Elisabeth Högström (born 17 March 1951) is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

, world champion and five times European champion.

International championships

Högström became world champion in 1981 as skip for the Swedish team. She received a silver medal in 1980 and 1982.

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

European Curling Championships

The European Curling Championships are annual curling tournaments held in Europe between various European nations and hosted by the European Curling Federation. The European Curling Championships are usually held in early to mid December...

as skip for the team.