 2013 season, Blackstenius signed a three-year contract with Linköping FC of the top-flight Damallsvenskan. She made her Damallsvenskan debut as a 68th-minute substitute on 17 April 2013 in a 1–1 draw with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. She scored her first top-flight goal on 28 May 2013, in a 3–1 victory over Malmö FF. On 31 July 2013, Blackstenius played her first Svenska Cupen match for the club, scoring a hattrick during a 13–0 win against Landsbro IF. Having appeared in 9 of the first 11 league games of the season all as a substitute, Blackstenius was given a bigger role towards the end of the season. She started all of the 11 remaining league games and went on a run of scoring six goals in the final five games as Linköping finished third. Linköping reached the 2013–14 Swedish Cup final. They beat Kristianstads DFF 2–1 with Blackstenius appearing as a 62nd-minute…

Youth

On 30 October 2012, Blackstenius made her Sweden under-17 debut during 2013 UEFA Under-17 Championship qualification, scoring a hattrick in a 9–0 win over Croatia. As an under-19 international, Blackstenius featured prominently at the 2015 UEFA Under-19 Championship. She finished as tournament's top goalscorer after scoring six goals for the victorious Swedish team, including two in the 3–1 final win over Spain. In total she scored 50 goals in 49 appearances while representing Sweden at various youth age groups.

Senior

Blackstenius made her senior Sweden national team debut as a 79th-minute substitute in a 1–0 UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying win over Denmark on 27 October 2015, at Gamla Ullevi. On 8 April 2016, she scored her first senior international goal on her fifth appearance, the third goal in Sweden's 3–0 win over Slovakia in Poprad during UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying. In June 2016, Blackstenius was named in the Sweden squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Having appeared as a substitute against South Africa in the opening group match, Blackstenius was an unused substitute for the next two as Sweden progressed as one of the two best-ranked third place teams. In the quarter-final against the reigning World Cup and Olympic champions United States, she came off the bench to replace the injured Fridolina Rolfö in the 18th minute and scored in the second half to give Sweden a lead. With the game tied at 1–1, Sweden progressed following a penalty shoot-out.…

Club

As of match played 6 September 2026

International

As of match played 9 June 2026

As of match played 18 April 2026 Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Blackstenius goal.

Blackstenius is the daughter of Magnus Blackstenius and Lena Wiberg. She has an older brother, Oscar, and her younger half-sister is Sweden international handball player Nina Koppang. Blackstenius also grew up playing handball and did so competitively until 2013. Blackstenius studied economics at Kungshögaskolan in Mjölby. Her last name, Blackstenius, comes from her father's family. He lived on a farm called "Blacksta", and her grandfather's name was "Sten". She, her father, and her brother are the only ones who have that name in Sweden.