Sweden captain Kenny Jonsson lifts the trophy in Riga
Sweden became the first country to win both the world and Olympic titles in the same year with their impressive victory in Riga, Latvia.
Jesper Mattsson and Fredrik Emvall scored goals 37 seconds apart in the first period before Niklas Kronwall and Jorgen Jonsson added two more.
Finland earlier crushed Canada 5-0 to take third place.
"It's fun to be part of hockey history," said Sweden coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson. "It's been great working with these guys and my staff.
"I think we played more or less a perfect game today. After taking a 2-0 lead we had a good control of the game."
Kronwall, one of four players from the Detroit Red Wings in Sweden's squad, was named as the most valuable player in the tournament.
"It's flattering, but it's a team effort," said Kronwall.
"In my opinion, (Sweden defender) Kenny Jonsson should have that award, but it is what it is and I'm happy to be where I'm at right now.
"We're going to celebrate this tonight here in Riga. Tomorrow we're chartering a plane to go back to Stockholm to celebrate with the people."
The Swedish  won the  Monday in , Latvia, defeating the  by a score of 4-0 to become the first country to win both the  and the Ice Hockey World Championships in the same year.

 (14:36),  (15:13),  (24:07), and  (37:01) contributed the four goals that led to the Swedish team's win.  Coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson was reported as stating that "It's fun to be part of hockey history. It's been great working with these guys and my staff. I think we played more or less a perfect game today."

Kronwall, a  , was named the MVP of the tournament.