Lotta Schelin, Niklas Edin and Anna Beck receive royal medals for their sporting achievements

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Lotta Schelin, Niklas Edin and Anna Beck receive royal medals for their sporting achievements
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Former soccer player Lotta Schelin, curling player Niklas Edin, and paracyclist Anna Beck receive medals from King Carl Gustaf.

They have been awarded His Majesty the King's Medal for Merit in Swedish Sports, the court said in a press release.

Lotta Schelin scored 88 goals in 185 matches for the Swedish national team before ending her football career in 2018.

Paracyclist Anna Beck has seven World Cup gold medals, as well as two silver medals and one bronze at the Paralympics.

The curlers who will receive medals are skip Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranå, Christoffer Sundgren and Daniel Magnusson.

Edin has led Sweden to seven World Cup gold medals and three Olympic medals. All except Magnusson are going to the Olympics in Italy.

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