Rolf Lennart "Riddarn" ("the Knight") Ridderwall (born 20 November 1958) is a retired Swedish

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. He played 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 named ...

in the

Swedish Elite 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 ...

almost his entire career. Ridderwall won the

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as the top player in Sweden for the 1989-90 season.

Family

His son, Stefan Ridderwall, is also a hockey goaltender, and his nephew,

Calle Ridderwall Calle Erik Ridderwall (born 28 May 1988) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger who most notably played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Undrafted, Ridderwall played amateur hock ...

, is currently playing professional ice hockey in

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with the

Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorfer EG (short DEG) is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players. The famous Eisstadion at the Brehmstrasse was the home venue for ...

of the

Deutsche Eishockey Liga The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called "PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga") (; English: ''German Ice Hockey League'') or DEL, is a German professional ice hockey league and the highest division in German ice hockey. Founded in ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ridderwall, Rolf 1958 births Living people AIK IF players Djurgårdens IF Hockey players Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players of Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Stockholm Swedish ice hockey goaltenders