Therese Borssen claimed her first World Cup victory on Friday with a combined time of 1 minute, 55.15 seconds in a women's slalom.
The 22-year-old Swede was second after the first run.
In front of 15,000 spectators on her home Hirschenkogel course, Austria's Kathrin Zettel -- winner of Thursday's giant slalom -- finished second, trailing Borssen by 0.25 seconds.
Marlies Schild of Austria held a commanding lead after the first run and looked set for her fourth consecutive slalom victory, but lost control of a ski just before the finish of her second run. She came in third, 0.42 seconds behind Borssen.
"After a good couple of weeks for me I was hoping for my first World Cup title," said Borssen, who finished third in the Aspen and Val d'Isere slaloms earlier this season.
"But I was a bit surprised to land this victory today. Schild looked so strong. It was great to win of course, but I really would have been happy with a second place," she said.
Schild blamed herself after finishing the evening run.
"I was so angry with myself. A mistake can always happen, but this one came at the worst possible moment," Schild said.
"I lost too much speed there. It came so costly. But I will not moan about this for too long. You can't change it and I should be happy finishing third anyway," she said.
Zettel looked back to "two incredibly beautiful days."
Lindsey Kildow of the US lost control during her second run and did not finish. All other US skiers failed to qualify for the evening session.
Schild will enter the new year on top of the overall World Cup standings after recapturing the lead she lost on Thursday to her compatriot Nicole Hosp, who did not finish her first run on Friday.
Schild has the lead with 597 points, Hosp and Zettel share second place with 540. Austria's Renate Goetschl with 441 points and Kildow with 435 will finish in the top five.
The women's ski circuit continues with a slalom race in Zagreb, Croatia on Jan. 4.
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