Sporting event delegation
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.
Biathlete Anton Modigs and alpine skier Louise Lundquist were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony .[ 1]
Competitors
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]
Medalists
Alpine skiing
Sweden qualified six alpine skiers (three per gender).[ 3]
Men Women Mixed
Biathlon
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 Women Mixed
Cross-country skiing
Sweden qualified four cross-country skiers (two per gender).[ 6]
Men Women Women
Curling
Sweden qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[ 7] [ 8]
Summary
Mixed team
Round robin
Mixed doubles
Round robin
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
Sweden qualified one athlete via the 2023 World Junior Championships .[ 9]
Freestyle skiing
Sweden received a totalt of eight quotas in freestyle skiing.
Dual moguls Ski cross
Ice hockey
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
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
Semifinals Finals
Luge
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
Sweden received one female quota via the 2023–24 ISU Junior World Cup standings.[ 16]
Women
References
^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF) . www.olympics.com/ . International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024 .^ Största truppen till världsungdoms-OS (Largest squad for the World Youth Olympics) Swedish Olympic Committee , retrieved 28 December 2023 ^ "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 .^ "WORLD CUP NATIONS CUP POINTS" . Retrieved 2023-11-05 .^ "WORLD CUP NATIONS CUP POINTS" . Retrieved 2023-11-05 .^ "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 .^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed" . www.worldcurling.org . World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023 .^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed" . Insidethegames.biz . Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023 . ^ "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.^ "Damlandslaget U16 deltar i Ungdoms-OS, Gangwong, Sydkorea, 27 januari-2 februari" . Swedish Ice Hockey Association . Retrieved 2024-01-17 .^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Team Roster: SWE - Sweden" (PDF) . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 29 January 2024 .^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament, Preliminary round - Group A, Game 1 – Line-ups: NOR-SWE" (PDF) . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 29 January 2024 .^ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results" . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 27 January 2024 .^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Tournament Progress" (PDF) . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 31 January 2024 .^ "Overall Ranking YOUTH A Women´s Singles World Cup referring D.1" (PDF) . Retrieved 2023-12-12 .^ "Communication No. 2604 - 2024 WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG) GANGWON/KOR – JANUARY 19-FEBRUARY 1, 2024 - ENTRIES/PARTICIPATION SPEED SKATING" . Retrieved 2023-12-11 .
