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Sweden (SWE)

Overview

NOCSveriges Olympiska Kommitté
Flagbearers98

Participants

Olympic Games 3982
Intercalated Games 39
Youth Olympic Games 191
Other competitors with SWE nationality 29

Description

With the exception of the 1904 St. Louis Olympics, Sweden has competed at every Olympic Games and every Olympic Winter Games. Sweden has been one of the more successful competing nations at the Olympics, placing second in the medal rankings of 1912, 1920, and 1948.

In total, the Swedes have won a total of 679 medals, 212 of them gold. Swedish athletes have excelled in many sports, particularly cross-country skiing (84 medals, 32 gold), wrestling (86 medals, 28 gold), and athletics (84 medals, 20 gold). However, the most successful Swede at the Olympics was a canoeist: Gert Fredriksson collected six golds, one silver and one bronze between 1948 and 1960. Three Swedish athletes have won nine medals overall, but with less golds than Fredriksson: cross-country skiers Sixten Jernberg and Charlotte Kalla (four and three golds, respectively) and sport shooter Alf Swahn (three golds).

The Swedes are one of the top countries at the Winter Games, with 176 medals and 65 gold medals coming at the Winter Olympics. As aforementioned, Sweden’s best Winter sport/discipline has been, by far, cross-country skiing. They have also excelled in speedskating, Alpine skiing, biathlon, and have always had one of the top ice hockey teams.

Stockholm, Sweden hosted the Games of the Vth Olympiad in 1912. Stockholm also hosted the Equestrian Games of the XVIth Olympiad in 1956 when Australia was unable to hold the equestrian events in Melbourne because of the country’s strict quarantine laws. Sweden also bid to host the 2004 Olympics (Stockholm), and the Winter Olympics of 1984 (Göteborg), 1988 (Falun), 1992 (Falun), 1994 (Östersund), 1998 (Östersund) and 2002 (Östersund), but these bids all failed.

Participations by edition

Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1896 Summer Olympics Sweden 1 0 1 Results
1900 Summer Olympics Sweden 10 0 10 Results
1908 Summer Olympics Sweden 165 3 168 Results
1912 Summer Olympics Sweden 421 23 444 Results
1920 Summer Olympics Sweden 247 13 260 Results
1924 Summer Olympics Sweden 146 13 159 Results
1924 Winter Olympics Sweden 31 0 31 Results
1928 Summer Olympics Sweden 87 13 100 Results
1928 Winter Olympics Sweden 24 0 24 Results
1932 Summer Olympics Sweden 78 3 81 Results
1932 Winter Olympics Sweden 11 1 12 Results
1936 Summer Olympics Sweden 163 8 171 Results
1936 Winter Olympics Sweden 31 1 32 Results
1948 Summer Olympics Sweden 162 19 181 Results
1948 Winter Olympics Sweden 42 1 43 Results
1952 Summer Olympics Sweden 183 23 206 Results
1952 Winter Olympics Sweden 56 9 65 Results
1956 Summer Olympics Sweden 74 14 88 Results
1956 Winter Olympics Sweden 50 8 58 Results
1956 Equestrian Olympics Sweden 9 0 9 Results
1960 Summer Olympics Sweden 115 19 134 Results
1960 Winter Olympics Sweden 41 6 47 Results
1964 Summer Olympics Sweden 76 18 94 Results
1964 Winter Olympics Sweden 49 8 57 Results
1968 Summer Olympics Sweden 86 14 100 Results
1968 Winter Olympics Sweden 59 9 68 Results
1972 Summer Olympics Sweden 104 27 131 Results
1972 Winter Olympics Sweden 49 9 58 Results
1976 Summer Olympics Sweden 99 17 116 Results
1976 Winter Olympics Sweden 30 9 39 Results
1980 Summer Olympics Sweden 122 23 145 Results
1980 Winter Olympics Sweden 49 12 61 Results
1984 Summer Olympics Sweden 131 43 174 Results
1984 Winter Olympics Sweden 51 9 60 Results
1988 Summer Olympics Sweden 147 37 184 Results
1988 Winter Olympics Sweden 54 13 67 Results
1992 Summer Olympics Sweden 143 44 187 Results
1992 Winter Olympics Sweden 56 17 73 Results
1994 Winter Olympics Sweden 64 20 84 Results
1996 Summer Olympics Sweden 111 66 177 Results
1998 Winter Olympics Sweden 53 46 99 Results
2000 Summer Olympics Sweden 98 52 150 Results
2002 Winter Olympics Sweden 56 46 102 Results
2004 Summer Olympics Sweden 62 53 115 Results
2006 Winter Olympics Sweden 63 43 106 Results
2008 Summer Olympics Sweden 50 73 123 Results
2010 Winter Olympics Sweden 57 44 101 Results
2012 Summer Olympics Sweden 55 78 133 Results
2014 Winter Olympics Sweden 56 43 99 Results
2016 Summer Olympics Sweden 64 86 150 Results
2018 Winter Olympics Sweden 58 50 108 Results
2020 Summer Olympics Sweden 55 78 133 Results
2022 Winter Olympics Sweden 58 51 109 Results

