Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. A total of 99 athletes were selected, and they competed in nine of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports. When the medals were summed up, Sweden had managed seven gold medals, two silver and five bronze, making it Sweden's best result ever in the Winter Olympics in terms of both medals and gold medals earned, and gave Sweden a 6th place in the medal table.

Sweden won gold medals in five different Winter Olympic sports, shattering the previous record of two.

Medalists The following Swedish athletes won medals at the games:

MedalNameSportEventDate Björn Lind Cross-country skiing Men's team sprint 14 February Anna Dahlberg Cross-country skiing Women's team sprint 14 February Alpine skiing Women's slalom 22 February Cross-country skiing Men's individual sprint 22 February Cathrine LindahlEva LundAnette NorbergAnna Svärd Curling Women's tournament 23 February Biathlon Women's mass start 25 February Ice hockey Men's tournament 26 February Biathlon Women's sprint 16 February Ice hockey Women's tournament 20 February Alpine skiing Women's downhill 15 February Alpine skiing Women's combined 18 February Mats LarssonJohan OlssonAnders Södergren Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay 19 February Cross-country skiing Men's individual sprint 22 February Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 24 February

Alpine skiing

2004 and 2005 World Cup overall champion Anja Pärson won bronze medals in the women's combined and downhill, before claiming her first Olympic gold medal in the slalom. Anna Ottosson also earned a medal, winning the second run in the women's giant slalom to claim bronze.

Men AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalRankJohan BroleniusSlalom54.3750.44n/a1:44.818Combined1:43.5645.2044.513:13.2718Martin HanssonSlalom54.5050.74n/a1:45.2410Patrik JärbynDownhilln/a1:52.8733Super-Gn/a1:32.2124Markus LarssonSlalomdid not finishCombined1:41.2246.3844.743:12.3411André MyhrerSlalom53.9550.23n/a1:44.184Fredrik NybergGiant slalom1:16.831:19.22n/a2:36.055

Women AthleteEventFinalRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalRankNike BentDownhilln/a1:59.1722Super-Gn/a1:34.4121Combined40.6645.831:30.132:56.6214Therese BorssénSlalom43.2147.87n/a1:31.088Janette HarginDownhilln/a1:58.5317Super-Gn/a1:34.4822Combined40.0644.781:31.292:56.1312Jessica Lindell-VikarbyDownhilln/a1:58.5618Super-Gn/a1:34.7824Giant slalom1:02.121:11.24n/a2:13.3618Combined40.0444.961:30.192:55.198Anna OttossonGiant slalom1:02.041:08.29n/a2:10.33Slalom44.0947.99n/a1:32.0818Anja PärsonDownhilln/a1:57.13Super-Gn/a1:33.8812Giant slalom1:01.071:09.89n/a2:10.966Slalom42.3846.66n/a1:29.04Combined38.7543.311:29.572:51.63Maria Pietilä-HolmnerGiant slalom1:02.001:09.69n/a2:11.6910Slalom44.1648.31n/a1:32.4721

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Anna Carin Olofsson, who had switched from cross-country skiing to biathlon just four years earlier, became the first Swedish woman to win a gold medal in biathlon. Olofsson also won a silver in the sprint event. The men's relay team fell short of a medal in a photo finish, having greatly hurt their chances by missing 12 shots.

AthleteEventFinalTimeMissesRankCarl Johan BergmanMen's sprint29:21.5054Men's pursuitdid not startMen's mass start50:54.4429Men's individual57:30.9323David EkholmMen's sprint28:33.2238Men's pursuit39:43.86538Men's individual59:18.2235Björn FerryMen's sprint27:31.1213Men's pursuit38:25.52625Men's mass start48:56.4218Men's individual58:49.0428Mattias NilssonMen's sprint27:18.507Men's pursuit37:47.45320Men's mass start48:37.7114Men's individual1:00:01.1544Anna Carin OlofssonWomen's sprint22:33.81Women's pursuit40:06.19814Women's mass start40:36.51Women's individual52:55.8515Jakob BörjessonBjörn FerryMattias NilssonCarl Johan BergmanMen's relay1:22:35.1124

Cross-country skiing

A total of fifteen athletes – ten men and five women – were selected, making the cross-country squad the largest excluding the ice hockey teams.

Emelie Öhrstig was the defending World Champion at the women's sprint event, but that was in classical style, and she failed to make the final in Turin.FIS-Ski - resultats, URL retrieved 22 January 2006. Björn Lind, leader of the men's cross-country World Cup in sprint,FIS-Ski - Cup Standings , URL retrieved 22 January 2006. was more successful, winning the gold medal and then pairing with bronze medalist Thobias Fredriksson to win the team sprint event as well.

The women's sprint team of Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg joined their male counterparts in winning gold, while the men's 4 × 10 km relay claimed the only Swedish medal from a distance event, a bronze.

Distance

Men AthleteEventFinalTotalRankJörgen Brink30 km pursuit 1:19:35.3 3050 km freestyle 2:11:19.2 51Mathias Fredriksson15 km classical 39:19.1 1330 km pursuit 1:17:23.1 1550 km freestyle 2:06:17.1 10Mats Larsson15 km classical 39:51.7 19Johan Olsson15 km classical 38:38.8 630 km pursuit 1:18:47.9 2350 km freestyle 2:07:00.9 25Anders Södergren15 km classical 39:17.1 1030 km pursuit 1:17:04.3 550 km freestyle 2:06:14.1 6Mats LarssonJohan OlssonAnders SödergrenMathias Fredriksson4 x 10 km relay 1:44:01.7

