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Swedish Olympic Team TOKYO 2020 MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, TOKYO 2020 3 MEDIA GUIDE SWEDEN This Booklet, presented and published by the Swedish Olympic Committee is intended to assist members of the media at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. Information is of July 2021. For late changes in the team, please see www.sok.se. Location In northern Europe, on the east side of the Scandi- navian Peninsula, with coastline on the North and Baltic seas and the Gulf of Bothnia. Neighbours Norway on the East. Mountains along Northwest border cover 25 per cent of Sweden. Flat or rolling terrain covers central and southern areas which includes several large lakes. Official name: Konungariket Sverige (Kingdom of Sweden). Area: 447 435 km2 (173 732 sq. miles). Rank in the world: 57. Population: 10 099 265 Capital: Stockholm Form of government: Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary state with one legislative house (Parlia- ment with 349 seats). Current constitution in force since January 1st, 1975. Chief of state: King Carl XVI Gustaf, since 1973. Head of government: Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, since 2014. Official language: Swedish. Monetary unit: 1 Swedish krona (SEK) = 100 öre. MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, TOKYO 2020 4 ANSVARIG UTGIVARE Lars Markusson, + 46 (0) 70 568 90 31, [email protected] ADRESS Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, Olympiastadion, Sofiatornet, 114 33 Stockholm TEL 08-402 68 00 www.sok.se LAYOUT Linda Sandgren, SOK TRYCK Elanders MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, TOKYO 2020 5 CONTENT SWEDISH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE 6 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC MOVEMENT 8 SWEDEN AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES 9 SWEDISH MEDALLISTS 10 CDM:S AND FLAG BEARERS 24 SWEDEN AT PREVIOUS OLYMPIC GAMES 25 OLYMPIC VENUES 26 COMPETITION SCHEDULE 28 SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM 32 SWEDISH MEDIA 71 MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, TOKYO 2020 6 SWEDISH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE Executive board The executive board, implementing the SOC pro- gramme, meets 8-10 times a year. It consists of the President and nine members elected by the Annual The Swedish Olympic Committee, SOC, is the Meeting and the IOC-members in Sweden. supreme authority of Sweden in all Olympic matters. SOC comprises of 41 National Olympic President Sports Associations as well as of 14 associa- Mats Årjes. tions of “recognized sports”. Vice presidents The Swedish Olympic Committee was established Maria Damgren Nilsson, Anders Larsson. in 1913. The annual meeting following the Olympic Games appoints an Executive Board for a period of Members four years. Olle Dahlin, Malin Eggertz Forsmark, Anette Nor- The main tasks for the Swedish Olympic Commit- berg, Anders Larsson, Stefan Rahm, Petra Sörling, tee are the following: Hans von Uthmann. • Development of top level sports. Representing the athletes • Talent detection and development of top level Anna Laurell Nash. sports. • Preparation for and selection to the Olympic IOC-members Games. Gunilla Lindberg, Stefan Holm. • Responsible for the Swedish participation in the Olympic Games and the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF). Selection rules • Participation in the international work in The SOC Executive Board selects Olympic partici- boards, congresses, seminars and working pants following proposals from and after discus- groups within the Olympic Movement. sions with the Olympic Sports Associations. To be • Bilateral cooperation with other Olympic selected as an Olympic competitor in the Olympics, Committees. an individual must show results sufficient to com- • Demands for governmental subsides. pete for places 1-8, and team results must be suffi- • Olympic Marketing Program, national and cient to compete for a place among the top eight. international. Teams qualifying for the Olympics in special Olym- • Grants to the National Olympic Sports Associ- pic qualifying rounds are automatically nominated ations from the marketing program. for the games. MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, TOKYO 2020 7 History end of 1906. For participating in the 1908 games, Svenska Gymnastikförbundet, in 1896, and a com- a Swedish Committee, 1907-1908, was headed by mittee appointed by Sveriges Allmänna Idrotts- HRH Prince Royal Gustaf Adolf (the future King förbund (later named Sveriges Centralförening för Gustaf VI Adolf, reigning 1953-1973). Another Idrottens Främjande), in 1900, were responsible committee, also led by Balck, was formed in 1909 for Swedish participation in the two first Olympic to take the responsibility for the organisation of the Games. Games of the Vth Olympiad in Stockholm and for The first Swedish Olympic Committee was foun- the participation of the Swedish team in 1912. ded on November 2nd 1905, in order to prepare a In its present form SOK was formed on April 27th team for the 1906 intercalated games. 