Svärd was born in 2003 and is attached to Viksjö Golf Club in his native Järfälla Municipality.

In 2021, he was selected to represent Europe in the Jacques Léglise Trophy, in which the Europeans prevailed 161⁄2 to 81⁄2 over the British at Falsterbo Golf Club, Sweden.

[1] He won bronze in the 2021 European Boys' Team Championship in Denmark after Sweden lost the semi-final to Germany 3–4, where he beat Tim Wiedemeyer, 2 and 1.

[4] He secured gold for Sweden at the 2024 European Amateur Team Championship in Italy after he won his Sunday singles match against Benjamin Reuter, 2 and 1, for a score of 3–2 in the final against the Netherlands.

[2] He earned Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year honors and won the Big Ten Championship both as a freshman and sophomore, joining only Luke Donald and Sid Richardson as two-time individual conference champions for the Wildcats.