Lennart Norberg

Lennart Norberg
Date of birth	January 21, 1949
place of birth	Harnösand , Sweden
size	173 cm
Weight	73 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1967-1979	Timrå IK
1979-1982	IF Björklöven

Bengt Lennart Norberg (born January 21, 1949 in Härnösand ) is a former Swedish ice hockey player .

Career

Lennart Norberg began his career as an ice hockey player at Timrå IK , for whose professional team he was active from 1967 to 1979. With Timrå he first played in Division 1 , the then highest Swedish league. In the 1975/76 season he joined his team in the newly founded Elitserien , but had to accept relegation to the now second-class Division 1 with Timrå. In this he succeeded with his team in the 1976/77 season of direct promotion, followed by relegation in the 1977/78 season . In the following season he missed the return to the top Swedish league with Timrå in the playoffs. Therefore, the defender left the club and ran from 1979 to 1982 for the Elitserien participant IF Björklöven before ending his career at the age of 33.

International

For Sweden , Norberg took part in the World Championships in 1978 , 1979 and 1981 and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid . At the 1979 World Cup and the 1980 Winter Olympics, he and his team won the bronze medal and the silver medal at the 1981 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

• 1977 Promotion to the Elitserien with the Timrå IK

International

• 1979 bronze medal at the world championship
• 1980 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1981 silver medal at the world championship

Web links

• Lennart Norberg at hockeydb.com (English)
• Lennart Norberg at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Lennart Norberg at eurohockey.com
• Lennart Norberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )