Charlotte Kalla has collected numerous championship medals over the years in cross country and ended her successful career last spring.
Now she comes with the happy news that she and her partner are expecting a child.
"New skier in town summer 2023", says a picture on Instagram.
"If everything goes well, the summer of 2023 will mean the biggest change of my life.
We are going to be parents!
We are happy, hopeful and happy even though it still feels very surreal!
One step at a time towards something incredibly long-awaited, a dream I longed to experience!”
she writes in the post.