Elisabeth Högström (born 17 March 1951 as Elisabeth Carlsson) is a Swedish curler, world champion and five times European champion.Landslagsspelare genom tiderna – Damer - Svenska Curlingförbundet
(Swedish female national curlers; look at "Högström, Elisabeth") In 1973 she was inducted into the

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. In 2016 she was inducted into the World Curling Federation Hall of Fame.

International championships

Högström became world champion in

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as skip for the Swedish team."Curling – Women: World Championships"
(Retrieved on March 24, 2008) She received a silver medal in

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and

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. She participated on the Swedish team that won the European championship in 1976. She received gold medals in the 1980, 1982, 1983 and 1988

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as skip for the team.

Personal life

Her father Sven Carlsson was a curler too, 1968 Swedish men's champion, he played for Sweden at the .

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* 1951 births Living people Swedish female curlers World curling champions European curling champions 20th-century Swedish sportswomen {{Sweden-curling-bio-stub