Kent "Lill-Kenta" Johansson (born April 13, 1956) is a retired Swedish ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player, currently head coach

Head coach

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 of Frölunda HC

Frölunda HC

Frölunda Hockey Club, also known as the Frölunda Indians, are a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They are currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien, where they have played the majority of the seasons during its existence. The last time they played in the...

 in Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

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Playing career

Johansson started his playing career with Huddinge IK

Huddinge IK

Huddinge IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb of Stockholm. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Division 1...

 in the Swedish tier two league in 1973. From 1975, the club became a top team in the division, mostly every year participating in play offs to advance to Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

, so Johansson wanted to stay and advance with the team, turning down offers from other clubs for many years. In 1982, he finally gave in, and at 26, choosing between newly promoted neighbor team Hammarby IF

Hammarby IF

Hammarby Fotboll is a Swedish football club based in Johanneshov - just south of Södermalm, the southernmost district of Stockholm city centre...

 and more regular Djurgårdens IF

Djurgårdens IF Hockey

Djurgårdens IF Hockey are a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden. They are the ice hockey department of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. The department was formed in 1922 with the help of Wilhelm Arwe and have since then become Sweden's most successful team, having won the Swedish...

 in Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

, he chose the latter. He won the Swedish Championships with the club 1983 and then went to play with HC Lugano

Hockey Club Lugano

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 for six seasons, winning the Swiss Nationalliga A three times; 1986, 1987 and 1988. In 1989 he returned home to Sweden, played his second season with Djurgården and won his second Swedish Championship with the club. He then returned to his original club Huddinge, still an annual runner up in the qualification rounds to Elitserien, and played four more years there, and was close to a promotion in 1993.

Johansson has also played for the Swedish national team

Swedish national men's ice hockey team

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 in the 1983 and 1985 World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

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Coaching career

Johansson started his coaching career in 1994, changing from playing to coaching in Huddinge IK. Between 1995 and 2002 he coached Södertälje SK

Södertälje SK

Södertälje Sportklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan. Södertälje were charter members of Elitserien when the league was founded in 1975 and have since played 24 seasons in the league...

 (one season), HC Bolzano, IK Nyköpings Hockey NH90

Nyköpings Hockey

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 and Djurgårdens IF (one season). From 2002 to 2007 he managed Timrå IK

Timrå IK

Timrå IK is a Swedish ice hockey team from Timrå, who currently plays in the top division, Elitserien. Seasons in the top division include 1956–57 to 1975–76, 1977–78, 1981–82, and 2000–01 until present.-History:...

 in Elitserien, but for season 2007–08 he signed with HV71, and won the Swedish Championships as a coach as well. After losing the finals in 2009 with HV71, Johansson signed with HC Lugano in Switzerland.

Awards

• Elitserien Champion with Djurgårdens IF in 1983 and 1990 (player).
• Nationalliga A Champion with HC Lugano in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
• Elitserien Champion with HV71 in 2008 (coach).
• Elitserien silver medal with HV71 in 2009 (coach).