Maja Viström

Maja Viström
Viström in 2020 in Sweden's under-19 team
Personal information
National team Sweden
Born (2001-04-26) 26 April 2001
Sweden
Sport
SportFloorball
LeagueSwedish Super League (2017–)
Team
Medal record
Women's floorball
Representing  Sweden
World Games
Silver medal – second place2025 ChengduTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Sweden
Gold medal – first place2023 Singapore
Under-19 World Championships
Silver medal – second place2020 Sweden

Maja Viström (born 26 April 2001) is a Swedish floorball player and national team member. She is a two-time world champion, eight-time Swedish champion, four-time Champions Cup winner, and was named the world's best floorball player in 2024. She has been playing in the Swedish Super League since 2017.

Club career

In her youth, Maja Viström also played football for several years and appeared for the Sweden's under-17 national team.[1][2] She started playing floorball at the age of 11 with the club Gullänget-Kroksta IBS.[3][2]

Viström (left) playing for IKSU in the 2019 Champions Cup final against 1. SC Vítkovice.

From the 2017–18 season, Viström began playing in the Swedish Super League for IKSU. In her first year, she won the championship title and later claimed gold in the Champions Cup.[4][5][3] They secured another league title in the 2019–20 season.

After the 2019–20 season, IKSU was dissolved, and its team, including Viström, was taken over by Team Thorengruppen. Despite the transition, the team maintained its dominant position in the league, securing the championship title for the next six seasons between 2021 and 2026. Viström scored the game-winning goal in the finals of both 2022 and 2024.[3][6] Thorengruppen also won the Champions Cup in 2023, 2024 and 2026[7][8] and claimed the Swedish Cup four times.[3] In the absence of team captain Emelie Wibron, Viström repeatedly stepped in as her replacement.[9][10]

International career

As captain, Viström led the Swedish under-19 national team to a silver medal at the 2020 U-19 World Championships, where she was named to the All-star team.[10][11]

Viström (left) at 2025 World Championships

Viström made her debut for the Swedish women's national team at the Euro Floorball Tour in October 2021 in a match against the Czech Republic, where she scored two goals.[12] She played in her first World Championship later that year, assisting her club teammate Emelie Wibron on the game-winning goal in overtime during the final and was named the player of the match.[13] At the next championship in 2023, Sweden defended their gold medal, with Viström contributing two goals and an assist in the final, once again earning the title of the most valuable player of the match.[14]

At the inaugural women's tournament at the 2025 World Games, they lost with the Swedish team in the final, marking their first defeat in a major international match since 2005.[15] At the championship that same year, they lost already in the semi-finals and ultimately finished without a medal for the first time in history.[16]

Year Team Event Result
2020 Sweden U-19 WFC U-19 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021 Sweden WFC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Sweden WFC 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2025 Sweden WG 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2025 Sweden WFC 4th

Awards

In 2024, Viström was named the world's best floorball player in a poll conducted by Innebandymagazinet magazine. She also ranked among the top players in 2022, 2023, and 2025.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "Maja Viström uppflyttad till A-laget". umeaik.se (in Swedish). 14 February 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 "The World Games Athlete of December 2023: Maja Viström". theworldgames.org. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Maja Viström - Kontrakt, Statistik, Meriter". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "IKSU and Classic win Champions Cup 2019". IFF Main Site. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "Spelarprofil Maja Viström, Team Thorengruppen". ssl.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Thorengruppen Wins Fifth Consecutive Swedish Floorball Championship". Sweden Herald. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Thorengruppen win the Women's 2024 Champions Cup". IFF Main Site. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "Storvreta and Thorengruppen are the 2026 Champions Cup champions!". International Floorball Federation (IFF). 24 January 2026. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Borgström, Anders (18 February 2025). "Lyfte inte pokalen efter segern: "Ville inte vara med"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  10. 1 2 Westlund, Victor (30 August 2021). "De bildar svenska kaptenstrion i U19-VM". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  11. ↑ "Women's U19 WFC 2020 All-Star Team". IFF Main Site. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  12. ↑ "Landslagskollen: Sverige ångade på - tre raka segrar". ssl.se (in Swedish). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Women's WFC 2021 gold to Sweden with overtime win". IFF Main Site. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Sweden defeat Finland 6-4 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium for ninth consecutive Women's World Floorball Championships title". WFC 2023. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  15. ↑ Jansson, Henrik (13 August 2025). "Svenskt silver efter 13 mardrömssekunder i finalen". Innebandymagazinet (in Swedish). Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Finalists dominate the Women's World Floorball Championships 2025 All-Star Team. Staňková becomes the first-ever Czech MVP!". International Floorball Federation (IFF). 14 December 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  17. ↑ Ljungström/TT, Kasper (30 December 2024). "Svenska Maja Viström, 23, utsedd till bäst – i hela världen". strengnastidning.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 6 March 2025.
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