Niklas Wikegård (born October 3, 1963) is a Swedish former

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player and

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, currently working for the

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as a

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-related shows. Wikegård was head coach for

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 ...

between 2002 and 2005. He has also coached

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, and

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team

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. He also worked as an assistant coach to Stephan Lundh in Djurgården 1996 to 1998, and in

Malmö Redhawks The Malmö Redhawks (colloquially referred to simply as Malmö or by past abbreviation MIF) are a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Malmö which plays in the SHL, with Malmö Arena as the venue for home games. The history of the te ...

1998 to 2001. In several years Wikegård worked as a

for SVT during hockey games and as a co-host of the show '' Hockeykväll'' (). On May 23, 2011, SVT announced that Wikegård would leave SVT. The day later Wikegård signed a three-year-long contract with the

. Wikegård is also working for the

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company Expekt.com. Niklas, as of 19 December 2023 started working, once again, for

Djurgården Hockey Djurgården ( or ) or, more officially, , is an island in central Stockholm, Sweden. Djurgården is home to historical buildings and monuments, museums, galleries, the amusement park Gröna Lund, the open-air museum Skansen, the small resident ...

, but this time in capacity of Sporting manager for the club in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wikegard, Niklas 1963 births Living people Ice hockey people from Gävle Malmö Redhawks coaches Swedish ice hockey coaches Washington Capitals scouts Djurgårdens IF (men's hockey) coaches