during the build up to uefa women's euro 2013 in sweden, dahlkvist recognised that new coach pia sundhage preferred caroline seger and marie hammarström as the national team's first choice central midfield pairing. despite questionable fitness dahlkvist was included in sweden's squad for the 2015 fifa women's world cup in canada. sundhage described the decision as "a gamble" and hoped dahlkvist could rediscover the excellent form she had shown at the previous world cup four years earlier. at the finals, sweden drew all three of their group stage matches against nigeria, united states, and australia. they were eliminated in the round of 16 after losing 4-1 to germany.