Sweden at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Sweden is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Sweden's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Sweden at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in English and Swedish)
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors53 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Anton Modigs & Louise Lundquist
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
4
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
11
Winter Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Biathlete Anton Modigs and alpine skier Louise Lundquist were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[1]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline. The team was selected on 21 December 2023.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 3 3 6
Biathlon 4 4 8
Cross-country skiing 2 2 4
Curling 3 3 6
Figure skating 1 0 1
Freestyle skiing 4 4 8
Ice hockey 0 18 18
Luge 0 1 1
Speed skating 0 1 1
Total 17 36 53

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Uma Kruse Een Freestyle skiing Women's ski cross 23 January
  Gold William Young Shing
Alexandra Nilsson
Freestyle skiing Mixed team ski cross 24 January
  Gold Elsa Tänglander Cross-country skiing Women's sprint 29 January
  Gold Sweden women's national under-16 ice hockey team Ice hockey Women's tournament 31 January
  Silver Alexander Ax Swartz Alpine skiing Men's combined 22 January
  Silver Elliot Westlund Alpine skiing Men's slalom 25 January
  Silver Astrid Hedin
Elliot Westlund
Alpine skiing Parallel mixed team 26 January
  Silver Kajsa Johansson Cross-country skiing Women's sprint 29 January
  Bronze Liam Liljenborg Alpine skiing Men's combined 22 January
  Bronze Astrid Hedin Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 23 January
  Bronze Måns Abersten Freestyle skiing Men's ski cross 23 January

Alpine skiing

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Sweden qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).[3]

Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alexander Ax Swartz Slalom DNF
Giant slalom DNF
Super-G 55.41 16
Combined 56.21 26 53.3 2 1:49.59  
Liam Liljenborg Slalom 46.04 1 DNF
Giant slalom 48.54 1 DNF
Super-G 54.88 5
Combined 54.52 4 55.78 9 1:50.30  
Elliot Westlund Slalom 46.45 2 52.21 4 1:38.66  
Giant slalom 49.21 3 DSQ
Super-G 54.99 7
Combined 54.35 1 56.08 14 1:50.43 6
Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Lina Gustafsson Slalom 50.92 10 49.13 9 1:40.05 6
Giant slalom DNF
Super-G 55.36 15
Combined 58.47 23 DNF
Astrid Hedin Slalom 49.69 2 DNF
Giant slalom 49.40 8 52.73 3 1:42.13  
Super-G 54.32 8
Combined 57.62 14 51.49 3 1:49.11 4
Louise Lundqvist Slalom 50.67 6 48.90 5 1:39.57 4
Giant slalom 50.32 15 53.96 10 1:44.28 12
Super-G 56.59 29
Combined 58.82 27 51.34 2 1:50.16 9
Mixed
Athletes Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Astrid Hedin
Elliot Westlund
Parallel team   Great Britain
W 3–1
  France
W 2*–2
  Finland
W 4–0
  Austria
L 2–2*
 

Biathlon

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Sweden received 4 quota in each gender after finishing in the top 10 of the Nations Cup in the 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup.[4] [5]

Men
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Olle Gedda Sprint
Individual
Anton Modigs Sprint
Individual
Thijn Omblets Sprint
Individual
Arvid Trofast Sprint
Individual
Women
Athlete Event Time Misses Rank
Anine Karlsson Sprint
Individual
Nilla Norberg Grönborg Sprint
Individual
Maya Rennermalm Sprint
Individual
Märta Wernersson Sprint
Individual
Mixed
Athletes Event Time Misses Rank
Single mixed relay
Mixed relay

Cross-country skiing

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Sweden qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).[6]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tage Börjesson 7.5 km classic
Sprint freestyle
Måns Ravald 7.5 km classic
Sprint freestyle
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kajsa Johansson 7.5 km classic
Sprint freestyle
Elsa Tänglander 7.5 km classic
Sprint freestyle
Women
Athletes Event Result
Time Rank
Tage Börjesson
Måns Ravald
Kajsa Johansson
Elsa Tänglander
4x5 km relay

