Linnea Ceder (born 8 August 2002) is a Finnish retired figure skater. She is the 2022 and 2025 Finnish national silver medalist.
Personal life Ceder was born on August 8, 2002, in Tuusula, Finland, to parents, Mia and Ikka. She has two younger siblings, Linus and Elle.
Ceder's sister, Elle, is a middle-distance runner who competed in the semi-finals at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in the women's 800 metre event.
Career Early years Ceder began figure skating in 2006. Her first coaches included Lumiki Maki, Pia Parvainen, and Kim Jacobson. In 2016, she joined the Espoo Figure Skating Club where Virpi Horttana became her coach.
On the novice level, she finished fifth at the 2016 Nordic Championships.
2016–17 season Making her junior international debut, Ceder finished eighth at the 2016 Lombardia Trophy. She then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2017 Finnish Junior Championships before placing fourth on the junior level at the 2017 Mentor Toruń Cup.
Ceder finished the season by winning the gold medal at the 2017 Nordic Junior Championships.
2017–18 season Ceder began the season by debuting on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing fifteenth at 2017 JGP Belarus. She then went on to win the silver medal on the junior level at the 2017 Tirnavia Ice Cup and placing thirteenth on the junior level at the 2017 Tallinn Trophy.
In December, Ceder finished sixth at the 2018 Finnish Junior Championships. She subsequently closed the season by placing eighth on the junior level at the 2018 International Challenge Cup and winning the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2018 Coupe du Printemps.
2018–19 season Ceder started the season by competing on the junior level at the 2018 Tallinn Trophy, where she placed sixth. She then made her senior national debut at the 2019 Finnish Championships, finishing fifth. Ceder followed this up by winning bronze on the senior level at the 2019 Mentor Toruń Cup.
Selected to compete at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ceder finished the event in tenth place. She then went on to compete at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. She placed twenty-ninth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment.
2019–20 season
Ceder began the season by competing on the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing eighth at 2019 JGP Russia. She then competed on the senior level, placing seventh at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, winning the bronze medal at the 2019 Halloween Cup, and placing sixth at the 2019 Tallinn Trophy.
In December, she won the bronze medal at the 2020 Finnish Championships. Selected to compete at the 2020 European Championships in Graz, Austria, Ceder finished the event in twelfth place.
2020–21 season Ceder did not compete during this season.
2021–22 season Over the summer, Ceder struggled with a leg injury from changing skates, which ultimately kept her off the ice for three months. She started the season by competing at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy but withdrew following the short program. Ceder then went on to compete at the 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, finishing eighth and nineteenth, respectively.
In December, she competed at the 2022 Finnish Championships, winning the silver medal behind Jenni Saarinen. She subsequently won the bronze medal at the 2022 Bavarian Open before finishing fourth at the 2022 Nordic Championships and at the 2022 Jégvirág Cup.
Selected to compete at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where she placed twelfth.
2022–23 season Ceder began the season by competing on the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series, placing tenth at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and eleventh at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. She went on to compete at the 2022 Volvo Open Cup but withdrew following the short program.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia's annually held Grand Prix event, the Rostelecom Cup, was cancelled and replaced with the Grand Prix of Finland for an indefinite period. As a result, Ceder was selected as one of the nation's host representatives to compete at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo. She ultimately finished the event in eleventh place.
Due to sustaining a stress fracture in her lower back, Ceder missed the remaining season.
2023–24 season Returning from injury, Ceder started the season by competing at the 2023 Swiss Open, where she finished in fourth place. She then went on to place seventeenth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup and fifth at the 2023 Tallinn Trophy.
In December, Ceder competed at the 2024 Finnish Championships, where she placed sixth. She subsequently finished the season by finishing sixth at the 2024 Volvo Open Cup and winning bronze at the 2024 Sonja Henie Trophy.
2024–25 season
Ceder began the season by competing on the 2024–25 Challenger Series, finishing eighth at the 2024 CS Nepela Memorial and fourth at the 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy. She then went on to win the gold medal at the 2024 Lounakeskus Trophy.
In December, she won the silver medal at the 2025 Finnish Championships behind Olivia Lisko.
Selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Ceder finished the event in fifteenth place. She then competed at the 2025 Nordic Championships and the 2025 Bellu Memorial, winning silver and gold, respectively.
Ceder subsequently finished the season by debuting at the World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, finishing in eighteenth place overall. With this placement, Ceder won Finland a quota for women's singles skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics. In an interview following the free skate, Ceder shared, "Even though I was, of course, so happy after making the final and qualifying the spot for my country, the nerves were still there. But I'm fairly happy with what I showed today. There were a few things here and there, but overall, I think I did pretty good. The reactions after the short program, after I secured the Olympic spot, were really great, people were so happy. Next year, there will be tight competition for that spot in Finland because we have a lot of strong girls. But I’m ready to do my best and fight."
2025–26 season Ceder opened her season by finishing tenth at the 2025 CS Lombardia Trophy. She followed this up by winning gold at the 2025 Crystal Skate Open. In October, Ceder placed ninth at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy and finished seventh at the 2025 Swiss Open.
In December, she won the bronze medal at the 2026 Finnish Championships behind Iida Karhunen and Olivia Lisko.
On April 2, 2026, Ceder announced her retirement from competitive figure skating.
Programs
Season Short program Free program Exhibition 2025–2026 The Lonely Shepherd Chasing Cars 2024–2025 Because of You Wake Me Up 2023–2024 Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 2022–23 Broken Vow Toxic 2021–22 Toxic 2018–21 Cinema Paradiso Juliet The Death of Mercutio and Tybalt A Time for Us 2017–18 Once Upon a December People Help the People
Competitive highlights
Detailed results
Senior results
2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total March 25–30, 2025 2025 World Championships 20 56.79 17 108.71 18 165.50 February 18–23, 2025 2025 Bellu Memorial 3 56.25 1 120.41 1 176.66 January 28 – February 2, 2025 2025 European Championships 11 54.82 16 101.19 15 156.01 December 13–15, 2024 2025 Finnish Championships 2 61.73 2 99.98 2 161.71 November 28–December 1, 2024 2024 Lõunakeskus Trophy 2 51.06 1 105.00 1 156.06 November 11–17, 2024 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 4 53.49 3 109.92 4 163.41 October 24–26, 2024 2024 CS Nepela Memorial 5 54.60 10 90.41 8 145.01 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total March 8-10, 2024 2024 Sonja Henje Trophy 5 48.70 3 96.70 3 145.40 January 18-21, 2024 2024 Volvo Open Cup 2 50.20 6 77.67 6 127.87 December 15-17, 2023 2024 Finnish Championships 5 53.04 6 93.97 6 147.01 November 21-24, 2023 2023 Tallinn Trophy 5 56.89 5 99.02 5 155.91 November 16-19, 2023 2023 CS Warsaw Cup 16 50.63 18 84.85 17 135.48 October 26-29, 2023 2023 Swiss Ice Skating Open 4 48.84 4 89.25 4 138.09 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 10 55.63 10 96.28 11 151.91 October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 9 56.19 12 99.76 11 155.95 September 21–24, 2022 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5 57.43 11 95.38 10 152.81 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total December 17–19, 2022 2022 Finnish Championships 2 57.52 1 113.65 2 171.17 November 11–14, 2021 2021 CS Cup of Austria 23 45.64 18 90.74 19 136.38 October 20–24, 2021 2021 Cup of Nice 11 40.49 8 94.20 8 134.69 October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 24 44.72 WD WD 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total January 20–26, 2020 2020 European Championships 15 58.01 12 108.15 12 166.16 December 14–16, 2019 2020 Finnish Championships 5 50.38 3 110.49 3 160.87 November 11–17, 2019 2019 Tallinn Trophy 3 54.85 10 93.13 6 147.98 October 17–20, 2019 2019 Halloween Cup 2 53.77 4 94.50 3 148.27 October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 7 53.25 8 98.23 7 151.48
Junior 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 13 56.34 12 104.92 12 161.26 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total September 11–14, 2019 2019 JGP Russia 12 49.91 10 95.75 8 145.66
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