+ January – Niclas Ekberg
He quit the national handball team, but came back and scored the decisive goal in the last second when Sweden took the European Championship gold in 2022. The year after, he quit again – and now he's making a comeback for the second time. Ekberg, back home in Ystads IF after all the professional years in Kiel, is one of two blue-yellow right-wingers in the World Championship squad.
The World Championship is played in Norway, Denmark, and Croatia 14 January–2 February.
+ February – Elvira Öberg
Elvira Öberg has started the World Cup season brilliantly and quickly grabbed the yellow leader's vest. Much suggests that Öberg will fight for the overall victory there in the spring, but the highlight will still be the World Championship. Individually, Öberg has two Olympic silver medals from Beijing, but no World Championship medals.
The World Championship is decided in Swiss Lenzerheide 12–23 February.
+ March – Frida Karlsson
Who will be able to challenge Therese Johaug in front of the Norwegian World Championship fans in Trondheim? Frida Karlsson has already shown that she is to be reckoned with in classical style, where she crushed Johaug in the season premiere. Freestyle skiing strains more on Karlsson's injured foot, and it's precisely freestyle that applies in the final five-mile race, where Johaug has her main focus.
The World Championship is decided in Trondheim 26 February–5 March.
+ April – Ludvig Åberg
A year after his major debut, Ludvig Åberg returns to Augusta National and the US Masters. That the spectacular course suits him is already clear after the sensational performance earlier this year. Åberg was briefly in shared lead on Sunday, but had to settle for second place. Now he gets a new chance to write Swedish golf history.
The US Masters is played in Augusta, Georgia 10–13 April.
+ May – Sam Hallam
Sam Hallam has already presented the star-studded national team squad for the Four Nations tournament in North America in February. Which players will get the chance in the home World Championship is more uncertain. But national team coach Hallam will be there when Sweden is chasing its first World Championship gold since 2018.
The World Championship is played in Stockholm and Danish Herning 9–25 May.
+ June – Klara Lundquist
The Swedish women's basketball team will celebrate Midsummer abroad next year. Comebacking veterans like Frida Eldebrink and Louice Halvarsson were part of the team when Sweden qualified for the European Championship, but it's 24-year-old Klara Lundquist who is the national team's big leader on the court nowadays.
The European Championship is played in Hamburg, Brno, Bologna, and Piraeus 18–29 June.
+ July – Kosovare Asllani
If Kosovare Asllani doesn't change her mind, this summer's football European Championship will be her last tournament in blue and yellow. Asllani, who turns 36 years old two days after the European Championship final, debuted in the A-national team in 2008 and was part of the squad for the European Championship the following year. Many championships have passed since then, but Asllani still lacks a gold.
The European Championship is played in Switzerland 2–27 July.
+ August – Isabelle Haak
For the first time, Sweden's women's volleyball team will play in the World Championship and has been drawn in the same group as host nation Thailand. The key to success for Sweden lies largely in Isabelle Haak, the superstar who normally smashes balls for Champions League winners in Italian Conigliano.
The World Championship is played in Thailand 22 August–7 September.
+ September – Armand Duplantis
Armand Duplantis will likely come to the athletics World Championship with both gold and world record in sight. The question is whether the world record will still be 6.26 meters then, or if "Mondo" has already managed to jump higher earlier in the year. The past three years, Duplantis has improved his own world record at eight occasions, most recently three times in 2024.
The World Championship in Tokyo takes place 13–21 September.
+ October – Truls Möregårdh
2024 was the year when Sweden was hit by Truls fever and table tennis interest skyrocketed after the success in the Olympic Games in Paris. Next year, new championships await – first the World Championship in Doha in May and then the team European Championship. Sweden's men will come there as reigning champions after winning the gold on home soil in 2023.
The team European Championship is played in Croatian Zadar 12–19 October.
+ November – David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig
It has gone fast for beach volleyball's success duo Åhman/Hellvig, with a development curve that has pointed straight up. It led all the way to the Olympic gold in front of the Eiffel Tower last summer. Next year, the 23-year-olds are chasing their first World Championship gold. The 2023 World Championship left them with silver medals each.
+ December – Sarah Sjöström
There is reason to put a question mark behind Sarah Sjöström's name. For as of now, there are no messages about when the double Olympic gold medalist from last summer plans to compete again. Already in the World Championship in Singapore this summer? In the short course European Championship in Poland? Or not at all in 2025?
I'll compete when I get the feeling, she recently told TT.
The short course European Championship in Szczecin takes place 2–7 December.
