Ove Dahlberg | |||||||||
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Born | Surahammar, Sweden | 12 April 1931||||||||
Died | 9 January 1997 | (aged 65)||||||||
Known for | IIHF official | ||||||||
Honors | IIHF Hall of Fame (2004) | ||||||||
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Ove Dahlberg (12 April 1931 – 9 January 1997) was a Swedish ice hockey and soccer official. Having previously played a forward position in ice hockey, Dahlberg is considered one of the greatest European referees for his ability to read the game.[1][2][3] He was inducted posthumously into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004 and into the Swedish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.