Career
Born in Påarp, Granqvist started his career with his local club, Påarps GIF. He later transferred to Helsingborgs IF and he made his debut in Allsvenskan, 2004. The victorious Helsingborg side also contained former Swedish internationals Henrik Larsson and Andreas Jakobsson as well as former Hibernian goalkeeper Daniel Andersson. In January 2007, he completed a loan move to Wigan Athletic with a view to a permanent deal in the summer.
On 19 June 2007, Granqvist signed a two-year deal with Wigan, for a fee reported to be around £750,000.
On 12 March 2008, Granqvist returned to Helsingborg on a loan deal until the end of the English season in June. On 9 July 2008 Granqvist signed a four-year contract with Dutch club, Groningen, with Wigan receiving a fee of around £600,000.
On 15 June 2011, Groningen sold Granqvist to Genoa for €2 million. The Swedish international has signed a four-year contract with the Italian club
On 16 August 2013, Granqvist moved from Genoa to Russian Premier League side Krasnodar.
Granqvist has played for the Swedish national team, and, in May 2008, he was included in Sweden"s 23-men squad for Union of European Football Associations Euro 2008. However, he was an unused substitute in all three of Sweden"s games.