Swedish Olympic Team - Sochi 2014 MEDIA GUIDE SWEDEN - SOCHI 2014 3 Media Guide Sweden This Booklet, presented and published by the Swedish Olympic Committee is intended to assist mem- bers of the media at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. Information is of January 2014. For late changes in the team, please see www.sok.se. Location In northern Europe, on the east side of the Scandinavian Peninsula, with coastline on the North and Baltic seas and the Gulf of Bothnia. Neighbours Norway on the East. Mountains along Official name: Konungariket Sverige (Kingdom of Sweden). Northwest border cover 25 percent of Sweden. Flat or rolling terrain Area: 444 964 km2 (173 732 sq. miles). Rank in the world: 56. covers central and southern areas which includes several large lakes. Population: 9 639 741 Capital: Stockholm Form of government: Constitutionalal monarchy andand parliamentaryparliamentary state with one legislative house (ParliamentParliament with 349 seatsseats).). CuCur-r- rent constitution force since Januaryary 1st, 1975. Chief of state: King Carl XVI Gustaf,f, since 1973. Head of government: Prime Ministerter FreFredrikdrik ReinfelReinfeldt,dt, since 2006. Official language: Swedish. Monetary unit: 1 Swedish krona (SEK)SEK) = 100 öre. ((ValuationValuation JaJanu-nu- ary 2014). 1 USD= 6,82 SEK, 1 EUR=UR= 9,25 SEK.SEK. MEDIA GUIDE SWEDEN - SOCHI 2014 4 Ansvarig utgivare Björn Folin, 08-402 68 05, [email protected] Adress Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté Olympiastadion, Sofiatornet, 114 33 Stockholm Tel 08-402 68 00, Fax 08-402 60 18 www.sok.se Layout Linda Sandgren, SOK MEDIA GUIDE SWEDEN - SOCHI 2014 5 3 Media Guide Sweden 6 The Swedish Olympic Committee 9 Sweden and the Olympic Games 10 Swedish Medallists in Olympic Winter Games 20 Arenor i Coastal Cluster 21 Arenor i Mountain Cluster 22 Sotji 2014 - dag för dag 33 Swedish Olympic Team MEDIA GUIDE SWEDEN - SOCHI 2014 6 The Swedish Olympic Committee (Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK) Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK, is the President supreme authority of Sweden in all Olympic Stefan Lindeberg. matters. SOK comprises of 36 National Olympic Sports Associations as well as of 15 associations Vice presidents: of “recognized sports”. Carin Nilsson Green, Per Palmström. The Swedish Olympic Committee was estab- lished in 1913. The annual meeting following the Members: Olympic Games appoints an Executive Board for Bengt Jönsson, Mervi Karttunen, Maria Damgren, a period of four years. Hans von Uthmann, Bengt Jönsson, Jerker Löf- The main tasks for the Swedish Olympic Com- gren, Katarina Henriksson. mittee are the following: Development of top level sports. Representing the athletes: Talent detection and development of top level Jörgen Persson. 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 candidates Olympic Festival (EYOF). Being nominated as a candidate for the Olympic Participation in the international work in Games implies that SOK, together with the Olym- boards, congresses, seminairs and working pic Sport Associations, consider the nominees, groups within the Olympic Movement. at the time for selection, to be qualified to take Bilateral cooperation with other Olympic part in the Olympic Games. Committees. The status of an Olympic candidate is re- Demands for governmental subsides. viewed annually. Olympic Marketing Program, national and international. Selection rules Grants to the National Olympic Sports Asso- The SOK Executive Board selects Olympic ciations from the marketing program. participants following proposals from and after discussions with the Olympic Sports Associa- The executive board, implementing the SOK- tions. To be selected as an Olympic competitor programme, meets 8-10 times a year. It consists in the Olympics, an individual must show results of the President and eight members elected by sufficient to compete for places 1-8, and team the Annual Meeting and the IOC-members in results must be sufficient to compete for a place Sweden. among the top six. Teams qualifying for the Olympics in special Olympic qualifying rounds are automatically nominated for the games. MEDIA GUIDE SWEDEN - SOCHI 2014 7 Successive SOK Presidents and Vice Presidents Presidents Vice Presidents 1913-33 HRH Prince Royal Gustaf Adolf 1913-28 Viktor G.Balck and J. Sigfrid Edström 1933-47 HRH Prince Gustaf Adolf 1928-48 J. Sigfrid Edström 1947-97 HRH Prince Bertil 1949-66 Bo Ekelund 1997-00 Carl-Gustav Anderberg 1966-96 Gunnar Ericsson 2000- Stefan Lindeberg 2000-11 