Intercalated Games

Edition As Men Women Total
1906 Intercalated Games Sweden 39 0 39 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Edition As Men Women Total
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Sweden 6 9 15 Results
2012 Winter Youth Olympics Sweden 10 25 35 Results
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Sweden 9 24 33 Results
2016 Winter Youth Olympics Sweden 10 29 39 Results
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Sweden 8 10 18 Results
2020 Winter Youth Olympics Sweden 17 34 51 Results

Participations by discipline

Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 45 40 85 Results
Archery 12 13 25 Results
Art Competitions 47 3 50 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 96 29 125 Results
Artistic Swimming (Aquatics) 0 1 1 Results
Athletics 471 73 544 Results
Badminton 10 9 19 Results
Basketball (Basketball) 12 0 12 Results
Beach Volleyball (Volleyball) 4 0 4 Results
Biathlon 45 20 65 Results
Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) 39 2 41 Results
Boxing 69 2 71 Results
Canoe Marathon (Canoeing) 16 0 16 Results
Canoe Slalom (Canoeing) 2 0 2 Results
Canoe Sprint (Canoeing) 65 20 85 Results
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) 111 62 173 Results
Curling 21 18 39 Results
Cycling Mountain Bike (Cycling) 3 3 6 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 80 13 93 Results
Cycling Track (Cycling) 12 0 12 Results
Diving (Aquatics) 49 34 83 Results
Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian) 29 15 44 Results
Equestrian Eventing (Equestrian) 44 12 56 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 47 6 53 Results
Equestrian Vaulting (Equestrian) 5 0 5 Results
Fencing 90 10 100 Results
Figure Skating (Skating) 13 15 28 Results
Football (Football) 134 74 208 Results
Freestyle Skiing (Skiing) 32 13 45 Results
Golf 4 3 7 Results
Handball 93 43 136 Results
Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) 307 89 396 Results
Judo 16 7 23 Results
Luge 16 6 22 Results
Marathon Swimming (Aquatics) 0 1 1 Results
Modern Pentathlon 52 1 53 Results
Nordic Combined (Skiing) 15 0 15 Results
Rhythmic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 0 1 1 Results
Rowing 91 9 100 Results
Sailing 222 22 244 Results
Shooting 183 12 195 Results
Short Track Speed Skating (Skating) 1 0 1 Results
Skateboarding (Roller Sports) 1 0 1 Results
Ski Jumping (Skiing) 45 1 46 Results
Snowboarding (Skiing) 20 10 30 Results
Speed Skating (Skating) 65 10 75 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 143 118 261 Results
Table Tennis 12 8 20 Results
Taekwondo 3 4 7 Results
Tennis 31 15 46 Results
Triathlon 1 1 2 Results
Tug-Of-War 19 0 19 Results
Volleyball (Volleyball) 11 0 11 Results
Water Polo (Aquatics) 50 0 50 Results
Weightlifting 51 2 53 Results
Wrestling 160 6 166 Results

