Olympic history of Sweden
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Sweden , whose NOK , the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté founded in 1913, wasrecognizedby the IOC in the same year, has been taking part in the Olympic Games since 1896. Since 1924 athletes have also been sent to the winter games. Besides Finland, Sweden is the only country that was able to win medals in all games in which one participated, except for two games, in 1896 and 1904.
history
After the Swede Viktor Balck was one of the founding members of the International Olympic Committee , Sweden hosted two Summer Olympic Games with Stockholm in 1912 . In addition, the equestrian competitions for the 1956 Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm. Another time they applied to host the 2004 Summer Olympics , but failed against Athens. For the Olympic Winter Games, six applications were made between 1984 and 2002 with the cities of Gothenburg , Falun and Östersund , but each failed the selection process. The NOK prepared an application for 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018, but did not receive the necessary support from the government for an official candidacy.
A total of 3699 athletes, 704 of them women, competed. Athletes from Sweden have so far won 727 medals, 483 of them at summer and 144 at winter games. The most successful athletes are the marksman Alf Swahn and the cross-country skier Sixten Jernberg , who each won nine Olympic medals. The first medal winner was the athlete Ernst Fast , who won bronze once at the Summer Olympics in 1900 . The most successful sport is weightlifting in summer with 28 gold, 27 silver and 29 bronze medals and cross-country skiing in winter with 29 gold, 22 silver and 23 bronze medals. At the 1948 Winter Games in St. Moritz, Sweden was the most successful nation and took first place in the medal table.
The youngest member of a team from Sweden in 1912 was the swimmer Greta Carlsson , who started at the age of 14. Sports shooter Oscar Swahn was the oldest participant in Swedish Olympic history at the age of 72 in 1920.
Bo Lindman and Per Carleson in summer and Sven Selånger in winter were the only athletes to wear the flag of Sweden at the opening ceremony in more than one Olympic Games. Lindman wore them four times between 1928 and 1952.
Overview of the participants
Summer games
Winter games
| year | Flag bearer | Attendees | Men | Women | sports |
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| 1924 Chamonix | 31 | 31 | 4th | ||
| 1928 St. Moritz | Viking Harbom | 24 | 24 | 6th | |
| 1932 Lake Placid | Sven Selånger | 12 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Sven Selånger | 32 | 31 | 1 | 7th |
| 1948 St. Moritz | Erik Lindström | 43 | 42 | 1 | 6th |
| 1952 Oslo | Erik Elmsäter | 65 | 56 | 9 | 8th |
| 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Bror Ostman | 58 | 50 | 8th | 8th |
| 1960 Squaw Valley | Einar Granath | 47 | 41 | 6th | 6th |
| 1964 Innsbruck | Carl-Gustav Briandt | 57 | 49 | 8th | 8th |
| 1968 Grenoble | Barbro Martinsson | 68 | 59 | 9 | 9 |
| 1972 Sapporo | Hate Börjes | 58 | 49 | 9 | 9 |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Carl-Erik Eriksson | 39 | 30th | 9 | 7th |
| 1980 Lake Placid | Eva Olsson | 61 | 49 | 12 | 9 |
| 1984 Lake Placid | Mats Waltin | 60 | 51 | 9 | 8th |
| 1988 Calgary | Thomas Wassberg | 67 | 54 | 13 | 9 |
| 1992 Albertville | Tomas Gustafson | 73 | 56 | 17th | 9 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Pernilla Wiberg | 84 | 64 | 20th | 10 |
| 1998 Nagano | Torgny Mogren | 99 | 53 | 46 | 10 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Magdalena Forsberg | 102 | 56 | 46 | 11 |
| 2006 Turin | Anja Pärson | 106 | 63 | 43 | 9 |
| 2010 Vancouver | Peter Forsberg | 101 | 57 | 44 | 9 |
| 2014 Sochi | Södergren is different | 99 | 56 | 43 | 9 |
Most successful athlete
The 20 most successful Swedish athletes at the Olympic Games:
| space | Surname | sport | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| 1. | Gert Fredriksson | canoe | 6th | 1 | 1 | 8th |
| 2. | Sixten Jernberg | Cross-country skiing | 4th | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3. | Gunde Svan | Cross-country skiing | 4th | 1 | 1 | 6th |
| 4th | Henri Saint Cyr | horse riding | 4th | - | - | 4th |
| 4th | Thomas Wassberg | Cross-country skiing | 4th | - | - | 4th |
| 6th | Vilhelm Carlberg | shoot | 3 | 4th | - | 7th |
| 7th | Alfred Swahn | shoot | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 8th. | Agneta Andersson | canoe | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7th |
| 9. | Oscar Swahn | shoot | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6th |
| 10. | Gillis Grafström | figure skating | 3 | 1 | - | 4th |
| 10. | Tomas Gustafsson | Speed skating | 3 | 1 | - | 4th |
| 12. | Ivar Johansson | Wrestling | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 12. | Daniel Norling | Gymnastics, horse riding | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 12. | Carl Westergren | Wrestling | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 15th | Eric Carlberg | shoot | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
| 16. | Johan Hübner from Holst | shoot | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 17th | Toini Gustafsson | Cross-country skiing | 2 | 2 | - | 4th |
| 17th | Rudolf Svensson | Wrestling | 2 | 2 | - | 4th |
| 19th | Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern junior | horse riding | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
| 20th | Erik Adlerz | Diving | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 20th | Lars Hall | Modern pentathlon | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 20th | Åke Lundeberg | shoot | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 20th | Åge Lundström | horse riding | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
| 20th | Pernilla Wiberg | Alpine skiing | 2 | 1 | - | 3 |
Medals
→ See: List of Olympic medalists from Sweden
Web links
- Sweden in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Sweden on Olympic.org - The Official website of the Olympic movement (English)
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1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 • 2016 • 2020 |
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1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 • 2014 • 2018 |
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