Best Swedish ice hockey player
Twenty Tre Kronor and NHL legends, from Sven Tumba to the modern stars.
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- Peter Forsberg — Centre for MODO and the Colorado Avalanche; two Stanley Cups, the 2003 Hart Trophy and the 1994 Olympic shootout goal.
- Nicklas Lidström — Defenceman for the Detroit Red Wings; four Stanley Cups and seven Norris Trophies.
- Mats Sundin — Centre for Quebec and the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto's all-time points leader; 2006 Olympic champion.
- Börje Salming — Defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs (1973–89) who paved the way for Europeans in the NHL.
- Henrik Zetterberg — Detroit Red Wings centre; 2008 Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy, 2006 Olympic and world champion.
- Henrik Sedin — Vancouver Canucks centre; 2010 Art Ross and Hart Trophy winner and the club's all-time points leader.
- Daniel Sedin — Vancouver Canucks winger and twin of Henrik; won the Art Ross Trophy in 2011.
- Henrik Lundqvist — New York Rangers goaltender; 2012 Vezina Trophy and 2006 Olympic gold.
- Erik Karlsson — Offensive defenceman for Ottawa, San Jose and Pittsburgh; three-time Norris Trophy winner.
- Victor Hedman — Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman; two Stanley Cups, the 2018 Norris and the 2020 Conn Smythe Trophy.
- Nicklas Bäckström — Washington Capitals playmaking centre who won the Stanley Cup in 2018.
- Daniel Alfredsson — Long-time Ottawa Senators captain; 1996 Calder Trophy and 2006 Olympic gold.
- Markus Näslund — Vancouver Canucks captain and prolific scorer; won the Lester B. Pearson Award in 2003.
- Mats Näslund — Montreal Canadiens winger; Stanley Cup in 1986 and a member of the Triple Gold Club.
- Håkan Loob — Calgary Flames winger, the first Swede to score 50 NHL goals in a season; Triple Gold Club member.
- Kent Nilsson — Highly skilled centre for Atlanta and Calgary; won the Stanley Cup with Edmonton in 1987.
- Pelle Lindbergh — Philadelphia Flyers goaltender and the first European to win the Vezina Trophy (1985).
- Sven Tumba — Djurgården and Tre Kronor star of the 1950s and 60s and multiple world champion.
- Ulf Sterner — Forward who in 1965 became the first European-trained player to play in the NHL, for the New York Rangers.
- Anders Hedberg — Forward who starred for the WHA's Winnipeg Jets with Bobby Hull and Ulf Nilsson, then the New York Rangers.