Ralph Douglas Charles "Challe" Berglund (born 18 January 1965 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a

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former

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player and coach.

Biography

He played 12 seasons for

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is name ...

of the Elitserien and won five Swedish Championships with Djurgården in 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000 and 2001. He also received silver in 1992 and 1998. The last seasons of his career he was the

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. He is highly appreciated and loved by the supporters of Djurgården (i.e.

Järnkaminerna Järnkaminerna (lit. The Iron Stoves) is the largest official supporter club of the sports club Djurgårdens IF. Järnkaminerna is also a nickname for the sports club itself. A common shortened form of the supporters club Järnkaminerna is JK. ...

) for being so devoted to the club and its supporters. Berglund earned 142 caps for the Swedish national team. He won both the World Championship gold in 1991 and the Olympic gold in 1994. In 1996, he also won the Swiss Championship with EHC Kloten. Berglund has also been appearing on Swedish

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as an expert commentator for harness racing, which is also his favorite hobby. Berglund has been coaching Djurgårdens IF,

Timrå IK Timrå IK is a professional Swedish ice hockey team based in Timrå, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous seaso ...

and

Modo Hockey Modo Hockey (or MoDo with uppercase letters) is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The team plays in Sweden's second-tier league HockeyAllsvenskan. The club was founded in 1987 and has won one SHL championships; in 2007. ...

of the Elitserien. He coached Djurgården for two seasons before leaving the team in 2007 to coach Timrå. He coached Timrå for three seasons before leaving the team in 2010 to coach Modo. Berglund was forced to leave Modo in 2011 after only one season, mainly because the team finished 12th in Elitserien and therefore had to play in the

2011 Kvalserien The 2011 Kvalserien was the 37th Kvalserien, played between 14 March and 8 April 2011. Växjö Lakers Hockey and Modo Hockey, who finished 1st and 2nd respectively, qualified for the 2011–12 Elitserien season. Södertälje SK were relegated to Ho ...

to remain in Elitserien. Berglund's No. 2 Djurgården jersey was retired and raised to the rafters at

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on 24 January 2012, prior to a home game against

Färjestad BK Färjestad Bollklubb (; abbreviated as FBK) is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 21 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning ten times since the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien) ...

which Djurgården won 2–1 after a

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. On 12 May 2011, Berglund said in an interview that he would take a one-year break from coaching, after declining an offer from

IF Sundsvall Hockey IF Sundsvall Hockey is a Swedish ice hockey club based in Sundsvall. The club currently competes in Hockeyettan, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. Sundsvall plays their home matches at Gärdehov, with a capacity of 2,500. History The cl ...

. On 6 August 2011, Berglund signed with the sports channel

Viasat Hockey V Sport Hockey is a sports channel that is broadcasting from the United Kingdom, primarily targeting Sweden but also available in Finland and Norway. Broadcasting was commenced on 1 September 2009, at the start of the 2009 ice hockey season. Th ...

as a

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for

HockeyAllsvenskan HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system (after the SHL). Since the 2009–10 season, the league consists of fourteen team ...

and

Kvalserien Kvalserien, also known as ''Kvalserien till SHL'', was the Swedish round-robin ice hockey tournament to qualify for play in the next season of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL, previously named Elitserien), Sweden's top-level ice hockey league fo ...

. Berglund cancelled his contract with Viasat on 6 March 2012, as Djurgården were forced to play in the

2012 Kvalserien The 2012 Kvalserien was the 38th Kvalserien, which was played between 15 March 2012 and 6 April 2012. It determined which two teams of the participating ones would play in the 2012–13 Elitserien season and which four teams would play in the 2012� ...

. As a result, Djurgården called Berglund up as the team's new head coach to help save them in the highest division. Although the team was relegated to

, the plan was for Berglund to remain as head coach for the team throughout the 2013–14 season, and also to work as

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for Djurgården. However, after weak results Berglund stepped down as head coach in November 2012, remaining as General Manager for two more years until August 2014.Han tar över Djurgården
(in Swedish) Aftonbladet 2012-11-16

Clubs

juniors, 1982–1984 *

Huddinge IK Huddinge IK (or ''Huddinge Hockey''), is a Swedish ice hockey team from Huddinge, a southern suburb in Stockholm County. The team is currently playing in the third highest league in Sweden, Hockeyettan. In the middle of the 1990s, a women's flo ...

(1984–1986) *

Nacka HK Nacka HK, officially Nacka Hockeyklubb ( en, Nacka Hockey Club), is a Swedish ice hockey club based in the Stockholm suburb of Nacka. , Nacka plays in group D of Division 1, the third tier of ice hockey in Sweden. The club traces its roots t ...

(1986–1987) * Djurgårdens IF (1987–1995) * EHC Kloten (1995–1997) *

(1997–2001)

Coaching career

* Väsby IK Hockey (2004–2005) * Djurgårdens IF (2005–2007) (assisting coach) *

(2007–2010) *

(2010–2011) *

(2012–) (head coach and general manager)

Medals

* Olympic gold 1994 * WC gold 1991 * WC silver 1993, 1995 * WC bronze 1994 * Swedish Champion in 1989, 1990, 1991, 2000, 2001 *

Canada Cup The Canada Cup (french: Coupe Canada) was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The brainchild of Toronto lawyer Alan Eagleson, the tournament was created to meet demand for a true worl ...

, 3rd 1991 * Europateamcup gold 1991, 1992 * Swiss gold 1996

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berglund, Charles 1965 births Living people Djurgårdens IF Hockey players Huddinge IK players Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics EHC Kloten players Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Nacka HK players Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Stockholm Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Swedish ice hockey coaches Swedish ice hockey centres