Intercalated Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
Athletics 13 0 13 Results
Cycling Road (Cycling) 1 0 1 Results
Cycling Track (Cycling) 1 0 1 Results
Diving (Aquatics) 11 0 11 Results
Fencing 2 0 2 Results
Shooting 3 0 3 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 6 0 6 Results
Tug-Of-War 8 0 8 Results
Weightlifting 1 0 1 Results

Youth Olympic Games

Discipline (Sport) Men Women Total
3-on-3 Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) 1 1 2 Results
Alpine Skiing (Skiing) 5 5 10 Results
Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) 2 2 4 Results
Athletics 2 3 5 Results
Badminton 1 1 2 Results
Beach Volleyball (Volleyball) 2 0 2 Results
Biathlon 7 7 14 Results
Bobsleigh (Bobsleigh) 1 0 1 Results
Boxing 0 1 1 Results
Cross Country Skiing (Skiing) 5 5 10 Results
Curling 6 6 12 Results
Diving (Aquatics) 0 1 1 Results
Equestrian Jumping (Equestrian) 1 0 1 Results
Fencing 1 1 2 Results
Figure Skating (Skating) 1 1 2 Results
Freestyle Skiing (Skiing) 7 6 13 Results
Golf 2 2 4 Results
Handball 0 14 14 Results
Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) 0 51 51 Results
Judo 0 1 1 Results
Luge 1 1 2 Results
Mixed Sports 4 6 10 Results
Rowing 0 2 2 Results
Sailing 1 0 1 Results
Skeleton (Bobsleigh) 0 4 4 Results
Snowboarding (Skiing) 2 0 2 Results
Speed Skating (Skating) 1 1 2 Results
Swimming (Aquatics) 6 9 15 Results
Table Tennis 3 0 3 Results
Taekwondo 0 3 3 Results
Tennis 1 0 1 Results
Triathlon 1 1 2 Results
Wrestling 0 2 2 Results

Medals by Games

Edition Competition Type Gold Silver Bronze Total
1912 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 23 25 17 65
1920 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 19 20 25 64
1948 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 17 11 18 46
1952 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 12 13 10 35
1932 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 10 5 9 24
1908 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 8 6 11 25
2022 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 8 5 5 18
1928 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 7 6 12 25
2018 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 7 6 1 14
2006 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 7 2 5 14
1936 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 6 5 10 21
2020 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 6 4 7 17
1956 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 5 5 6 16
2010 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 5 2 4 11
1924 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 13 12 29
1972 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 6 6 16
2000 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 5 3 12
1948 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 4 3 3 10
1984 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 4 2 2 8
2004 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 2 1 7
1976 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 4 1 0 5
1988 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 4 0 2 6
2020 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 3 6 0 9
1980 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 3 3 6 12
1964 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 3 3 1 7
1968 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 3 2 3 8
1960 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 3 2 2 7
2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 3 2 1 6
2016 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 3 2 0 5
1980 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 3 0 1 4
1956 Equestrian Olympics Olympic Games 3 0 0 3
1984 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 11 6 19
2014 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 2 7 6 15
2016 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 6 3 11
1906 Intercalated Games Intercalated Games 2 5 7 14
1956 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 2 4 4 10
1996 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 4 2 8
1964 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 2 4 8
1936 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 2 2 3 7
1928 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 2 2 1 5
2012 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 2 2 0 4
1968 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 2 1 1 4
1994 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 2 1 0 3
2010 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 2 0 3 5
1992 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 7 4 12
2012 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 4 3 8
1960 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 1 2 3 6
2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic Games 1 2 3 6
1932 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 1 2 0 3
1972 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 1 1 2 4
1924 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 1 1 0 2
1992 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 1 0 3 4
1988 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 4 7 11
2008 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 4 1 5
2002 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 0 2 5 7
1998 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 0 2 1 3
1952 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 4 4
1976 Winter Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 2 2
1900 Summer Olympics Olympic Games 0 0 1 1

Medals by sport

Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Cross Country Skiing 32 27 25 84
Wrestling 28 27 31 86
Athletics 20 23 41 84
Shooting 15 24 18 57
Canoe Sprint 11 9 3 23
Sailing 10 14 13 37
Swimming 9 16 14 39
Modern Pentathlon 9 7 5 21
Speed Skating 9 4 5 18
Alpine Skiing 8 2 9 19
Equestrian Dressage 7 5 7 19
Equestrian Eventing 7 4 3 14
Diving 6 8 7 21
Biathlon 6 6 6 18
Figure Skating 5 3 2 10
Artistic Gymnastics 5 2 1 8
Equestrian Jumping 4 4 3 11
Curling 4 3 4 11
Canoe Marathon 4 2 1 7
Cycling Road 3 5 8 16
Ice Hockey 2 4 5 11
Fencing 2 3 2 7
Freestyle Skiing 2 1 3 6
Art Competitions 2 0 2 4
Football 1 2 2 5
Table Tennis 1 1 1 3
Cycling Mountain Bike 1 0 0 1
Tug-Of-War 1 0 0 1
Boxing 0 5 6 11
Handball 0 4 0 4
Tennis 0 3 5 8
Archery 0 2 0 2
Rowing 0 2 0 2
Water Polo 0 1 2 3
Nordic Combined 0 1 1 2
Ski Jumping 0 1 1 2
Golf 0 1 0 1
Snowboarding 0 1 0 1
Triathlon 0 1 0 1
Weightlifting 0 0 4 4
Equestrian Vaulting 0 0 1 1

Intercalated Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Athletics 2 4 5 11
Shooting 0 1 1 2
Tug-Of-War 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Cross Country Skiing 4 4 3 11
Alpine Skiing 4 2 1 7
Ice Hockey 2 1 0 3
Athletics 2 0 1 3
Freestyle Skiing 1 1 2 4
Swimming 1 1 1 3
Golf 1 1 0 2
Beach Volleyball 1 0 0 1
Wrestling 1 0 0 1
Fencing 0 1 1 2
Rowing 0 1 0 1
Artistic Gymnastics 0 0 1 1
Biathlon 0 0 1 1
Boxing 0 0 1 1
Handball 0 0 1 1
Taekwondo 0 0 1 1

Most successful competitors

Includes medals won as part of mixed teams.

Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Gert Fredriksson SWE 6 1 1 8
Sixten Jernberg SWE 4 3 2 9
Gunde Svan SWE 4 1 1 6
Henri Saint Cyr SWE 4 0 0 4
Thomas Wassberg SWE 4 0 0 4
Charlotte Kalla SWE 3 6 0 9
Vilhelm Carlberg SWE 3 4 0 7
Alf Swahn SWE 3 3 3 9
Agneta Andersson SWE 3 2 2 7
Oscar Swahn SWE 3 1 2 6

Intercalated Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Eric Lemming SWE 1 0 3 4
Hjalmar Mellander SWE 1 0 0 1
John Svanberg SWE 0 2 0 2
Bruno Söderström SWE 0 1 1 2
Hübner von Holst SWE 0 1 0 1
Knut Lindberg SWE 0 1 0 1
Erik Granfelt SWE 0 0 1 1
Oswald Holmberg SWE 0 0 1 1
Axel Norling SWE 0 0 1 1
Vilhelm Carlberg SWE 0 0 1 1
Edward Dahl SWE 0 0 1 1
Kristian Hellström SWE 0 0 1 1
Gustaf Grönberger SWE 0 0 1 1
Anton Gustafsson SWE 0 0 1 1
Carl Svensson SWE 0 0 1 1
Ture Wersäll SWE 0 0 1 1

