Dahlqvist, who started for the club in his hometown Njurunda IK , won his first Swedish championship in combination in 1959. A year later he was able to successfully defend this title. At the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley , he started in the combination. After ski jumping he was in 20th place, but was able to achieve eighth place overall thanks to a good mileage. In 1962 and 1963 he won the Swedish championship again. He also won the Swedish team championship three times in a row between 1960 and 1962.