Johansson rune

Johansson rune
Date of birth	23rd August 1920
place of birth	Stockholm , Sweden
date of death	December 30, 1998
Place of death	Stockholm , Sweden
Nickname	Bom-bom
position	defender
Career stations
1940-1945	AIK Solna
1945-1954	Hammarby IF

Rune Arnold Georg "Bom-Bom" Johansson (born August 23, 1920 in Stockholm , † December 30, 1998 ibid) was a Swedish ice hockey player .

Career

Rune Johansson began his career as an ice hockey player at AIK Solna , for whose professional team he was active between 1940 and 1945 in Division 1 , the then highest Swedish league. He then played from 1945 to 1954 for his league rivals Hammarby IF . With Hammarby he won the national championship title in 1951 .

International

For Sweden Johansson took part in the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz in 1948 and in Oslo in 1952 . At the 1952 Winter Games, he and his team won the bronze medal. As the best European team, Sweden also became European champions. He was also in his country's squad for the 1953 World Cup . At the 1953 World Cup he won the gold medal with Sweden and was also European champion with his country.

Achievements and Awards

• 1951 Swedish champion with Hammarby IF
• 1952 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1953 gold medal at the world championship

Web links

• Rune Johansson at eurohockey.com
• Rune Johansson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )