Nils Nilsson (ice hockey)

Nils Nilsson
Nilsson during the early 1960s
Born(1936-03-08)8 March 1936
Forshaga, Sweden
Died24 June 2017(2017-06-24) (aged 81)
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Ice hockey career
Position Centre
Played for Forshaga IF
IK Göta
Leksands IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1952–1969
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Innsbruck Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1957 Moscow Team
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Oslo Team
Gold medal – first place 1962 Colorado Springs/Denver Team
Silver medal – second place 1963 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Tampere Team
Silver medal – second place 1967 Vienna Team
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Association football career
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Karlstad BK
IK Göta
1959 Djurgårdens IF 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Tre Kronor in November 1958, from the left, standing: Lasse Björn, Karl-Sören "Kalle" Hedlund, Einar Granath, Sigge Bröms, Nils "Double-Nisse" Nilsson, Carl-Göran "Lill-Stöveln" Öberg, Göran Lysén, Uno "Garvis" Öhrlund, Roland "Rolle" Stoltz; front row: Sven "Tumba" Johansson, Hasse Svedberg, Yngve Johansson, Roland "Sura-Pelle" Pettersson, Vilgot "Ville" Larsson and Rune Gudmundsson.

Nils Erik "Dubbel-Nisse" Nilsson (8 March 1936 – 24 June 2017[1]) was a Swedish ice hockey forward and footballer. Between 1954 and 1967 he played 205 international matches and scored 131 goals, which is the second-best scoring result, behind that of Sven Tumba. He won the world title in 1957 and 1962, finishing second in 1963 and 1967 and third in 1958 and 1965. He competed at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, and finished in fourth, fifth and second place, respectively. He was the best forward of the 1960 tournament and was selected to the all-star team at the 1962 World Championships. In 2002, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.[2][3][4]

Nilsson won only one national title, in his last season (1969). Yet he was awarded the Guldpucken award in 1966 as the best Swedish player and the Rinkens riddare award in 1967 for sportsmanlike behavior, and was selected to the Swedish all-star team in 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965 and 1967.[2]

Nilsson also played football with Djurgårdens IF, IK Göta and Karlstad BK, and won the national title with Djurgården in 1959. After retiring from competitions he worked as a product developer with Jofa, a Swedish manufacturer of sporting equipment.[2]

  1. ^ "Svenske hockeylegendaren Nils "Dubble-Nisse" Nilsson död".
  2. ^ a b c Nils Nilsson. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ "Nilsson, Nisse". A to Z Encyclopaedia of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Nisse Nilsson". Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish). 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2023.