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.