Jonas Bergqvist

Jonas Bergqvist (born September 26, 1962 in Hässleholm, Sweden) is a retired Swedish ice hockey right winger, who twice won an Olympic medal in his career.

Bergqvist played for Rögle BK and Leksands IF between 1981 and 1989. He played 22 games in the NHL for the Calgary Flames in 1989-90. He then played in Germany for Mannheimer ERC before returning to Leksands IF in 1991, where he played until 1998. He won the Golden Puck as the top player in Sweden in 1995-96. In 1998-99 he played for VEU Feldkirch in Austria, winning the Alpine championship.

Bergqvist held the record for games played - 272 - for the Swedish national team, prior to his record being broken by Jörgen Jönsson in 2007. He participated in nine IIHF World Championships (on the gold medal team in 1987, 1991, and 1998), the 1988, 1992, and 1994 Olympics, the 1987 and 1991 Canada Cups, and the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.

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* [http://www.azhockey.com/index.html A to Z Encyclopedia of Ice Hockey]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=7299 Internet Hockey Database]
* [http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=288873&page=NewsPage&service=page Record broken by J. Jonsson]