Sigfrid "Sigge" Öberg (22 February 1907 – 2 April 1949) was a

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and

bandy Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. The international governing body for bandy is ...

player, known for representing

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in all three sports. He won a silver medal with the Swedish national hockey team at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

and four domestic league titles with Hammarby.

Athletic career

Ice hockey

In 1926, at age 18, Öberg made his debut for

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, Sweden's top tier. He would go on to form a feared forward line with Helge Johansson and Erik Larsson in the upcoming years. Öberg won four Swedish championships – in 1932, 1933, 1936 and 1937 – with the club, their first domestic titles. He was known as a physical right winger and a particularly skilled skater, who possessed a great shooting ability and stickhandling. Öberg won 25 competitive caps for the Swedish national team, scoring a total of 6 goals, and represented his country at several major tournaments; the biggest achievement was winning the silver medal in the

. Öberg is a recipient of the honorary award

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and was inducted into the

Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame The Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame was created 2011 to honor those individuals who have contributed to Swedish ice hockey. The Hall of Fame includes notable players, coaches, referees and other personalities. The first inductees were honored in 2011 ...

in 2012; both awards are handed out by the

Swedish Ice Hockey Association The Swedish Ice Hockey Association ( sv, Svenska Ishockeyförbundet (SIF)) in Swedish, is an association of Swedish ice hockey clubs. It was established in Stockholm on 17 November 1922 by representatives from seven clubs. Before then, organized ...

. He retired from ice hockey in 1939.

Football

Öberg also played football with

and made his debut for the senior team in 1926, at age 18. Up until his retirement from the sport in 1935, Öberg made 124 league appearances for Hammarby in the Swedish second tier Division 2, scoring 54 goals playing as a forward.

Bandy

Öberg was also a prominent bandy player for

between 1925–1939. He was a member of the Swedish national team and won a total of five caps for his country. As well as in ice hockey, Öberg was a recipient of the honorary award

in bandy, an award that is handed out by the

Swedish Bandy Association The Swedish Bandy Association ( sv, Svenska Bandyförbundet) is the governing body of bandy in Sweden. It organizes the bandy leagues, Elitserien and Allsvenskan for men and Damallsvenskan for women, and the men's and women's national teams. It w ...

Personal life

He grew up in a working-class home in a southern part of Stockholm known as

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, where he lived his whole life. On 2 April 1949, Öberg died by drowning in the waterway

Hammarbyleden Hammarbyleden is an artificial waterway in Stockholm which connects Lake Mälaren with Saltsjön, the westernmost bay of the Baltic Sea. The waterway is located along the southern edge of Södermalm Södermalm, often shortened to just Söd ...

, at the age of 42.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oberg, Sigfrid 1907 births 1949 deaths Deaths by drowning Ice hockey people from Stockholm Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Sweden international bandy players Swedish ice hockey players Swedish bandy players Swedish men's footballers Hammarby Hockey (1921–2008) players Hammarby IF Bandy players Hammarby Fotboll players Men's association football forwards