Curling

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Sweden qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[7][8]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Vilmer Nygren
Astrid Linder
Ivan Almeling
Matilda Lindberg
Mixed team   New Zealand
W 9–3
  Norway
W 10–7
  Japan
L 2–10
  Turkey
W 8–7
  China
W 5–4
  United States
L 5–11
  Nigeria
W 16–0
4 Did not advance 8
Maja Roxin
Jonatan Meyerson
Mixed doubles   Norway
W 7–6
  United States
L 5–6
  Slovenia
W 15–4
  Ukraine
W 9–0
  Qatar
W 13–1
2 Q   China
W 9–6
  Great Britain
L 5–6
  United States
L 4–7
4

Mixed team

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Group A Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
  China Li Zetai 6 1 1–0 65 25 28 17 0 12 59.04
  United States Kenna Ponzio 6 1 0–1 68 26 31 16 1 15 51.38
  Japan Kaito Fujii 5 2 1–0 64 26 27 17 2 11 39.53
  Sweden Vilmer Nygren 5 2 0–1 55 42 27 19 5 10 58.05
  Norway Alexander Johansen 3 4 49 39 25 19 2 11 65.33
  Turkey Muhammed Taha Zenit 2 5 41 40 16 26 5 5 82.17
  New Zealand Jed Nevill 1 6 27 44 18 23 3 6 86.52
  Nigeria Goodnews Charles 0 7 6 133 4 39 1 0 199.60
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  New Zealand (Nevill) 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 X 3
  Sweden (Nygren)   0 4 0 1 2 2 0 X 9
Draw 2

Saturday, January 20, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Johansen) 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
  Sweden (Nygren)   3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 10
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Japan (Fujii)   6 2 1 1 0 0 X X 10
  Sweden (Nygren) 0 0 0 0 1 1 X X 2
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 10:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Sweden (Nygren)   2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 8
  Turkey (Zenit) 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 7
Draw 5

Monday, January 22, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (Nygren)   0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 5
  China (Li) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 4
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Ponzio) 0 4 5 0 2 0 X X 11
  Sweden (Nygren)   2 0 0 2 0 1 X X 5
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (Nygren)   3 2 3 3 1 2 2 X 16
  Nigeria (Charles) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0

Mixed doubles

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Group B W L W–L DSC
  United States 5 0 61.18
  Sweden 4 1 78.69
  Norway 3 2 34.37
  Slovenia 2 3 112.84
  Ukraine 1 4 74.81
  Qatar 0 5 155.39
Round robin
Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson) 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 7
  Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg)   1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 6
Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Wendling / Paral)   1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson) 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5
Draw 7

Sunday, January 28, 18:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)   0 4 0 4 2 2 3 X 15
  Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 4
Draw 10

Monday, January 29, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)   1 1 2 3 1 1 X X 9
  Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Draw 12

Tuesday, January 30, 14:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X 1
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)   2 2 2 0 3 4 X X 13
Quarterfinal

Wednesday, January 31, 19:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Gong / Xu) 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 6
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)   4 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 9
Semifinal

Thursday, February 1, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Great Britain (Soutar / Brewster) 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)   0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5
Bronze medal game

Thursday, February 1, 13:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson)   1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4
  United States (Wendling / Paral) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 7

Figure skating

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Sweden qualified one athlete via the 2023 World Junior Championships.[9]

Athletes Event SP/SD FS/FD Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Elias Sayed Men's singles

Freestyle skiing

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Sweden received a totalt of eight quotas in freestyle skiing.

Dual moguls
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Noel Gravenfors Men's dual moguls
Elis Moberg
Olivia Hedberg Women's dual moguls
Nova Nilsson
Mixed team
Ski cross
Athlete Event Group heats Semifinal Final
Points Rank Position Position
Måns Abersten Men's ski cross
William Young Shing
Uma Kruse Een Women's ski cross
Alexandra Nilsson
Team ski cross

Ice hockey

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Sweden qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament.

Roster

Morgan Johansson served as head coach. His coaching staff comprised assistant coach Martin Lindh and goalkeeper coach Emil Karnatz.[10][11][12]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Rank Opponent
Score
Opponent
Score
Rank
Sweden Women's tournament   Norway
W 5–1
  Japan
W 2–1 GWS
Q   Germany
W 6–1
  Japan
W 4–0
 

Women's tournament

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Preliminary round, Group A
Pos Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 2 1 1 0 0 7 2 +5 5 Semifinals
2   Japan 2 1 0 1 0 6 3 +3 4
3   Norway 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 −8 0
Source: IOC[13][14]
27 January 2024
11:00
Norway  1–5
(0–1, 0–1, 1–3)
  SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,061
Game reference
Tuva Are-EkstrømGoaliesTilde WyckmanReferees:
  Ding Siwen
  Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:
  Lara Fischer
  Anhelina Maifeld
0–113:07 – Ytfeldt (Westerlind) (PP)
0–215:48 – Westerlind (Grillfors)
0–333:03 – Grillfors (Andersson, Westerlind)
0–434:23 – Österman (Carlsson, Berndtsson)
Bax-Kristiansen (Helle, M. Are-Ekstrøm) (PP) – 37:531–4
1–539:23 – Svanefjord (Ytfeldt, Österman) (PP)
6 minPenalties4.5 min
12Shots35

29 January 2024
11:00
Sweden  2–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1)
(SO: 1–0)
  JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,503
Game reference
Tilde WyckmanGoaliesRio SuzukiReferees:
  María Chávez
  Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:
  Lara Fischer
  Ilona Silander
0–135:07 – Odaira (Yamaguchi, Numabe)
Svanefjord (Österman) – 37:181–1
Österman  
Westerlind  
Shootout  Odaira
  Numabe
3 minPenalties1.5 min
21Shots18
Semifinals
30 January 2024
11:00
Sweden  6–1
(1–0, 3–0, 2–1)
  GermanyGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 1,380
Game reference
Tilde WyckmanGoaliesHanna Bugl
Milana Lutz
Referees:
  Maria Gherardi
  Wan Mei Wah
Linesmen:
  Laura Schmidlein
  Ilona Silander
Vitalisson (Svanefjord, Westerlind) – 08:521–0
Grillfors (Ytfeldt, Österman) – 16:372–0
Svanefjord (Westerlind, Grillfors) – 18:053–0
Lindgren – 28:274–0
Grillfors – 33:155–0
Carlsson (Berndtsson, Lindgren) – 34:416–0
6–143:26 – Pfalz (Seyrer) (PP)
1.5 minPenalties3 min
40Shots12
Finals
31 January 2024
16:00
Sweden  4–0
(2–0, 0–0, 2–0)
  JapanGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,880
Game reference
Tilde WyckmanGoaliesSuzuno FukudaReferees:
  Beatrice Fortin
  Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:
  Anhelina Maifeld
  Laura Schmidlein
Grillfors – 09:021–0
Westerlind – 11:062–0
Norén (Carlsson, Melin) – 31:003–0
Österman (ENG) – 44:264–0
6 minPenalties0 min
14Shots27

Luge

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Sweden qualified one athlete[15]

Women
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Johanna Kohala Singles 50.393 24 49.907 19 1:40.300 20

Speed skating

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Sweden received one female quota via the 2023–24 ISU Junior World Cup standings.[16]

Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Josephine Grill 500 m 45.84 32
1500 m 2:26.24 32
Mass start 6:02.68 22

References

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  1. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  2. ^ Största truppen till världsungdoms-OS (Largest squad for the World Youth Olympics), Swedish Olympic Committee, retrieved 28 December 2023
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  4. ^ "WORLD CUP NATIONS CUP POINTS". Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  5. ^ "WORLD CUP NATIONS CUP POINTS". Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  6. ^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  8. ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ^ "2024 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) GANGWON/KOR – JANUARY 19-FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION FIGURE SKATING (SINGLE & PAIR SKATING AND ICE DANCE)". International Skating Union.
  10. ^ "Damlandslaget U16 deltar i Ungdoms-OS, Gangwong, Sydkorea, 27 januari-2 februari". Swedish Ice Hockey Association (in Swedish). 2023-12-21. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  11. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Team Roster: SWE - Sweden" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament, Preliminary round - Group A, Game 1 – Line-ups: NOR-SWE" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Women´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  16. ^ "Communication No. 2604 - 2024 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) GANGWON/KOR – JANUARY 19-FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION SPEED SKATING". Retrieved 2023-12-11.