The Swedish Ice Hockey Leader of the Year (Swedish: ''Årets Ledare'') is an annual award given to the best ice hockey leader in

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each season. The award was first given in the 1991–92 season, and Kamratföreningen Hockeyjournalisterna is the jury which votes on the award. Swedish businessman Percy Nilsson gives out the award since 2006.

Winners

*1991–92: Percy Nilsson, Malmö Redhawks *1992–93: Sture Andersson, MoDo Hockey *1993–94: Bengt Nilsson,

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 fl ...

*1994–95: Denny Eriksson, HV71 *1995–96: Åke Wikman, Luleå HF *1996–97:

Jan Simons Jan Simons (11 November 1925 – 7 May 2006) was a Canadian baritone, music teacher and administrator. Complementing a vocal performance career in Canada in the 1950s and 1960s, he was a member of the faculty of music at McGill University in Mo ...

, Mora IK *1997–98:

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, AIK *1998–99: Börje Olsson, Brynäs IF *1999–2000: Lennart Grevé, IF Björklöven *2000–01:

Mats Waltin Mats Stefan Waltin (born 7 October 1953) is a Swedish ice hockey coach and former player. During his career he played 236 international matches and won Olympic bronze medals in 1980 and 1984, world championship silvers in 1977 and 1981, and wor ...

, Djurgårdens IF *2001–02: Håkan Loob, Färjestad BK *2002–03:

Kent Norberg Kenth Thure "Nubben" Norberg (born June 12, 1967) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and head coach. He later became the sports manager of Timrå IK in the Swedish Swedish Elite League (SEL). Playing career Norberg debuted as ...

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*2003–04:

(2), Mora IK *2004–05:

Benny Westblom Lars Benny Westblom (born April 30, 1954, in Gävle, Sweden) is a retired 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 ...

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 ...

*2005–06: Magnus Hävelid, Linköpings HC *2006–07: Erik Holmberg, Modo Hockey *2007–08: Roger Hansson, Rögle BK *2008–09: Mats Hedenström, AIK *2009–10:

Lars Johansson Lars Johansson may refer to: * Lars (Lasse) Johansson (1638–1674), also known as Lucidor, Swedish baroque poet * Lars Johansson (politician) (born 1950), member of the Riksdag * Lars Johansson (musician), lead guitarist of Swedish doom metal band ...

, Skellefteå AIK *2010–11: Henrik Evertsson, Växjö Lakers *2011–12: Björn Hellkvist, Rögle BK *2012–13:

(2), Skellefteå AIK *2013–14: Per Kenttä, Asplöven HC *2014–15:

Sam Hallam Sam Hallam (born 1987), from Hoxton, London, is one of the youngest victims of a UK miscarriage of justice after an appeal court quashed his murder conviction in 2012. Background In 2004, aged 17, Hallam had been sentenced to serve a minimum of ...

, Växjö Lakers *2015–16:

Roger Rönnberg Roger Rönnberg (born July 27, 1971) is a Sweden, Swedish ice hockey coach currently working as head coach of the Gothenburg based Swedish Hockey League, SHL-team Frölunda HC. Career Rönnberg started his career behind the bench in the youth ...

*2016–17: Peter Hermodsson, Mora IK *2017–18:

(2),

*2018–19: Per Kenttä (2) and Martin Åkerberg, IK Oskarshamn *2019–20: No award due to COVID-19 *2020–21:

(2), Växjö Lakers

References

Årets ledare - Svenska Ishockeyförbundet
(in Swedish)

External links

{{SHL Swedish Hockey League 1992 establishments in Sweden Awards established in 1992 Swedish ice hockey trophies and awards Ice hockey people in Sweden

Winners

See also

References

External links