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Elmander included in Sweden's Euro squad

Coach Erik Hamren also picked goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson, who has been suffering from a shoulder problem.

As Tuesday's UEFA deadline passed for the registration of 23-man squads for next month's tournament in Ukraine and Poland, Galatasaray forward Elmander underwent an X-ray in Gothenburg to assess the state of his injury.

"The healing is going as it should," team doctor Leif Swardh told reporters following the X-ray.

"I increasingly hope that he will be ready to play the first game at the Euros."

Goalkeeper Isaksson, who kept goal in nine of Sweden's 10 qualifying games, has declared himself fit after being sidelined by a shoulder injury since early March.

"Now it feels a lot better, I think it's good now," he told reporters after a training session on the island of Gotland on Sunday.