Youth Olympic Games

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Adam Hofstedt SWE 2 0 1 3
Märta Rosenberg SWE 1 1 1 3
Edvin Anger SWE 1 1 0 2
Marcus Kinhult SWE 1 1 0 2
Johanna Hagström SWE 1 1 0 2
Angelica Bengtsson SWE 1 0 0 1
Lina Bäcklin SWE 1 0 0 1
Khaddi Sagnia SWE 1 0 0 1
Emmy Alasalmi SWE 1 0 0 1
Sabina Küller SWE 1 0 0 1
Maja Nylén-Persson SWE 1 0 0 1
Emma Sahlin SWE 1 0 0 1
Erik Wahlberg SWE 1 0 0 1
Maria Furberg SWE 1 0 0 1
Linnea Ström SWE 1 0 0 1
Filip Ågren SWE 1 0 0 1
Magdalena Fjällström SWE 1 0 0 1
Kristin Andersson SWE 1 0 0 1
Matildah Andersson SWE 1 0 0 1
Sara Besseling SWE 1 0 0 1
Johanna Eidensten SWE 1 0 0 1
Wilma Ekström SWE 1 0 0 1
Rebecca Höglund SWE 1 0 0 1
Anna Johansson SWE 1 0 0 1
Anna Kjellbin SWE 1 0 0 1
Cajsa Lillbäck SWE 1 0 0 1
Amanda Lindberg SWE 1 0 0 1
Linn Peterson SWE 1 0 0 1
Jessica Wahlström Hjorth SWE 1 0 0 1
Malin Wong SWE 1 0 0 1
Moa Lundgren SWE 1 0 0 1
Anna Amholt SWE 1 0 0 1
Josefin Bouveng SWE 1 0 0 1
Fanny Brolin SWE 1 0 0 1
Jennifer Carlsson SWE 1 0 0 1
Wilma Carlsson SWE 1 0 0 1
Julia Gustafsson SWE 1 0 0 1
Therese Järnkrok SWE 1 0 0 1
Lina Ljungblom SWE 1 0 0 1
Sofie Lundin SWE 1 0 0 1
Ronja Mogren SWE 1 0 0 1
Linnéa Sjölund SWE 1 0 0 1
Madelene Strömgren SWE 1 0 0 1
Mina Waxin SWE 1 0 0 1
Madelen Westerlund SWE 1 0 0 1
Agnes Wilhelmsson SWE 1 0 0 1
Ethel Wilhelmsson SWE 1 0 0 1
David Åhman SWE 1 0 0 1
Jonatan Hellvig SWE 1 0 0 1
Ashwathi Pillai SWE 1 0 0 1
Sara Junevik SWE 1 0 0 1
Jonna Malmgren SWE 1 0 0 1

IOC Members

Viktor Gustaf Balck 1894—1921
Clarence, Count von Rosen 1900—1948
Sigfrid Edström 1921—1952
Clarence, Count von Rosen 1948—1955
Bo Ekelund 1948—1965
Sigfrid Edström 1952—1964
Gustaf Dyrssen 1952—1970
Bo Ekelund 1965—1983
Gunnar Ericsson 1965—2013
Gustaf Dyrssen 1970—1981
Sven Thofelt 1970—1976
Sven Thofelt 1976—1993
Matts Carlgren 1976—1993
Matts Carlgren 1993—1999
Arne Ljungqvist 1994—2012
Gunnar Ericsson 1996—2013
Gunilla Lindberg 1996—
Pernilla Wiberg 2002—2010
Göran Petersson 2009—2012
Arne Ljungqvist 2012—
Stefan Holm 2013—
Frida Hansdotter 2022—