Emma Lovisa Karlsson (born 24 May 1995) is a Swedish sailor. She represented

Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sweden competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Swedish athletes have competed at eve ...

, finishing 14th in women's 470 event, and won the 2022

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

in the mixed 470 event. Karlsson represents the

Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club ( sv, Göteborgs Kungliga Segelsällskap, ''GKSS'') is a yacht club in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was founded in 1860. Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club resides in Långedrag and Marstrand. Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club organises S ...

Sailing career

2020 Olympics with Bergström

Lovisa Karlsson, together with Olivia Bergström, qualified to represent Sweden in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, competing in the women's 470 event and ranking 14th.

Mixed 470 with Dahlberg (since 2022)

After the 2020 Summer Olympics and the end of the women's 470 event in the Olympics, Karlsson teamed up with

Anton Dahlberg Anton Carl Diderik Dahlberg (born 10 May 1985) is a Swedish sailor, who specializes in the 470 class, a two-person dinghy. He has represented Sweden, along with his partner Sebastian Östling, in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012 ...

, silver medalist in the men's event in the same Olympics, to campaign for the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...

. They made their first regatta together in the 2022

Semaine Olympique Française The Semaine Olympique Française () is a sailing regatta organised in Hyères by the French Sailing Federation, whose 2023 edition is the 54th edition and open to women's ILCA 6, men's ILCA 7, mixed 470, men's 49er, women's 49er FX, mixed N ...

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, which they won. In September 2022, Dahlberg and Karlsson won the

470 European Championships The 470 European Championships are international sailing regattas in the 470 class The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a l ...

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, Turkey. At the 2022 470 World Championship in

Sdot Yam Sdot Yam ( he, שְׂדוֹת יָם, ''lit.'' Sea Fields) is a kibbutz in the Haifa District of Israel. Located on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. In it had a population of . ...

a month later, they finished 13th and therefore not qualified for the medal race. Dahlberg and Karlsson successfully defended their

title in May 2023 in

Sanremo Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Rivie ...

, one point ahead of German crew Anna Markfort and Simon Diesch.

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* * 1995 births Living people Swedish female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Sweden Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470 Place of birth missing (living people) Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club sailors Sailors (sport) from Gothenburg {{Sweden-yachtracing-bio-stub