Tomas Gustafson, Björn Rosengren 2011-13 Tomas Gustafsson, Carin Nilsson Green 2013- Carin Nilsson Green, Pär Palmström History Sweden and the International Svenska Gymnastikförbundet, in 1896, and a Olympic Movement committee appointeed by Sveriges Allmänna When Pierre de Coubertin invited personalities Idrottsförbund (later named Sveriges Central- and organisations to support his move towards förening för Idrottens Främjande ), in 1900, were re-establishing the Olympic Games, he included responsible for Swedish participation in the two the Royal Swedish Court. first Olympic Games. On May 1st, 1894, the marshal of the Court The first Swedish Olympic Committee was wrote to Coubertin: “By order of HRH the Prince founded on November 2nd 1905, in order to Royal of Sweden and Norway, I have the honour prepare a team for the 1906 intercalated games. to inform you that HRH has the pleasure in ac- “The Swedish Organising Committee” chaired by cepting patronage of the International Athletics Colonel Viktor G. Balck, was dissolved at the end Congress from the 16thto the 24th June 1894 of 1906. For participating in the 1908 games, a wich you have so kindly offered him …” Swedish Committee, 1907-1908, was headed by Having won this support, Coubertin then HRH Prince Royal Gustaf Adolf (the future King turned to the Central Gymnastic Institute in Gustaf VI Adolf, reigning 1953-1973). Another Stockholm, and of its Director, at the time Cap- committee, also led by Balck, was formed in tain Viktor G. Balck (1844-1928). Balck became 1909 to take the responsibility for the organisa- an honorary member of the Organising Commit- tion of the Games of the Vth Olympiad in Stock- tee for the 1894 Sorbonnne Congress at wich the holm and for the participation of the Swedish International Olympic Committee was founded. team in 1912. Attending the Congress were two Swedish In its present form SOK was formed on April delegates, representing Svenska Gymnastikför- 27th 1913, and the statues now in force were bundet, Lieutenant Fredrik Bergh and Major Sten adopted by the Annual Meeting 2013. Adalrik Drakenberg. MEDIA GUIDE SWEDEN - SOCHI 2014 8 Two IOC sessions have been held in Sweden Programme (1998-), Olympic Solidarity (2005-), and Stockholm, the 15th session in 1912 and Coordination for the XXII Olympic Winter Games the 41st session in 1947, the 2nd meeting of the in Sochi in 2014 (2007-), Coordination for the Executive Board with the International Federa- Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro in tions was also held in Stockholm. The IOC Execu- 2016 (2010-). Member of the Executive Board tive Board has met in Stockholm three times in (2000-2004) then (2011-), IOC Vice-President 1947, 1956 and 1988. (2004-2008 Gunilla Lindberg is currently member of the Arne Ljunqvist is Chairman of the Medical following IOC Commissions: Chairperson of Commission since 2003. the Evaluation and then Coordination Com- Stefan Holm was elected as active athlete mission for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in 2013. PyeongChang in 2018. Press (1997-), Olympic Thirteen 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 (act ing 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 SWEDEN - SOCHI 2014 9 Sweden and the Olympic Games Sweden has attended all Olympic Games with In the 26 Olympic Games 1896-2004 and the sole exceptions of the St Louis Games in the 20 Olympic Winter Games 1924-2006 more 1904. than 12 200 medals (including arts competition In 1896, Henrik Sjöberg, a candidate of medi- 1912-1948) has been awarded. cine, made the long journey from Stockholm to Sweden has taken 570,5 of these medals the Greek capital – partly on his own expense (including 184,5 gold) and holds 6th in the unof- – to participate in four athletic events (high jump ficial ranking. finishing 4th, long jump 6th, discus 7th, and 100 Swedish Olympic Champions form the m where he was eliminated in the first round) Olympic Gold Club, Olympiska Guldklubben. The and one gymnastic event (horse vault – placing aim is to promote Swedish Olympic sport, and unknown). members can be part of marketing projects of The first Swedish woman in Olympic competi- the Swedish Olympic Committee. tion was Elsa Wallenberg in the 1908 indoor The Games of the 5th Olympiad was held in tennis 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 by August Nilsson, Karl-Gustaf Staff and Gustaf of the XVI Olympiad in 1956. Söderström together with three Danes in a tug- The Olympic Stadium is also the home for the war team on July 15th 1900 in Paris.