Hanna Olsson

Swedish ice hockey player

Ice hockey player
Hanna Olsson
Born (1999-01-20) 20 January 1999 (age 25)
Hälsö, Sweden
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 Frölunda HC
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2012–present

Hanna Olsson (born 20 January 1999) is a Swedish ice hockey player and member of the Swedish national team, currently serving as captain of Frölunda HC in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She is considered one of the best young Swedish players and was already the seventeenth all-time scorer in SDHL history at 21 years of age.

Playing career

Olsson played for the Skärgårdens SK boys' teams until she was 16.[1] From 2013 to 2015, she split her time between the team and various Riksserien (renamed SDHL in 2016) teams. She made her Riksserien debut in 2013 with HV71 Dam and picked up 3 points in 8 games during the 2012–13 season.

She scored 31 points in 27 games in the 2016–17 season as Djurgårdens IF won the SDHL championship for the first time. She had been due to move to North America the following year to join the University of North Dakota, however the university cut their women's hockey programme in 2017.[2][3]

She scored 28 points in 26 games in the 2018–19 season. In December 2018, she publicly criticised the organisation's supporter club, Järnkaminerna, for not doing enough to support the women's side, despite the club supposedly having the "best supporters in Sweden."[4] In February 2019, she broke her contract with Djurgården, citing frustration with her development as a player.[5] After the club barred her from joining another SDHL club for the rest of the season, she returned to Skärgårdens SK to train with their senior men's team, which plays in the fifth tier of Swedish men's hockey.[6] Luleå HF/MSSK had attempted to negotiate a transfer for her rights, however they backed off after they felt Djurgården set the transfer fee too high.[7]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, she signed with HV71.[8] After scoring 46 points in 34 games, including a career-best 21 goals and top among all Swedish players, she was nominated for the Forward of the Year award.[9] She scored the first goal of the game in her return to Djurgården in September, with HV71 winning the match 4–1.[10]

She injured her ACL in practice before the start of the 2020–21 SDHL season and missed the entire season while recovering.[11][12]

Olsson served as captain of HV71 during the 2021–22 SDHL season.

International career

She represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics, getting one assist in six games as Sweden finished in seventh. She has also played for Sweden at several World Championships.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Hanna Olsson om OS-debuten: "Det är en dröm"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 9 February 2018. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (26 March 2019). "VM-stjärnan om framtiden: "Någon gång skulle jag vilja spela på hemmaplan"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (10 January 2018). "Ett superlöfte med en osäker framtid – efter chockbeskedet". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. ^ Larsson, Jonathan; Lindgren, Robin (2 December 2018). "Djurgårdsstjärnan Hanna Olsson sågar sina egna supportar". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. ^ Karlsson, Mattias (4 February 2019). "Stjärnan: "Jag skrev på vad som helst för att lämna"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  6. ^ Umicevic, Dusan (4 February 2019). "Hanna Olsson talar ut: "Skrev på vad som helst"". SVT (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  7. ^ Olausson, Robin (16 February 2019). "Luleå gick bet på superstjärnan: "Vi tycker prislappen var för hög"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  8. ^ Skoglund, Henrik (31 July 2019). "Bröt med Djurgården - nu är landslagsstjärnan klar för rivalen". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  9. ^ Kågström, Rasmus (22 May 2020). "De gör upp om Årets forward på SDHL Awards". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  10. ^ Olausson, Robin (21 September 2019). "Supertalangen dominerade mot sin gamla klubb". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  11. ^ "HV:s landslagsstjärna korsbandsskadad". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 17 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  12. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (18 August 2020). ""När jag skulle ringa mina närmsta bröt jag ihop och började gråta"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  13. ^ "2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SWE - Sweden" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 4 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

External links

  • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
  • Hanna Olsson at Olympedia Edit this at Wikidata