Anders Andersson (hockey)
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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. Andersson played on the famous "Mosquito Line" with Eilert Määttä
and Kalle Hedlund
.
In Sweden, Andersson played for Skellefteå AIK
from 1956–66 and Färjestads BK
from 1966–69. 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.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden, including seven IIHF World Championships and two Winter Olympics. Andersson played on the famous "Mosquito Line" with Eilert Määttä
Eilert Määttä
Yngve Eilert "Garvis" Määttä was a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and coach. He played for Skellefteå AIK and Södertälje SK...
and Kalle Hedlund
Karl-Sören Hedlund
Karl-Sören "Kalle" Hedlund is a retired ice hockey forward. He's known for being a member of the "Mosquito Line" on Skellefteå AIK together with Anders Andersson and Eilert Määttä. While both Andersson and Määttä won World Championships gold, Kalle's highest accolade was a bronze medal in...
.
In Sweden, Andersson played for Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK
Skellefteå AIK Hockey is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, playing in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.- History :...
from 1956–66 and Färjestads BK
Färjestads BK
Färjestads Bollklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 18 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning nine times since Elitserien was started in 1975. The team plays in the highest Swedish league, and have done so since 1965...
from 1966–69. 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.
International championship teams
- World Championship gold: 1957, 1962
- World Championship silver: 1964
- World Championship bronze: 1965
- Olympic silver: 1964Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter OlympicsAt the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria, one ice hockey event was held: men's ice hockey. This tournament was also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship. Games were held at the Olympiahalle Innsbruck....
- European gold: 1957, 1962
- European silver: 1964
- European bronze: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1965