Anton Forsberg

Anton Forsberg has established himself as an NHL goaltenderArticle in TTELARead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose after years of changing clubs and playing in the AHL. Anton Forsberg’sArticle in Yippie HärnösandRead the sourceArticle in SVT SportRead the sourceClose hockey roots are in Härnösand, where he played in Björnligan as a child and had AIK Härnösand as his formative club. In an August 2025 interview with Yippie HärnösandArticle in Yippie HärnösandRead the sourceClose, he recalled his early role models: his father Per-Arne Forsberg and Timrå goalies Miikka Kiprusoff and Kimmo Kapanen.

Forsberg attended a hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in Örnsköldsviks GymnasiumRead the sourceClose in Örnsköldsvik, combining upper secondary studies with hockey training. At MODOArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose, he worked with goalie coach Maciej Szwoch. In a February 2014Article in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose interview with Aftonbladet, Szwoch explained that the loan to Södertälje was intended to give Forsberg playing time and an opportunity to be involved in the team.

In HärnösandArticle in Yippie HärnösandRead the sourceClose, Forsberg was known as Sockan, a nickname he explained in August 2025 as a link to his father’s nickname, Strumpan. In the same interview, he said that Canadians called him ForsiArticle in Yippie HärnösandRead the sourceClose. He also described time on the water and sauna evenings back home in Härnösand as calmingArticle in Yippie HärnösandRead the sourceClose.

In AugustArticle in Yippie HärnösandRead the sourceClose 2025, Forsberg and childhood friend Marcus Johansson restarted a hockey camp in Härnösand. Yippie Härnösand’sArticle in Yippie HärnösandRead the sourceClose report after the camp recorded 110 participants aged 7–15. Being a good friend was a central aim of the campArticle in Yippie HärnösandRead the sourceClose.