Career
She is one of the most well known Swedish female football players. She played for Alnö IF, Sundsvalls DFF and Umeå IK. She retired from playing football aged 25 after suffering from anorexia nervosa. After the 1998 season, Nordlund approached English FA Women"s Premier League club Tranmere Rovers about playing for them in 1998-1999.
At the time she was visiting boyfriend Jesper Blomqvist, who was contracted to Manchester United.
She then returned to Umeå IK in order to preserve her national team place ahead of the 1999 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup. After winning eight caps at Under 17 level and 19 Under 21 caps, Nordlund made her senior Sweden debut in a 3–1 defeat by the United States at Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tennessee, on 30 October 1997.