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QUALIFYING SERIES | MAY-JULY 2022 | Switzerland 
FINAL SERIES | NOV-DEC 2023 | Spain 
THE VIKINGS
Hard work and tenacity
In the harsh North success comes from hard work
Sweden may be a small country, far up in the north, but it has a strong maritime heritage and tradition: SSL Team Sweden is standing on the proud shoulders of sailing giants to conquer the first SSL Gold Cup for the Country.
A mix of experience and young spirit, the Vikings are anything but lacking in titles and accolades. Onboard the Swedish boat there are Olympic Gold Medalists, Match Racing World Champions, Dinghy Proteges, America’s Cup Sailors, and probably enough championship medals to sink the SSL47. However, knowing that no team is stronger than its weakest link, and it does not matter how much gold you have around your neck if you don’t give your all and put in the work, the team premieres hard work, dedication, a willingness to learn and a strong team spirit: there is no room for divas onboard a Viking ship!
Like their ancestors – The Vikings will again follow the northern wind and cross the seas to fight for honor and glory in the SSL Gold Cup.
Statistics
THE COUNTRY
- 115 000 members Swedish Sailing Federation
- 8 000 km of shoreline
- 60 000 islands
ACHIEVEMENTS
- 10 Olympic Gold Medals
- 13 Olympic Bronze Medals
- 7 World Championship Titles
- 4 European Championship Titles
- 2 AC Challenger Cup finals
SSL Ranking
- SSL best ranked woman: 56 (now Josefin Olsson)
- SSL best ranked man: 51 (now Anton Dahlberg)
- SSL nations ranking: #
MAIN EVENTS
- Gotland Runt
- Match Cup Marstrand
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With 3 Olympic Medals in two different classes Freddy Lööf is an icon and one of the brightest shining stars in modern Swedish sailing.
The captain
Max Salminen
Chasing his second gold, hoping to add to his collection of Finn dinghy championship titles, Tokyo 2021 will be his third appearance, second in the Finn, at the Olympic games. He has already risen to the top of the podium with Freddie Lööf, now the dynamic duo once again take on the best sailors in the World to fight for gold and glory.
THE LEADERS
Mattias Rahm (helm) “
Great knowledge of helming and team development from both matchracing and A.C.
Fredrik Aurell (pit)
Experienced RC44. Positiv mentor.
Jimmy Hellberg (Main)
Speed and master of analytics
THE YOUTH FACTOR
Their young age may suggest otherwise, but this is not the youngsters’ first rodeo. Many of Sweden’s talented young sailors were fostered in the Artemis Youth program, and essentially grew up in the presence of greatness and around high-performance sailing and just ran with it from there, claiming their place in some of the best professional sailing teams around the world and now onboard the SSL47.
Confirmed Athletes
Potential Team Position
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1
BOW
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2
MID-BOW
Jakob Wilson
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3
PIT
Fredrik Aurell
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4
GRINDER
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5
TRIMMER
Fredrik Bergström
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6
TRIMMER
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7
MAIN TRIMMER
Jesper Stålheim
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8
HELM
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9
TACTICIAN
Mattias Rahm
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10
CAPTAIN
Max Salminen
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11
FLOATER
Lovisa Karlsson
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1
BOW
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2
MID-BOW
Jakob Wilson
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3
PIT
Fredrik Aurell
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4
GRINDER
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5
TRIMMER
Fredrik Bergström
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6
TRIMMER
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7
MAIN TRIMMER
Jesper Stålheim
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8
HELM
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9
TACTICIAN
Mattias Rahm
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10
CAPTAIN
Max Salminen
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11
FLOATER
Lovisa Karlsson
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SQUAD
| Max Salminen | Nils Åkervall |
| Andreas Axelsson | Josefin Olsson |
| Emil Forsgren | Jonathan Llado Krentsler |
| Fredrik Bergström | Axel Munkby |
| Jesper Stålheim | Jakob Wilson |
| Mattias Rahm | Julia Gross |
| Gustav Pettersson | Anders Ekström |
| Johannes Pettersson | Lovisa Karlsson |
| Julius Hallström | Rasmus Alnebeck |
| Jens Möller | Otto Hammel |
| Fredrik Aurell |