Sweden's Loui Eriksson, right, scores on U.S. goalie Robert Esche during the bronze medal game at the world hockey championships on Sunday. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Associated Press/KEYSTONE)

Sweden won the bronze medal at the ice hockey world championship in Bern, Switzerland, on Sunday by beating the United States 4-2.

Sweden scored all four goals on the power play, with Loui Eriksson and Tony Martensson scoring in the second period and Carl Gunnarsson adding a third with 11 minutes left.

Johnny Oduya scored into an empty net in the final seconds.

The U.S. took the lead on Jack Johnson's power-play shot in the second and tied the game on Joe Pavelski's solo effort early in the third.

Stefan Liv had 37 saves for the win, while Robert Esche made 24 stops for the U.S.

Sweden won its first medal since taking gold in 2006. It lost the bronze medal match the past two years.

The Americans took the lead at 5:14 of the second after a holding call on Mattias Weinhandl, when Johnson's shot from near the blue-line beat Liv on his stick side despite having clear sight of the puck. It was Johnson's fifth goal of the tournament.

Liv had a strong save to deny Drew Stafford, who then drew the penalty that led to Sweden's equalizer. Eriksson took Martensson's pass from behind the goal line and pushed the puck in when on his knees in front of Esche.

The Americans lost some focus and took two quick penalties to give Sweden a 5-on-3 advantage, and Martensson capitalized 12 seconds later to give Sweden the lead at 15:57.

Pavelski tied it at 2:15 of the third, bringing the puck out of his own zone and skating through the Swedish defence to score on a wrist shot from the left circle.

But Gunnarsson scored the winner from the same spot with a slapshot, and Oduya added the insurance goal in the last second, as the U.S. ended the match with Ryan Suter and captain Dustin Brown in the penalty box and Esche pulled.

The U.S. has not won a medal since taking bronze in 2004. It last won the title in 1960.