Sweden first participated at the Olympic Games at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then with one exception, the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics. Sweden has earned medals at all Olympic games except for two, the 1896 Games and the 1904 Games. The only other nation having earned medals at every Olympic game since 1908 is Sweden's neighboring country Finland.
Sweden competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 260 competitors, 247 men and 13 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.
Wivan Pettersson was a Swedish swimmer. She won a bronze medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1924 Summer Olympics, along with Aina Berg, Gurli Ewerlund and Hjördis Töpel. Individually she finished fourth in the 200 m breaststroke and failed to reach the 100 m freestyle final. In 1925 she set two Swedish records in the 200 m breaststroke.
Karl Tore William Thoresson is a retired Swedish gymnast. He competed at the 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics in all artistic gymnastics event and won two medals in the floor exercise: a gold in 1952 and a silver in 1956. He won another medal on the floor, a bronze, at the 1954 World Championships.
Elena Leușteanu-Popescu was a Romanian artistic gymnast who competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics. During her career she won three Olympic bronze medals, one world bronze medal and five continental silver medals. She was the first Romanian artistic gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal.
Göta Elisabeth Pettersson was a Swedish gymnast. She was part of the Swedish teams that finished fourth all-around at both the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a gold medal in the team portable apparatus in 1952. She also won a gold all-around team medal at the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Karin Elisabet Lindberg was a Swedish gymnast. She competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in team exercise with portable apparatus, in 1952 and 1956, respectively. Her teams finished fourth all-around in 1948 and 1952. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, she had the highest score in the entire competition on vault in both the compulsory and optional segments of the competition. She continued to be impressive on this apparatus for years to come as evidenced by the fact that she took seventh place on the vault in 1952.
Evy Margareta Berggren was a Swedish gymnast. She competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in team exercise with portable apparatus, respectively. Her teams finished fourth all-around in 1952. Her best individual result was a bronze medal on the vault at the 1954 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where her compatriot Ann-Sofi Pettersson and Soviet Union's Tamara Manina were both awarded gold as they were tied at the same score ahead of Berggren.
Vanja Hedvig Desideria Blomberg is a retired Swedish gymnast. She was part of the Swedish teams that won gold medals at the 1950 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (all-around) and 1952 Summer Olympics. She was the national all-around champion in 1950 and attended the 1956 Olympics as a coach.
Anna Margret Jönsson Haag is a Swedish retired cross-country skier who competed between 2003 and 2018. At the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Haag won gold in the 4 × 5 km relay, earning Sweden the first gold medal in the women's relay event since 1960.
Sture Helge Vilhelm Pettersson was a Swedish cyclist. He was part of the road racing team of four Pettersson brothers, known as Fåglum brothers, who won the world title in 1967–1969 and a silver medal at the 1968 Olympics; three of the brothers were also part of the bronze-winning road team at the 1964 Games. In 1967 they were awarded the Svenska Dagbladet Gold Medal.
Lyudmila Borisovna Yegorova was a Russian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, finishing within top 10 in all artistic gymnastics events, except for uneven bars. She won a team all-around gold medal and a bronze medal in the now-defunct team portable apparatus exercise.
Natalia Kot-Wala is a Polish former artistic gymnast. She is the 1956 Olympic bronze medalist with the Polish team, 1959 European all-around and vault champion, as well as 2-time European bronze medalist. She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Gertrude Gollner-Kolar was an Austrian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. At the 1950 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, she won an uneven bars gold medal along with Ann-Sofi Pettersson of Sweden; Kolar also won the silver medal on vault and the bronze medal in the individual all-around.
Stig Roland Helmer "Stickan" Pettersson is a retired Swedish high jumper. He won two medals at the European Athletics Championships and competed in three Olympic Games.
Eva Rönström was a Swedish gymnast. She won a silver medal in the team portable apparatus event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Rönstrom died on 7 October 2021, at the age of 88.
Doris Linnea Birgitta Hedberg is a retired Swedish gymnast. She won a silver medal in the team portable apparatus event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Maude Astrid Karlén is a retired Swedish gymnast. She won a silver medal in the team portable apparatus event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Muriel Evelyn Grossfeld was an American gymnast who won a team gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games. She competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and finished ninth with the American team four times: all-around in all three games and in the team portable apparatus in 1956. Her best individual result was 19th place in the floor exercise in 1960.
The Sweden women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Sweden in FIG international competitions.
