Nils Carlsén (born April 21, 1985 in Sundsvall

Sundsvall

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) 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...

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Carlsén who began curling in 1996, had been a very successful junior curler for Sweden. He has curled in six World Junior Curling Championships

World Junior Curling Championships

The World Junior Curling Championships is an annual curling tournament featuring the world's best curlers who are 21 years old or younger. The competition for both men and women occur at the same venue. The men's tournament has occurred since 1975 and the women's 1988...

 (2001-2006)- finishing in the top-2 in the last five. In 2001, Carlsén played lead for the Swedish team skipped by Eric Carlsén

Eric Carlsén

Eric Carlsén is a Swedish curler from Sundsvall, Sweden. Playing for Härnösand Curling Club, he was the Swedish national Champion for 2005 and represented Sweden as skip at the 2005 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His team finished 9th...

, and they finished fifth. In 2002 he played second for Eric and finished second- losing to Canada's David Hamblin in the final. In 2003 Carlsén picked up another silver medal losing to Steve Laycock

Steve Laycock

Steve Laycock is a Canadian curler from Saskatoon. He currently skips his team out of the Tartan Curling Club in Regina....

 of Canada. Nils once again played second for Eric. Nils returned again in 2004, this time playing third for Niklas Edin

Niklas Edin

Niklas Edin is a Swedish curler. He is one of the top skips in Sweden.In 2004 Edin skipped his Swedish team to a World Junior Curling Championship title. In the final Sweden defeated Stefan Rindlisbacher of Switzerland. The following year he was an alternate for the silver medal winning Swedish...

. The team won the gold medal, beating Stefan Rindisbacher of Switzerland in the final. In 2005 Nils was skipping the Swedish junior team, and he picked up another silver medal losing to Canada's Kyle George in the final. In 2006, Nils skipped Sweden to another silver medal losing to Canada's Charley Thomas.

2006 also marked Nils' first World Curling Championships

World Curling Championships

The World Curling Championships are annual curling events which showcase the world's best curlers, organized by the World Curling Federation. There are men's, women's and mixed championships. The men's championship started in 1959, while the women's in 1979...

. He would skip team Sweden to a fifth place finish. He is right-handed.

Team mates

• Niklas Edin
  Niklas Edin
  Niklas Edin is a Swedish curler. He is one of the top skips in Sweden.In 2004 Edin skipped his Swedish team to a World Junior Curling Championship title. In the final Sweden defeated Stefan Rindlisbacher of Switzerland. The following year he was an alternate for the silver medal winning Swedish...
  
   (third)
• Markus Hasselborg (second)
• Emanuel Allberg (lead)
• Daniel Tenn (alternate)