Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Sweden
games=2006 Winter
competitors=112
sports=9
flagbearer=Anja Pärson, Alpine Skiing
gold=7
silver=2
bronze=5
total=14
rank=6

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 eight of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports. When the medals were summed up, Sweden had managed seven gold medals, two silver and five bronze, which was the best result ever in the Winter Olympics,Fact|date=August 2008 and gave Sweden a 6th place in the medal table.

Medalists

The following Swedish athletes won medals at the games:

;Men's giant slalom:

;Women's combined:

;Women's slalom:

;Men's 12.5 km pursuit:

;Men's 4x6 km relay:

;Women's 12.5 km mass start:

Sweden are sending both men and women's team to the Olympics, and both teams are among the favourites according to "La Gazzetta".

Women's parallel giant slalom

nowboard cross

Men's snowboard cross

Men's 1000 m

Men's 10000 m

Notes and references

Further reference

* [http://www.sok.se/org/sok/Media.nsf/($all)/179982B6E3802892C12570EC00351BDE/$file/Teambook%20060119.pdf 2006 Team Book Sweden] from the Swedish Olympic Committee, retrieved 22 January 2006.