1913, and the statues now in force were adopted by “The Swedish Organising Committee” chaired the Annual Meeting 2017. by Colonel Viktor G. Balck, was dissolved at the Successive SOC Presidents and Vice Presidents Presidents Vice Presidents 1913-1933 HRH Prince Royal Gustaf Adolf 1913-1928 Viktor G. Balck and J. Sigfrid Edström 1933-1947 HRH Prince Gustaf Adolf 1928-1948 J. Sigfrid Edström 1947-1997 HRH Prince Bertil 1949-1966 Bo Ekelund 1997-2000 Carl-Gustav Anderberg 1966-1996 Gunnar Ericsson 2000-2016 Stefan Lindeberg 2000-2011 Tomas Gustafson, Björn Rosengren 2016-2018 Hans Vestberg 2011-13 Tomas Gustafsson, Carin Nilsson Green 2018- Mats Årjes 2013-2015 Carin Nilsson Green, Per Palmström 2015-2017 Mervi Karttunen, Per Palmström 2017-2021 Maria Damgren-Nilsson, Per Palmström 2021- Maria Damgren-Nilsson, Anders Larsson Mats Årjes, President SOC, Photo: TT MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, TOKYO 2020 8 SWEDEN and the INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC MOVEMENT When Pierre de Coubertin invited personalities Lieutenant Fredrik Bergh and Major Sten Adalrik and organisations to support his move towards Drakenberg. re-establishing the Olympic Games, he included Two IOC sessions have been held in Sweden and the Royal Swedish Court. Stockholm, the 15th session in 1912 and the 41st On May 1st, 1894, the marshal of the Court wrote session in 1947, the 2nd meeting of the Executive to Coubertin: “By order of HRH the Prince Royal of Board with the International Federations was also Sweden and Norway, I have the honour to inform held in Stockholm. The IOC Executive Board has you that HRH has the pleasure in accepting patro- met in Stockholm three times in 1947, 1956 and nage of the International Athletics Congress from 1988. the 16thto the 24th June 1894 which you have so Gunilla Lindberg is currently member of the kindly offered him …” following IOC Commissions: Olympic Programme Having won this support, Coubertin then turned (1998-), Olympic Solidarity (2005-), Coordination to the Central Gymnastic Institute in Stockholm, for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024 and of its Director, at the time Captain Viktor G. (2017-), Evaluation for the Youth Olympic Games Balck (1844-1928). Balck became an honorary 2022 (2018), Coordination for the Youth Olympic member of the Organising Committee for the 1894 Games Dakar 2022 (2018-), Future Host Commis- Sorbonnne Congress at which the International sion for the Olympic Winter Games (2019-). Olympic Committee was founded. Stefan Holm was elected as active athlete 2013. Attending the Congress were two Swedish dele- gates, representing Svenska Gymnastikförbundet, 13 swedes have been or are IOC members Viktor G. Balck 1894-1920 (Founded member) Clarence von Rosen 1900-1948 J. Sigfrid Edström 1920-1952 Executive Board member 1921-1952. Vice President 1939-1946 (acting President 1942-1946. Honorary President until his death in 1964. Bo Ekelund 1948-1956 Executive Board member 1957-1962. Honorary member until his death in 1983. Gustaf Dryssen 1952-1970 Honorary member until his death in 1981. Gunnar Ericsson 1965-1996 Executive Board member 1988-1992. Honorary member until his death 2013. Sven Thofelt 1970-1976 Honorary member until his death in 1993. Matts Carlgren 1976-1992 Honorary member until his death in 1999. Arne Ljungqvist 1994-2012 Honorary member. Gunilla Lindberg 1996- Executive Board member 2000-2004, 2011-, IOC Vice President 2004-2008. Pernilla Wiberg 2002-2012 Göran Petersson 2009-2012 Stefan Holm 2013- MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, TOKYO 2020 9 SWEDEN AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES Sweden has attended all Olympic Games with the In the 31 Olympic Games 1896-2016 and the 23 sole exception of the St Louis Games in 1904. Olympic Winter Games 1924-2018 more than In 1896, Henrik Sjöberg, a candidate of medici- 21 300 medals (including arts competition 1912- ne, made the long journey from Stockholm to the 1948) has been awarded. Sweden has taken 668,5 Greek capital – partly on his own expense – to par- of these medals (including 205,5 gold) and holds ticipate in four athletic events (high jump finishing 9th place in the unofficial ranking. 4th, long jump 6th, discus 7th, and 100 m where he Swedish former olympians form Swedish Olym- was eliminated in the first round) and one gymnas- pians. The aim is to promote Swedish Olympic tic event (horse vault – placing unknown). sport, and members can be part of marketing The first Swedish woman in Olympic competition projects of the Swedish Olympic Committee. was Elsa Wallenberg in the 1908 indoor tennis The Games of the 5th Olympiad was held in tournament in London. Stockholm in 1912. The stadium built for these The first Olympic medal was of gold and won Games was also used for the Equestrian Games of by August Nilsson, Karl-Gustaf Staff and Gustaf the XVI Olympiad in 1956. Söderström together with three Danes in a tugwar The Olympic Stadium is also the home for the team on July 15th 1900 in Paris. Swedish Olympic Committee. Sweden has also attended all Olympic Winter Stockholm was candidate city for the organisa- games and was also represented in the winter tion of the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad in 2004. sports events held in 1908 (figure skating) and Sweden has been bidding, unsuccessfully, for the 1920 (figure skating and ice hockey).