Anders Andersson (ice hockey)

Anders Andersson
Anders Andersson in the mid 1960's
Born 2 January 1937
Skellefteå, Sweden
Died 15 December 1989 (aged 52)
Skellefteå, Sweden
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Skellefteå AIK
Färjestad BK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1955–1969
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Innsbruck Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1957 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Colorado Springs/Denver Team
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Tampere Team

Åke Anders "Akka" Andersson (2 January 1937 – 15 December 1989) was a Swedish ice hockey centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden, including seven IIHF World Championships and two Winter Olympics, in 1960 and 1964. Andersson played on the famous "Mosquito Line" with Eilert Määttä and Kalle Hedlund.

In Sweden, Andersson played for Skellefteå AIK from 1956 to 1966 and Färjestads BK from 1966 to 1969. He is one of only three players to win the Golden Puck as Swedish Player of the Year twice, which he did in 1961 and 1962, and was appointed into the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame in August 2012.[1]

He has also been inducted into the Skellefteå AIK Wall of Fame.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Victor Jonsson (22 August 2012). "Acka i Hall of Fame" (in Swedish). Norran. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ Tommy Forsgren (26 October 2015). "Han tar plats på Wall of Fame" (in Swedish). SVT Västerbotten. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Legendarisk hyllning av Jan X:et Erixon" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio Västerbotten. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. ^ Robert Tedestedt (29 March 2016). "Oväntat veteranmöte i Skellefteå" (in Swedish). SVT Västerbotten. Retrieved 4 May 2023.