Career
She joined previous club Piteå IF for the 2014 season, having been on loan from Tyresö FF for the second part of the 2013 season. She has also played top level club football for Bälinge IF and AIK. Appelqvist made her debut for the Sweden women"s national football team in February 2014. Appelqvist, a defensive central midfielder, began her senior career with local team Bälinge IF. In October 2007, at the age of 17, she was given a four-year contract with the club and was described by the coach as a future national team player.
Appelqvist spent three seasons with Bälinge before their relegation from the Damallsvenskan in 2008.
Ahead of the 2009 season, she rejected an offer from Tyresö FF and joined AIK instead. When AIK suffered relegation in 2010, a disappointed Appelqvist moved to Tyresö explaining that she had to keep playing Damallsvenskan football to be considered for the national team
With competition for places increasingly fierce at Tyresö, Appelqvist moved to Piteå on loan during the 2013 mid-season break. In November 2013 Appelqvist made her transfer to Piteå permanent, despite reported interest from other clubs.
After helping Piteå to a third place finish in 2015, she left for Djurgårdens IF, explaining that the social aspect of living back in Stockholm had attracted her.
As a Swedish under-19 international, Appelqvist played the 2009 U-19 European Championship where she was chosen one of the Top 10 players by Union of European Football Associations.com as well as the 2010 U-20 World Cup, serving as the team"s captain. At the latter competition Appelqvist played every minute of Sweden"s campaign, which ended with a 2–0 defeat to Colombia in the quarter-final. In February 2010, Appelqvist and Antonia Göransson were called up to train with the senior national team for the Algarve Cup.
As of June 2013, Appelqvist had 11 caps for Sweden at the Under-23 level
National coach Pia Sundhage called Appelqvist up to a senior team training camp at Bosön in November 2013. Appelqvist made her debut for the senior Sweden team in a 3–0 friendly defeat by France in Amiens on 8 February 2014.
In May 2015, Appelqvist and Piteå team-mate Hilda Carlén were both confirmed in Sweden"s squad for the 2015 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup in Canada. In 2009 Appelqvist was in a relationship with professional ice hockey player Daniel Brodin.
Club Tyresö FF.