Åke Anders "Akka" Andersson (2 January 1937 – 15 December 1989) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

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centre in the 1950s and 1960s. He played 132 international games for Sweden, including seven

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and two

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, in 1960 and 1964. Andersson played on the famous "Mosquito Line" with

Eilert Määttä Yngve Eilert "Garvis" Määttä (22 September 1935 – 7 May 2011) was a Swedish professional ice hockey player and coach. He played for Skellefteå AIK and Södertälje SK. In international play he scored the game tying 4–4 goal in the 1957 Wo ...

and Kalle Hedlund. In Sweden, Andersson played for

Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå, Sweden. They currently play In the Swedish Hockey League. They play their home games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Swed ...

from 1956 to 1966 and Färjestads BK from 1966 to 1969. He is one of only three players to win the

Golden Puck Guldpucken (''The Golden Puck'') is awarded annually to the ice hockey player of the year in Sweden. It is similar to the NHL's Hart Memorial Trophy. Normally it goes to a player in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top-level ice hockey leagu ...

as Swedish Player of the Year twice, which he did in 1961 and 1962, and was appointed into the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame in August 2012.

References

Anders Andersson
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Swedish Olympic Committee

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Anders 1937 births 1989 deaths Färjestad BK players Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics Swedish ice hockey forwards Skellefteå AIK players Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics People from Skellefteå Municipality Sportspeople from Västerbotten County