Viktor Svedberg (born 24 May 1991) is a Swedish-Kazakhstani professional

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. He is currently a free agent. Svedberg was signed by the

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of the

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(NHL) in October 2013, where he spent five seasons.

Playing career

After spending seasons with

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of J18, Svedberg joined

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. He made his

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debut during the 2010-11 season. Svedberg remained with the club through the 2012–13 season. On 16 May 2013, Svedberg signed with the

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of the

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(AHL). After just four games with the club during the 2013–14 season, Svedberg was signed by the IceHogs'

(NHL) affiliate, the

to a two-year contract on 19 October 2013. Svedberg spent the remainder of the season, as well as the entirety of the 2014-15 season with the IceHogs. On 5 August 2015, the Blackhawks re-signed Svedberg to a one-year contract extension. While spending majority of the 2015–16 season with the IceHogs, Svedberg appeared in 27 games for the Blackhawks. On 15 October, in just his fourth career game, Svedberg scored his first career NHL goal in a 4–1 loss to the

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. Svedberg finished the season with four points in 27 games. On 14 March 2016, the Blackhawks signed Svedberg to a two-year contract extension. After leaving the Blackhawks' organization following the 2017–18 season, Svedberg signed a professional tryout agreement to attend the

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' training camp on 7 September 2018. He briefly returned to his native Sweden playing 7 games in the SHL with

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before on December 2, 2018, Svedberg signed a contract with

Barys Astana Hockey Club Barys ( kk, Барыс хоккей клубы , translit=Barys Hokkei Kluby), also referred to as Barys Astana or HC Barys, is a professional ice hockey team based in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is one of the founding members of the Kontine ...

in the KHL. After three seasons with Barys and accepting Kazakhstani citizenship, Svedberg left as a free agent and secured a three-year contract with Russian club, HC CSKA Moscow, on 7 June 2021.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1991 births Living people Avangard Omsk players Barys Astana players Chicago Blackhawks players HC CSKA Moscow players Frölunda HC players Linköping HC players Rockford IceHogs (AHL) players Rögle BK players HK Poprad players Undrafted National Hockey League players Swedish ice hockey defencemen Kazakhstani ice hockey defencemen Ice hockey people from Gothenburg Naturalized citizens of Kazakhstan {{Sweden-icehockey-defenceman-stub Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Kazakhstani expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Swedish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia