“Hank is a bigger target of the media because of his girlfriend. They’re the Swedish version of Beckham and Posh.”

Zetterberg laughed at the comparison to David and Victoria Beckham, saying he and Emma Andersson are much more low key.

“We don’t get followed like crazy here or back home,” Zetterberg said. “But she’s had her own TV show, so she’s known in public, too.”

Zetterberg’s game also draws attention.

His 21 points in the playoffs tie him for the league lead with Sidney Crosby.

Franzen leads the NHL in goals this postseason despite missing the previous five games with concussion-like symptoms.

Kronwall shatters the myth about soft Europeans, delivering spectacular hits in open ice, and has contributed 12 postseason points.

Samuelsson has nine points, ranking ninth on the team — behind five Swedes. Lilja has played in six of Detroit’s 16 playoff games, adding grit on the blue line.

Two more Swedes, Mattias Ritola and Jonathan Ericsson, haven’t played in the playoffs for the Red Wings.

“Being here together with all the Swedes is nice and unique,” Zetterberg said. “We know we won’t be together forever, so we’re enjoying it while it lasts.”

The Swedish Red Wings say their nationality is irrelevant on the ice and in the dressing room, but acknowledge their bond away from Joe Louis Arena.

All of them live in a Detroit suburb, Novi, other than Zetterberg, who lives about 20 miles away in Bloomfield Hills.

“It’s great for our families, especially our wives and girlfriends when we’re on the road,” Lilja said. “Our kids speak English at school, and Swedish at home. Sometimes they mix the two languages sometimes and we call that Swenglish.

“We live so close to each other. I’m a sand wedge away from Samuelsson’s yard and the rest the guys — other than Hank — are a 2-minute drive away.”

Yes, Zetterberg hears about that.

“Well, you know, Hank is a star,” Lilja joked, putting his fingers in the air to make quote marks. “He can’t live with us in Novi.”

Zetterberg, standing nearby, had a rebuttal.

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“When I got here, it was only Nick and Homer and I thought they were too old,” the 27-year-old Zetterberg said. “So, I lived where the younger guys did.”

One of the youngest Swedes in the Detroit area, 4-year-old Isak Holmstrom, recently went to a home game sporting a miniature version of his father’s No. 96 jersey with his mother.

“It’s wonderful to have all the Swedes here in Detroit,” Annelie Holmstrom said. “We’re like one, big happy family.”