To page content Accessibility tools Search text, images and documents

This website uses cookies to ensure full functionality.

Play

Select a text on the page and click "Play"

Försvarsmakten.se

Accessibility

På Svenska

Our websites:

Swedish Armed Forces

Careers

Blogs

Search website

Swedish Armed Forces

Where are we and what do we do now? What are the Armed Forces' tasks from parliament and government and how we work to resolve them? Here are facts about the government's finances, procurement and vehicles.

You are here

Careers

Aircraft mechanics, soldier, cook or naval officer? Reach your goal through military training, or search any of our hundreds of civilian jobs. (In Swedish)

To the career website

Blogs

From the individual soldier to the government's senior representatives, read personal reflections about life in the Swedish Armed Forces in any of our blogs. (In Swedish)

To our blogs

Accessibility

The Swedish Armed Forces wants to ensure that everyone can understand the content on our websites. Therefore, we put a lot of energy to write texts that are easy to read, and to use code and technology to make it easier for our visitors. If you still need some additional support, we have gathered some tools that we hope can help.

Screen reader

With our reading tool you can have pages read aloud through your speakers, from the top to the end, or selected parts. You choose.

Aktuell sida:
Startsidan
News

Surprise Swedish silver

By: Mats Carlsson, PIC WMSC 2008. – 20 September 2008 kl: 12.59

Last updated: 8 July 2013 kl: 14.54

Archived news

Sweden won a surprise silver in Friday’s team rifle event. “I am incredibly pleased that I managed to keep up my standard at the end and help us win the silver,” said Anna Normann, who was one of the Swedish girls who shot in the final round.

Sweden’s silver girls, left to right: Christina Bengtsson, Anna Normann and Linda Olofsson. Photo: Stefan Bokvist, PIC WMSC 2008.

The Swedish girls were evidently in good form, and at the beginning of the competition week, the Swedes came fourth in the team event 60 shots prone.
Linda Olofsson kicked off with an excellent 574 points. Christina Bengtsson followed up with 575 points and with Sweden in the lead going into the last phase, Anna Normann managed to keep her nerves under control and make the silver Swedish.

“It’s fantastic, I’m proud of the girls’ achievement,” said Sweden’s team leader Mats Eriksson after the contest.

With the silver medal, the Swedish team has shown it can beat prominent nations such as the favourites Germany. The Germans took bronze a point behind Sweden.

“It feels great that we could beat the Germans. Now we’re turning our minds to the events on the final day,” a very content Christina Bengtsson ended.