David Nyström (born February 21, 1980) is a former Swedish professional ice hockey player who played in the

Swedish Hockey League The Swedish Hockey League (officially SHL; sv, Svenska Hockeyligan) is a professional ice hockey league, and the highest division in the Swedish ice hockey system. The league currently consists of 14 teams. The league was founded in 1975, an ...

(SHL) and Norwegian GET-ligaen. Nyström was drafted in the eighth round of the

1999 NHL Entry Draft The 1999 NHL Entry Draft was the 37th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 26 at the FleetCenter in Boston. According to ''Sports Illustrated'' and other sports news agencies, at the time the 1999 draft was considered one of the deepest in tale ...

by the Philadelphia Flyers, but he never played professionally in North America. He spent the first eight seasons of his professional career in Sweden, playing parts of two seasons in the SHL with

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

and Södertälje SK, and five of his final six seasons in Norway, playing for

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

and

Frisk Asker Idrettsforeningen Frisk Asker is a Norwegian sports club from Asker, Akershus. It has sections for association football and ice hockey. It also used to play bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice sk ...

. He is the son of former SHL player and head coach

Lars-Fredrik Nyström Lars-Fredrik Nyström (born August 10, 1949) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player. He started his professional career in Skellefteå AIK where he played until 1977 when he joined Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known ...

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* 1980 births Living people Frisk Asker Ishockey players Frölunda HC players IF Troja/Ljungby players Philadelphia Flyers draft picks Skellefteå AIK players Södertälje SK players Ice hockey people from Stockholm Swedish ice hockey right wingers Vålerenga Ishockey players {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub