Swedish Olympic Team PYEONGCHANG 2018 MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, PYEONGCHANG 2018 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 January 2018. 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: 10 093 734 Capital: Stockholm Form of government: Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary state with one legislative house (Parliament with 349 seats). Current constitution 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. (Valuation January 2018). 1 USD= 8,17 SEK, 1 EUR= 9,83 SEK. MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, PYEONGCHANG 2018 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 2018 MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, PYEONGCHANG 2018 5 CONTENT SWEDISH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE 6 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC MOVEMENT 8 SWEDEN AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES 9 SWEDISH MEDALLISTS 10 CDM:S AND FLAG BEARERS 18 SWEDEN AT PREVIOUS WINTER GAMES 19 OLYMPIC VENUES 20 COMPETITION SCHEDULE 22 SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM 24 MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, PYEONGCHANG 2018 6 SWEDISH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE The Swedish Olympic Committee, SOC, is the supreme authority of Sweden in all Olym- pic matters. SOC comprises of 36 National Olympic Sports Associations as well as of 18 associations of “recognized sports”. The Swedish Olympic Committee was established in 1913. The annual meeting following the Olympic Games appoints an Executive Board for a period of four years. The main tasks for the Swedish Olympic Commit- tee are the following: • Development of top level sports. • Talent detection and development of top level Members sports. Anette Norberg, Hans von Uthmann, Katarina • Preparation for and selection to the Olympic Henriksson, Malin Eggertz Forsmark, Olle Dahlin, Games. Anders Larsson. • Responsible for the Swedish participation in the Olympic Games and the European Youth Representing the athletes Olympic Festival (EYOF). Anna Laurell Nash. • Participation in the international work in boards, congresses, seminars and working IOC-members groups within the Olympic Movement. Gunilla Lindberg, Stefan Holm. • Bilateral cooperation with other Olympic Committees. Olympic candidates • Demands for governmental subsides. Being nominated as a candidate for the Olympic • Olympic Marketing Program, national and Games implies that SOC, together with the Olym- international. pic Sport Associations, consider the nominees, at • Grants to the National Olympic Sports Associ- the time for selection, to be qualified to take part ations from the marketing program. in the Olympic Games. The status of an Olympic candidate is reviewed annually. The executive board, implementing the SOC pro- gramme, meets 8-10 times a year. It consists of the Selection rules President and nine members elected by the Annual The SOC Executive Board selects Olympic partici- Meeting and the IOC-members in Sweden. pants following proposals from and after discus- sions with the Olympic Sports Associations. To be President selected as an Olympic competitor in the Olympics, Hans Vestberg. an individual must show results sufficient to com- pete for places 1-8, and team results must be suffi- Vice presidents cient to compete for a place among the top eight. Maria Damgren Nilsson, Per Palmström. Teams qualifying for the Olympics in special Olym- pic qualifying rounds are automatically nominated for the games. MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, PYEONGCHANG 2018 7 History HRH Prince Royal Gustaf Adolf (the future King Svenska Gymnastikförbundet, in 1896, and a com- Gustaf VI Adolf, reigning 1953-1973). Another mittee appointed by Sveriges Allmänna Idrotts- committee, also led by Balck, was formed in 1909 förbund (later named Sveriges Centralförening för to take the responsibility for the organisation of the Idrottens Främjande), in 1900, were responsible Games of the Vth Olympiad in Stockholm and for for Swedish participation in the two first Olympic the participation of the Swedish team in 1912. Games. In its present form SOK was formed on April 27th The first Swedish Olympic Committee was foun- 1913, and the statues now in force were adopted by ded on November 2nd 1905, in order to prepare a the Annual Meeting 2017. team for the 1906 intercalated games. “The Swedish Organising Committee” chaired by Colonel Viktor G. Balck, was dissolved at the end of 1906. For participating in the 1908 games, a Swedish Committee, 1907-1908, was headed by 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- Hans Vestberg 2011-13 Tomas Gustafsson, Carin Nilsson Green 2013-2015 Carin Nilsson Green, Per Palmström 2015-2017 Mervi Karttunen, Per Palmström 2017- Maria Damgren-Nilsson, Per Palmström Hans Vestberg, President SOC, Photo: TT MEDIA GUIDE - SWEDISH OLYMPIC TEAM, PYEONGCHANG 2018 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: Chairperson of Having won this support, Coubertin then turned the Evaluation and then Coordination Commissi- to the Central Gymnastic Institute in Stockholm, on for the XXIII OlympicWinter Games in and of its Director, at the time Captain Viktor G. PyeongChang in 2018 (2011-), Olympic Program- Balck (1844-1928). Balck became an honorary me (1998-), Olympic Solidarity (2005-), Eluvation member of the Organising Committee for the 1894 for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris Sorbonnne Congress at which the International in 2024 (2017-). Member of the Executive Board Olympic Committee was founded. (2000-2004) then (2011-), IOC Vice-President Attending the Congress were two Swedish dele- (2004-2008). gates, representing Svenska Gymnastikförbundet, Stefan Holm was elected as active athlete 2013. 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 1965-1966 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, PYEONGCHANG 2018 9 SWEDEN AND THE OLYMPIC GAMES Sweden has attended all Olympic Games with the In the 31 Olympic Games 1896-2016 and the 22 sole exceptions of the St Louis Games in 1904. Olympic Winter Games 1924-2014 more than In 1896, Henrik Sjöberg, a candidate of medici- 18 500 medals (including arts competition 1912- ne, made the long journey from Stockholm to the 1948) has been awarded. Sweden has taken 637,5 Greek capital – partly on his own expense – to par- of these medals (including 194,5 gold) and holds ticipate in four athletic events (high jump finishing 8th place in the unofficial ranking. 4th, long jump 6th, discus 7th, and 100 m where he Swedish Olympic Champions form the Olympic was eliminated in the first round) and one gymnas- Gold Club, Olympiska Guldklubben. The aim is tic event (horse vault – placing unknown). to promote Swedish Olympic sport, and members The first Swedish woman in Olympic competition can be part of marketing projects of the Swedish was Elsa Wallenberg in the 1908 indoor tennis Olympic Committee. tournament in London. The Games of the 5th Olympiad was held in The first Olympic medal was of gold and won Stockholm in 1912. The stadium built for these by August Nilsson, Karl-Gustaf Staff and Gustaf Games was also used for the Equestrian Games of Söderström together with three Danes in a tugwar the XVI Olympiad in 1956. team on July 15th 1900 in Paris.