Women AthleteEventFinalTotalRankLina Andersson10 km classical 30:25.53 3330 km freestyle Did not finishElin Ek10 km classical 29:40.9 2315 km pursuit 46:02.7 31Britta Norgren10 km classical 29:07.1 1115 km pursuit 44:18.0 1530 km freestyle 1:28:21.9 28Emelie Öhrstig10 km classical 31:31.6 47Anna-Carin Strömstedt15 km pursuit 47:51.3 4730 km freestyle 1:28:29.4 30Anna DahlbergElin EkBritta NorgrenAnna-Carin Strömstedt4 x 5 km relay 55:00.3 4

Sprint AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRankLina AnderssonWomen's sprint 2:13.29 3 Q 2:16.0 3 Did not advance 11Anna DahlbergWomen's sprint 2:15.91 12 Q 2:14.3 1 Q 2:18.9 5 Did not advance 10Thobias FredrikssonMen's sprint 2:18.90 19 Q 2:23.2 2 Q 2:25.9 1 Q 2:27.8 Peter LarssonMen's sprint 2:16.62 9 Q 2:23.3 3 Did not advance 13Björn LindMen's sprint 2:13.53 1 Q 2:21.5 1 Q 2:19.6 1 Q 2:26.5 Britta NorgrenWomen's sprint 2:16.43 19 Q 2:15.0 3 Did not advance 13Emelie ÖhrstigWomen's sprint 2:16.75 21 Q 2:19.9 5 Did not advance 22Mikael ÖstbergMen's sprint 2:16.24 6 Q 2:26.7 3 Did not advance 12Thobias FredrikssonBjörn LindMen's team sprint n/a 17:34.0 1 Q 17:02.9 Lina AnderssonAnna DahlbergWomen's team sprint n/a 17:33.5 3 Q 16:36.9

Curling

Summary TeamEventGroup stageTiebreakerSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPeja LindholmTomas NordinMagnus SwartlingPeter NarupAnders KrauppMen's tournament W 6–3 W 7–5 W 8–7 L 4–9 L 6–10 L 4–11 L 2–8 L 5–7 L 3–89did not advance9Anette NorbergEva LundCathrine LindahlAnna SvärdUlrika BergmanWomen's tournament W 7–5 L 3–10 W 8–6 W 8–4 W 5–4 W 9–7 W 10–5 W 8–7 L 4–61 Q W 5–4 W 7–6

In the men's event, three-time World champion Peja Lindholm had a strong start, opening the tournament 3–0, including a win over eventual gold-medalists Canada, but fell off as the week continued, losing six consecutive games to finish out of the medal round.

On the women's side, Anette Norberg, the 2005 World champion, and a six-time European champion, led her team to the top spot in the round robin. The Swedes then survived a close game with Norway in the semifinal, winning with a single point in the final end. In the gold medal game, Norberg's rink had a comfortable lead, but saw Switzerland storm back to tie and force an extra end. In that extra, Norberg converted a difficult double takeout to win the gold medal.

Men's

Team: Peja Lindholm (skip), Tomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Peter Narup, Anders Kraupp (alternate)

Round-robin Draw 1

Draw 2

Draw 3

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Draw 8

Draw 10

Draw 11

Standings RankTeamSkipWonLost1Markku Uusipaavalniemi722Brad Gushue633Pete Fenson634David Murdoch635Pål Trulsen546Ralph Stöckli547Joel Retornaz458Peter Lindholm369Andy Kapp3610Sean Becker09

Women's

: Anette Norberg (skip), Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, Ulrika Bergman (alternate)

Round-robin Draw 1

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Draw 11

Standings RankTeamSkipWonLost1Anette Norberg722Mirjam Ott723Shannon Kleibrink634Dordi Nordby635Rhona Martin546Ludmila Privivkova547Ayumi Onodera458Dorthe Holm279Cassandra Johnson2710Diana Gaspari18

Playoffs Semifinal

Final

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

Kristoffer Berntsson, the lone Swedish figure skater in Turin, finished 23rd in the men's event.

AthleteEventCDSP/ODFS/FDTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankKristoffer BerntssonMen'sn/a59.5523 Q102.4022161.9523

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Four moguls skiers represented Sweden in the freestyle disciplines, with the best finish coming from Sara Kjellin in the women's event. Kjellin sat in bronze medal position with only a single skier to come, but that skier was eventual winner Jennifer Heil, leaving Kjellin just short of a medal.

AthleteEventQualifyingFinalPointsRankPointsRankJesper BjörnlundMen's moguls23.978 Q25.215Fredrik FortkordMen's moguls22.8717 Q20.5819Sara KjellinWomen's moguls24.853 Q24.744Per SpettMen's moguls21.5323did not advance23

Ice hockey

Summary

TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinal / Final / / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentW 7–2L 0–5W 6–1W 2–1L 0–33 Q W 6–2 W 7–3 W 3–2Sweden women'sWomen's tournament W 3–1 W 11–0 L 1–8colspan=2 2 Q W 3–2 SO L 1–4

The Swedish men's team suffered an early setback when it lost 5–0 to Russia, but wins over Kazakhstan, Latvia and the United States meant that the team was guaranteed a quarterfinal spot entering the final round-robin game with Slovakia. This game stirred up controversy, with head coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson suggesting that the team might not play for a win, in order to set up a quarterfinal matchup with underdog Switzerland. Ultimately, the Swedes did lose the game, though the IIHF supervisor "didn't see anything special". The team then picked up comfortable wins in the medal round, beating the Swiss 5–2 and the Czech Republic 7–3, setting up a gold medal final with local rivals Finland. The Swedes fell behind after the first period, but a pair of goals in the second left the game tied going into the final 20 minutes. Nicklas Lidström then scored early in the third, giving the Swedes a 3–2 lead that would hold, and giving the country its first Olympic hockey title since 1994. Thousands of fans greeted the victorious team upon their return from Turin, with many of the NHL players stopping in Stockholm before returning to their club teams.