Andersson was also a key player for the
Swedish National Team during the golden generation known as the "Bengan Boys", where he played 307 national team matches between 1988 and 2003. At the
1990 World Championship he won gold medals with Sweden. He won his second World Championship at the
1999 World Championship. In 1992, he was a member of the Swedish handball team that won the silver medal in the
Olympic tournament, playing all seven matches and scoring 18 goals. Four years later, he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal again, playing six matches and scoring 16 goals. At the 2000 Games, he won his third silver medal with the Swedish team, playing all eight matches and scoring ten goals. In 1994 he was part of the Swedish team that won the inaugural
1994 European Championship, which he followed up with gold medals in
1998,
2000 and
2002. == Coaching career==