Anette Norberg

Anette Norberg (born 12 November 1966) is a Swedish curler from Härnösand.

Anette Norberg
Curler
Annete Norberg at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Born	Anette Norberg (1966-11-12) 12 November 1966 (age 58) Härnösand, Sweden
Curling career
World Championship appearances	11 (1988, 1989, 1991, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011)
European Championship appearances	15 (1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
World Senior Curling Championship appearances	3 (2018, 2019, 2024)
Olympic appearances	2 (2006, 2010)
Medal record Curling Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 1988 Calgary (demonstration) World Championships 2005 Paisley 2006 Grande Prairie 2011 Esbjerg 2001 Lausanne 2009 Gangneung 1988 Glasgow 1989 Milwaukee 1991 Winnipeg 2003 Winnipeg European Championships 1988 Perth 2001 Vierumäki 2002 Grindelwald 2003 Courmayeur 2004 Sofia 2005 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 2007 Füssen 1984 Morzine 1987 Oberstdorf 2008 Härnösand 1989 Engelberg 1991 Chamonix

She and her team were the Olympic women's curling champions in 2006 and 2010.^[1] After winning the 2006 Women's Curling tournament in Turin over Mirjam Ott's Swiss team, she led her team to victory for gold over Cheryl Bernard's Canadian team in the 2010 Women's Curling tournament in Vancouver; becoming the first skip in the history of curling to successfully defend an Olympic title.

Her team that retired after the 2010 Olympics (although she herself continued until 2013) is regarded as one of the best women's curling teams in history, and she is often regarded as one of the best female skips in history, particularly after adding yet another world title in 2011 with a new younger team.

Career

Norberg started to curl at the age of ten.^[2]

Norberg won seven European Curling Championships (1988, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007) and three World Curling Championships (2005, 2006 and 2011). She also won silver medal at the 2001 Ford World Curling Championship and bronze medals in 1988, 1989, 1991 and 2003 World Championships. Except when she played at third for Elisabeth Högström in the team that won the 1988 European Championship, Norberg has always played the position of skip. After the retirement of her Olympic team, she put together a new team, with Cecilia Östlund, Sara Carlsson, and Liselotta Lennartsson and won her final third world championship gold medal. Norberg announced her decision to retire in April 2013.^[3]

In 1989 she was inducted into the Swedish Curling Hall of Fame. In 2021, she and her Olympic team mates were inducted into the WCF Hall of Fame.^[4]

Personal life

Apart from curling, Norberg was chief actuary at Nordea, and led a division at Folksam.^[5] She is currently a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers.^[2]

Norberg holds a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Uppsala University. She has one daughter, curler Therese Westman, and one son, singer Tobias Westman.^[6][7][8] In September 2014, Norberg revealed that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, shortly after she retired. She has since completed treatment, which included chemotherapy and surgery to remove the tumor.^[2]

In 2006, Norberg appeared in the "Hearts on Fire" music video for Swedish power metal band HammerFall.

Norberg appeared as a contestant in Let's Dance 2013.

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead
1982–83	Anette Norberg	Carina Nilsson	Louise Marmont	Anna Rindeskog
1984–85	Anette Norberg	Anna Rindeskog	Sofie Marmont	Louise Marmont
1985–86	Anette Norberg	Sofie Marmont	Anna Rindeskog	Louise Marmont
1986–87	Anette Norberg	Carina Westman	Anna Rindeskog	Louise Marmont
1987–88	Anette Norberg	Anna Rindeskog (began season as second)	Sofie Marmont (began season as third)	Louise Marmont
1988 ECC	Elisabeth Högström	Anette Norberg	Monika Jansson	Marie Henriksson
1989 WCC	Anette Norberg	Anna Rindeskog	Sofie Marmont	Louise Marmont
1989–90	Anette Norberg	Anna Rindeskog	Sofie Marmont	Louise Marmont
1990–91	Anette Norberg	Cathrine Norberg	Anna Rindeskog	Helene Granqvist
1991–92	Anette Norberg	Anna Rindeskog	Cathrine Norberg	Helene Granqvist
1994–95	Anette Norberg	Cathrine Norberg	Helena Klange	Helene Granqvist
1998–99	Anette Norberg	Cathrine Norberg	Helena Svensson	Anna Blom
2000–01	Anette Norberg	Cathrine Norberg	Eva Lund	Helena Lingham
2001–02	Anette Norberg	Cathrine Norberg	Eva Lund	Maria Hasselborg
2002–03	Anette Norberg	Eva Lund (began season as second)	Cathrine Norberg (began season as third)	Helena Lingham
2003–04	Anette Norberg	Eva Lund	Cathrine Norberg	Anna Bergström
2004–05	Anette Norberg	Eva Lund	Cathrine Lindahl	Anna Bergström
2005–06	Anette Norberg	Eva Lund	Cathrine Lindahl	Anna Svärd
2006–07	Anette Norberg	Eva Lund	Cathrine Lindahl	Anna Svärd
2007–08	Anette Norberg	Eva Lund	Cathrine Lindahl	Anna Svärd
2008–09	Anette Norberg	Eva Lund	Cathrine Lindahl	Anna Svärd Margaretha Sigfridsson
2009–10	Anette Norberg	Eva Lund	Cathrine Lindahl	Anna Le Moine
2010–11	Anette Norberg	Cecilia Östlund	Sara Carlsson	Liselotta Lennartsson
2011–12	Anette Norberg	Cecilia Östlund	Sara Carlsson	Liselotta Lennartsson
2012–13	Anette Norberg	Cecilia Östlund	Sabina Kraupp	Sara Carlsson
2015–16[9]	Anette Norberg	Therese Westman	Cathrine Lindahl	Åsa Linderholm
2016–17[10]	Anette Norberg	Therese Westman	Maria Larsson	Tilde Vermelin
2017–18[11]	Anette Norberg	Therese Westman	Johanna Heldin	Tilde Vermelin
2018–19[12]	Anette Norberg	Therese Westman	Johanna Heldin	Tilde Vermelin

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anette Norberg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
2. "Anette Norberg, 47, om cancerbeskedet". Expressen. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
3. "Sweden's top curling star – Anette Norberg – retires". World Curling Federation. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
4. "World Curling inducts 2021 Hall of Fame recipients". World Curling Federation. June 1, 2021.
5. "Anette Norberg" (in Swedish). sv:Talarforum. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
6. Sheila Vieira (June 23, 2021). "An Olympian explains: How to master curling with Anette Norberg". olympics.com. She is also helping her daughter, Therese Westman, follow her footsteps in the sport.
7. "Sista stenen guld värd" (in Swedish). SVT. 24 February 2006. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
8. Programmet visas även i. "Anette Norberg – Rumba – TV4 Play". Tv4play.se. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
9. Tävlingsutskottet (July 3, 2017). "Elitserien Damer 2015–2016". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
10. Tävlingsutskottet (July 3, 2017). "Elitserien Damer 2016–2017". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Retrieved May 25, 2020.
11. Tävlingsutskottet (January 27, 2018). "Elitserie Damer 2017–2018". Svenska Curlingförbundet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on June 8, 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
12. "Teams & Groups". Stockholm Ladies Curling Cup. 2018. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

External links

• Anette Norberg at World Curling
• Anette Norberg at Olympics.com
• Anette Norberg at Olympedia
• Anette Norberg at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
• Anette Norberg Swedish Olympic Committee (web archive)
• Norberg forms new team