Sven Bergqvist

Sven Bergqvist
Sven Bergqvist
Born
Sven Olof Lennart Bergqvist

(1914-08-20)20 August 1914
Stockholm, Sweden
Died16 December 1996(1996-12-16) (aged 82)
Stockholm, Sweden
Association football career
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1935
1936–1946
Hammarby IF 212 (0)
1936 AIK 0 (0)
International career
1935–1943 Sweden 35 (0)
Managerial career
1944–1946 Hammarby IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ice hockey career
Position Defense
Played for Hammarby IF
AIK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 1932–1946

Bandy career
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Hammarby

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

Sven Olof Lennart Bergqvist (20 August 1914 – 16 December 1996) was a Swedish football and ice hockey player, known for representing Hammarby IF in both sports.[1] He also played bandy and handball. Bergqvist is one of only three athletes that has competed in the highest Swedish division in four different sports. He had 35 caps for the Sweden men's national football team between 1935 and 1943, and received the honorary award Stora Grabbars Märke from the Swedish Football Association. He played 55 games for the Sweden men's national ice hockey team at the World Championships and the 1936 Winter Olympics, and was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.

  1. ^ "Sven Bergqvist". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 September 2021.