Gunilla Lindberg

Member of IOC's Executive Committee, Sweden

Entry in the IOC:     1996
Country:                  SWE (Sweden)
Born:                       06 May 1947, Hammarby


Sports administration
  • Head of Office (1969)
  • Assistant Secretary General (1984) then Secretary General (1989-) of the Swedish Olympic Committee
  • Administrative chief, Olympic Games (Winter and Summer) (1972, 1976, 1980)
  • Board member of the Swedish Bob and Luge Federation (1976-1978)
  • Assistant Chef de Mission (1984-)
  • Chief of Press (Winter and Summer Games, 1984-1996)
  • Member of the ANOC Commission for the preparation of the Olympic Games (1989)
  • Jury member of the Svenska Dagbladets newspaper’s Bragdmedalj prize (the most prestigious award a Swedish athlete can receive)
  • Board member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) (1993-)
  • Member of the ANOC Executive Board (1995-2002), ANOC Secretary General (2004-)
IOC History
  • Member of the Executive Board (2000-2004)
  • IOC Vice-President (2004-2008)
  • Member of the following Commissions:
    • Women and Sport (1996-2000), Press (1997-)
    • Olympic Programme (1998-)
    • Evaluation for the XX Olympic Winter Games in 2006 (1998-1999)
    • Coordination for the XX Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006 (2000-2006)
    • “IOC 2000” (1999)
    • IOC 2000 Reform Folllow-up (2002)
    • Coordination for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010 (2003-)
    • Coordination for the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012 (2005-)
    • Olympic Solidarity (2005-)
    • Coordination for the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014 (2007-)
    • Remuneration Working Group (2005)

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