Despite weak results, the freeskiing duo were selected when the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) gave the Olympic green light to seven more athletes on Thursday.
Henrik Harlaut is back in action. After winning bronze at the Beijing 2022 Olympics, the 34-year-old took a break from competing - which was longer than expected after he dislocated his hip in August 2024.
It's the worst injury of his career and it took a long time to rehab, he says.
“I have been lucky”
Only in November did he compete in his first World Cup competition in three years, and he can now prepare for another Olympics, his fourth.
"Now I'm on my way. I've had luck on my side. I'm going to take advantage of it, show that I'm worth it," says Harlaut.
The 34-year-old, who won bronze in big air in Beijing, says he has a good chance of succeeding in both slopestyle and big air in this year's Olympics given his routine - and that he has many tricks up his sleeve.
SOK's sports director Fredrik Joulamo says that Jesper Tjäder, who has had a knee injury, and Harlaut were selected based on the exception criteria.
"We can select active athletes with very high capacity who, due to injuries, have not had the opportunity to produce results during the qualifying period," says Joulamo.
The goal is 15 medals.
Other selected: Martin Nordqvist (freeskiing), Svante and Tove Kohala (luge), Elis Lundholm (moguls) and Simon Olofsson (curling, reserve).
A women's spot in biathlon remains vacant. In ski cross and alpine skiing there is one last chance to qualify during competitions this weekend, but so far Sweden has not fielded a single male alpine skier.
The Swedish Olympic Committee has set a goal of 15 Swedish medals in Milano-Cortina. This is the same goal as before the Beijing Olympics, where the outcome was a record 18 medals.
"Beijing was a hit, and if we do just as well again, there could be 18 medals or more," says Joulamo.
Alpine skiing: Sara Hector, Anna Swenn Larsson, Cornelia Öhlund, Estelle Alphand.
Cross-country skiing: Ebba Andersson, Frida Karlsson, Jonna Sundling, Linn Svahn, Maja Dahlqvist, Moa Ilar, Johanna Hagström, Emma Ribom, Anton Grahn, Alvar Myhlback, William Poromaa, Edvin Anger, Gustaf Berglund, Truls Gisselman, Calle Halfvarsson, Johan Häggström.
Moguls: Walter Wallberg, Filip Gravenfors, Rasmus Stegfeldt, Elis Lundholm.
Ski cross: Sandra Näslund, Linnea Mobärg, David Mobärg, Erik Mobärg.
Biathlon: Elvira Öberg, Hanna Öberg, Anna Magnusson, Ella Halvarsson, Linn Gestblom, Martin Ponsiluoma, Sebastian Samuelsson, Jesper Nelin, Viktor Brandt, Malte Stefansson, Henning Sjökvist.
Curling: Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren, Simon Olofsson, Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Scharback, Johanna Heldin, Isabella Wranå.
Ice hockey: Tre Kronor women's and Tre Kronor men's.
Ski jumping: Frida Westman.
Freeskiing: Henrik Harlaut, Jesper Tjäder, Martin Nordqvist.
Luge: Svante Kohala, Tove Kohala.
Figure skating: Andreas Nordebäck, Nikolaj Majorov, Milla Ruud Reitan.
