With Sebastian Samuelsson ill, the home hope was for World Cup fifth-place finisher Martin Ponsiluoma.
Already in the first shooting, however, he shot a boom and had to work from a disadvantage for the rest of the distance race in Östersund.
In addition, the driving form was not the best for Ponsiluoma, who still finished in the top ten.
Jepser Nelin was fourth fastest after the first shoot, but then shot three misses and was over three minutes from the winner.
Should have quit - regretted and won
The German Benedikt Doll, 32, who shot four zeroes, won the distance race.
Before the season, Doll had decided that this year would be his last.
But then he repented a few weeks ago and celebrated it with the strongest possible form message.
The Norwegian secured the cup
With the sovereign Johannes Thingnes Bö gone with covid-19, compatriot Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen was able to secure the distance cup with his third place in the competition.
- It's really fun.
I aimed to fight for the overall this year, but it turned out that Johannes Thingnes Bö was too good, so this was a nice bonus.
I'm very happy to make it, he says.
However, he had to see himself defeated by the Italian Tommaso Giacomel, who finished second.
The podium was the 22-year-old's first podium in his World Cup career.
The article is updated.