Peter Nilsson (born June 10, 1962) is a Swedish

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player. Nilsson began playing hockey in

Hammarby IF Hammarby Idrottsförening ("Hammarby Sports Club"), commonly known as Hammarby IF or simply Hammarby ( or, especially locally, ), is a Swedish sports club located in Stockholm, with a number of member organizations active in a variety of differe ...

at a senior level in 1978. He joined

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 named ...

in 1983. During his 12 seasons for Djurgården, he played a total of 510

Elitserien Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sports, Elitserien is the highest league, with the second highest named Allsvenskan. Elitserien leagues at present: * Elitserien (badmint ...

games and scored 341 points before moving back to his first club Hammarby in 1995. Nilsson ended his professional career in

Södertälje SK Södertälje Sportklubb, also known as Södertälje SK and often referred to as SSK, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club playing in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest level of pro hockey in Sweden. Södertälje were charter members of Eli ...

in 1998. He later played Division 3-hockey for Bajen Fans IF, a club founded by Hammarby supporters after the club's bankruptcy in 2008.

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* Djurgårdens IF Hockey players Södertälje SK players 1962 births Swedish ice hockey centres Living people Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) draft picks Ice hockey people from Stockholm {{Sweden-icehockey-centre-stub