Bjorn Barrefors

Bjorn Barrefors is a Swede decathlete. He competes for the University of Nebraska in the NCAA, and for Sweden in international competitions. Unfortunately he missed qualifying in the 2012 London Olympics.

Born: October 27, 1987 in 
Height: 1.88 meters
Weight: 85 kg
Website: Twitter

Career Highlights:

• won in heptathlon event in 2008 National Indoor Championships
• Personal best in heptathlon: 5894
• finished ninth in the heptathlon at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships
• 12th in the decathlon at the 2011 Outdoor Championship
• finished fifth (7,417) in the decathlon at the 2011 Big 12 Outdoor Championships

Andre Myhrer

Andre Myhrer is a Swede alpine ski racer, specializing in slalom and technical events. He represented Sweden in the Winter Olympics, in 2006 and 2010, winning a bronze medal in slalom during the latter.


Myhrer competed in five world championships,  winning four times in slalom, and managing 14 podium finishes. His last victory is in 2012, in Austria.

Born: January 11, 1983 in Bergsjö, Sweden

Height: 6' 21/2"

Weight: 95 kg 
Residence: Monaco

Website: www.andremyhrer.com

Achievements/Career Highlights:

• Debuted in World Cup competition on January 2004, at age 21
• Finished fourth in slalom in 2004 Winter Olympics
• Won bronze in slalom in 2010 Winter Olympics
• Finished 11th in 2012 season standings

Robin Soderling

Robin Soderling is a Swede professional tennis player. Soderling, who turned pro in 2001, is currently No. 29 in the world. He reached his highest ranking in November 2010, at No. 4. He has 10 career ATP singles titles and 1 doubles titles to date. 

He beat Rafael Nadal in the 4th round in 2009 French Open Soderling, then won two more matches to reach the finals of the claycourt event. He is the first Swede since Magnus Norman in 2000 to reach the final of a grand slam. He lost it to Roger Federer in 3 sets. He reached the finals of the French Open again in 2010 but lost to Nadal in the championship. 

He missed most of 2011 and the start of the 2012 season due to mononucleosis. 

Born: August 14, 1984 in Tibro, Sweden 

Height: 6'4" 

Weight: 190 lbs 

Website: http://robinsoderling.se, Twitter

Achievements/Career Highlights: 

• career prize money: $10.42 million (as of April 2012) 
• career win-loss record: 310-170 (as of April 2012) 
• reached 2 finals in Roland Garros, in 2009 and 2010
• won the 2010 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, the first Swede to win a Masters 1000 event since Tomas Enqvist in 2000

Fredrik Ljungberg

Swedish soccer player Fredrik Ljungberg captained the Sweden national team in the Euro 2008, and played for the national team from 1998 to 2008.  Currently a free agent, he previously played for Arsenal (1998-2007), West Ham (2007-08), Seattle Sounders FC (2008-09), Chicago Fire (2010), Celtic (2011) and Shimizu S-Pulse (2011-12). He plays as right winger. 

Off-court Ljungberg also modeled for Calvin Klein underwear, and represented brands such as Nike, Pepsi and L'Oreal. 

Born: April 16, 1977 in Vittsjö, Sweden

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 69 kg

Career Highlights:

• Signed by Arsenal in 1998 for £3 million, then the highest transfer fee for a player from Sweden
• Debut in international competition in 1998, with Sweden playing vs United States
• Represented Sweden in Euro 2000, 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008
• Swedish Player of the Year, 2002 and 2006