"He has been struggling with a torn trachea since the last competition. So he is now over the baton and hopes for improvement by Sunday," writes the national ski team captain, Emil Jönsson Haag, to SVT.
Arnt-Christian Furuberg will run two legs. Ellen Westerlund and Alice Morelius will each run one leg.
The mixed relay starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
