Håkan Nils "Wicke" Wickberg (3 February 1943 – 8 December 2009) was a Swedish

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who played over 300 games with

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, winning the Swedish National Championship seven times as a player. He was awarded

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for the season of 1970–71. He finished forth with the

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at the

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and

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, and won silver medals at the 1970 and 1973 World Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wickberg, Hakan 1943 births 2009 deaths Brynäs IF players Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Ice hockey people from Gävle Swedish ice hockey centres