A full international between 2006 and 2021, he won 88 caps for the Sweden national team and represented his country at four UEFA European Championships as well as the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The victorious Helsingborg side also contained Swedish internationals Henrik Larsson and Andreas Jakobsson as well as former Hibernian goalkeeper Daniel Andersson.

[7] On 9 July 2008, Granqvist signed a four-year contract with Dutch club, Groningen,[8] with Wigan receiving a fee of around £600,000.

On 13 September 2008, he scored after a 65-metre solo run,[9] a remarkable feat, which he again managed to accomplish in the last match of the regular season on 10 May 2009.

[20] Nine days later he scored another penalty, the second goal in a 3–0 win over Mexico which meant Sweden qualified for the next round and topped the group.

[21] Overall, Granqvist played a full 90 minutes in all games as Sweden were eliminated by England in the quarter final.

[22] In May 2021, Granqvist was somewhat controversially included in Sweden's 26-man squad for the postponed UEFA Euro 2020, since he had not made an appearance for the national team for nearly two years due to ongoing injury problems.

[25] Granqvist became a father for a second time after his wife Sofie gave birth in Helsingborg on 6 July 2018, while he was with the Sweden team at the World Cup in Russia.