Martin Karlsson (born April 26, 1952) is a retired Swedish

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and currently the

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AaB Ishockey The Aalborg Pirates are a professional ice hockey team (previously known as Aalborg Ishockey and AaB Ice Hockey) playing in the Danish ice hockey league, Metal Ligaen. The ice hockey team first appeared in 1967 as AaB Ice Hockey organized under ...

. As a player, he won the Swedish National Championship for three consecutive seasons, with

Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), promoted from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, following the 2023–24 season. The ...

in 1976 and 1977 and with

Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå. They currently play In the Swedish Hockey League. They play their home games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Swedish Ch ...

in 1978. Karlsson was also the Elitserien scoring leader in the 1977–78 season. He has coached AaB Ishockey, Nordsjælland Cobras,

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, and

IF Troja/Ljungby IF Troja-Ljungby is an ice hockey club that plays in Ljungby Ljungby () is the Urban areas in Sweden, central locality of Ljungby Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 15,785 inhabitants in 2015. Ljungby was instituted in 1829 as a ''k� ...

. He coached IF Troja/Ljungby from 2007 to 2011 before returning to AaB Ishockey in the 2011–12 season as the team's head coach.

Career statistics

International resume

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silver: 1977 *World Championships bronze: 1976

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson, Martin 1952 births Living people Brynäs IF players IF Troja-Ljungby players Skellefteå AIK players Swedish ice hockey centres Ice hockey people from Skellefteå