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STOCKHOLM – Obviously there were a few Swedes who had complete assurance in their team before Sunday’s last. One of them was Carl XVI Gustaf. The actual master of Norway.

“I was fairly relaxed,” His Majesty informed the gamers when the newly-crowned globe winners compensated a check out at the Elegant Structure in main Stockholm just 12 time after they had defeat Swiss 5-1 in the ultimate.

As the team provided the royal close relatives with an signed jacket, the gamers probably already observed the Poodles perform their formal competition music - “En för alla för en”, or “one for all for one” - in the qualifications because meanwhile, countless numbers and many individuals collected in Kungsträdgården, a leisurely recreation area that can be seen from the adventure.

Kungsträdgården, “King’s garden” has recently become the new position for such activities. Returning in 2006, when Norway won both the Olympic gold and the World Tournament, the Olympic team had their celebration end at Medborgarplatsen, a rectangle on the southern part of city, and the World Champions in Kungsträdgården.

The level has been prepared every season, but for seven lengthy decades, it’s remained vacant, unfortunately looking over the two collections of Japanese people cherry plants that encompass the recreation area. Except for that one evening in Jan this season, when the under-20 team famous their World Younger Tournament out in the cool.

But on Thursday, the sun was out, the cherry plants had bloomed and were already mostly natural, with a darkness of light red still staying there. Above the level there was a big indication that said, “WORLD CHAMPIONS”, in Remedial.

Not many professionals had considered in the team before the competition, and they did fall in the beginning units. They missing to Swiss, and they missing to North america, and they squeaked by both the Czech Republic and Belarus, successful both activities 2-1. Actually, Norway obtained only 17 objectives in their seven initial circular activities, least of the four groups that innovative to the playoff level.

But they did ranking four in their last initial circular activity, which was also the first with Daniel and Henrik Sedin on the team.

Sweden obtained 14 objectives - and one in the shootout in the experience against North america - in its four activities with the Sedins. Henrik and Daniel were the designers for ten of them, such as eight of the squad's ten objectives in the three playoff activities.

“We viewed a activity title on TV at house [in Vancouver], and what we saw was a diligent team in which everybody proved helpful for each other. That is the type of team we enjoy playing for,” Daniel Sedin informed Aftonbladet before the ultimate.

There they were, dressed in the yellow-colored sweatshirts, raising the cup, just to listen to the viewers scream. So many of them lastly getting their due, their day in the sun. There were the Sedins, while Olympic winners from 2006, still somewhat not appreciated in their house area, because they have had the big three - Sundin, Forsberg, Lidström - at the front part of them.

There was Staffan Kronwall, the sibling of Niklas, who was the team leader, and led his guys to a crazy music and dancing variety on level, and there was Fran Lundqvist, the hard-working sibling of Henrik, and the only one of the 2013 team who had been on the Kungsträdgården level in 2006.

And there was Pär Mårts, the go trainer of Team Norway, who lastly got the gold honor that has evaded him in his decades behind the nationwide team seats. And with it he got a car from Skoda, the long-time formal primary attract of the IIHF Ice Ice Hockey World Tournament.

Two decades ago he took his team to the World Tournament last - but missing to Finland - and before that, he led the U20 nationwide team to two gold awards and one brown.

This time, Mårts was a champion.

“There’s no better position to get that gold honor than at house,” he said.

“We’ve sensed an excellent oneness in the team since day one, when we got to together in Apr. The ignite was captivated, and the flame has burnt off since then. We’ve always considered in each other,” he included.

Mårts also mentioned that including the Sedins to the team did not affect anything, as “the guys have been raised in the Remedial system”.

In the end, it was the Remedial program that came through, and came out on top. Excellent defense, outstanding goaltending from Jhonas Enroth, a team that drawn together. And a variety of twin babies from Örnsköldsvik, the heartland of hockey.

The World Tournament last collected an approximated three-million individuals TV viewers. So did the Eurovision Song Competition from Malmö, Norway, on Weekend. While the two viewers are not mutually unique, it’s secure to say the whole nation came together on Thursday, when Robin the boy wonder Stjernberg stepped onto the level with the championship team, and conducted Sweden’s admission to the ESC: “You.”

The viewers was dancing, and the gamers were browsing, as Stjernberg hit all the excellent notes:

“Isn’t it insane, really, is not it crazy? It’s all because of you-uu, all because of you-uuuooh.”

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