Johanna Skottheim gave Sweden a good start on the first leg and shot both fully and quickly in both the horizontal and vertical shooting.
In standing, she was also the fastest of all with only 22.4 seconds.
In the first change, Sweden was in sixth place, 43.5 seconds behind leading Italy.
Elvira Öberg took over on the second leg and Sweden climbed.
After the 21-year-old shot fully in landscape, she went in as fourth before the standing shot, just 16.2 seconds behind leading Italy.
Three penalty rounds for Elvira Öberg
There, the result was six booms, three penalty rounds and Sweden lost over one and a half minutes to the competitors.
- The Swedish chances will probably disappear here.
What's going on, Elvira Öberg?
Curtain down for Sweden, said SVT's commentator Ola Bränholm in a broadcast.
The expert Helena Ekholm filled in:
- Terribly difficult for Elvira.
She rode really well on the lap and maybe she went a little too hard, then it can be tough on the shooting range.
I'm suffering with Elvira.
Fy what a pain.
"It's damn good"
Öberg herself explained the mistakes by saying that she had no feeling in her hands.
- For some reason I got really cold on my hands and had no feeling.
I tried to get started, but did not succeed.
It is very sad that it needed to be like this today when the ride felt so much better, she says.
Have you ever experienced it before?
- It has probably happened in training when it is minus 15 degrees, but never like this.
It's damn good to shoot.
So damn unnecessary with lots of booms and penalty rounds for such a crap.
In the second change, Sweden had lost down to 17th place and was almost two minutes behind Germany, which had risen as the new leader.
Linn Persson took over on the third leg, shot full and brought Sweden up to twelfth place before it was time for Hanna Öberg as finisher.
The World Cup in Slovenian Pokljuka starts on February 10.
The text is updated.