Gösta Rudolf Torsten "Lill-Lulle" Johansson (2 March 1929 – 10 April 1997) was a Swedish ice hockey player. Johansson played for

IK Göta Idrottsklubben Göta, commonly known as IK Göta, is a sports club in Stockholm, now active in ice hockey, that was successful in several sports such as sport of athletics, athletics, association football, football, handball, field hockey, ice h ...

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. Djurgårdens IF is an s ...

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, and

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 differ ...

Biography

Johansson was born in Stockholm to ice hockey player Gustaf Johansson. In 1953 Johansson became world champion with the Swedish team. He was named one of the best players of 1949–1955 among

Sven Tumba Sven Tumba (born Sven Olof Gunnar Johansson; 28 August 1931 – 1 October 2011) was one of the most prominent Swedish ice hockey players of the 1950s and 1960s. He also represented Sweden in Association football, football as well as golf and bec ...

, Roland Stoltz and Lasse Björn. He was 32nd recipient of the

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, an honorary award within Swedish sports. In 1952 Johansson finished third with the Swedish team in the

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ice hockey tournament. He also won silver in 1951 and bronze in 1954 in the

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. As a player of

, Johansson was Swedish champion a total of seven times.Gösta Johansson (SWE)
eurohockey.net Johansson was the first Swedish ice hockey player to play professionally. He won the German championship as a player of

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in former

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. Besides working as a businessman, Johansson was a successful trainer in Sweden, Switzerland and Italy. He coached the team

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to 3 times championship victory. He became the second highest ranked Swedish ice hockey professional in Europe. He played in Zurich-Switzerland, and

in Germany during the 1950–1951 season. After finishing his active career, Johansson worked as an ice hockey coach. He was also a businessman in Sweden, Switzerland and Italy. Johansson won the Italian championship three times.

Personal life

In 1955 he married the German skater

Gundi Busch Gundula "Gundi" Busch (29 April 1935 – 31 January 2014) was a German figure skater. She was the 1954 World champion, the 1954 European champion, and a two-time West German national champion. Life and career Early life Gundula Busch was ...

. She was Germany's first World championship in ice skating, which she won in 1954. Later they moved to Stockholm with their son Peter Lulle Johansson. In Stockholm, Gundi worked as ice skating trainer for many years before she died in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2014.Gösta Johansson
sports-reference.com Johansson died from

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at home in Stockholm in 1997.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Gosta 1929 births 1997 deaths IK Göta Ishockey players Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) players VIK Västerås HK players Hammarby Hockey (1921–2008) players Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Deaths from liver cancer in Sweden Ice hockey people from Stockholm