Bo Berglund

Bo BerglundArticle in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose grew up in Själevad and played childhood hockey with MoDo from the outset. In an older interview republished by Hockeysverige in 2025Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, he recalled playing hockey as a child with Lars Molin and Janne Nyman.

Hockey was also part of the family: his father was Carlabel “Kabben” Berglund, and his sister Christina NejdebroArticle in Swedish Olympic CommitteeRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose played for MoDo’s women’s team. In the republished interview, Christina recalled using her brother’s skates and training with himArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

Looking back on his development at MoDo in the older interview, Berglund credited coach Lennart HöglanderArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose with trusting young players and introducing a 2–1–2 system that he felt suited them. In his 2010Article in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose interview with AIK, Berglund described his own game as offensive, with stickhandling and drives in front of goal.

His studies at Tekniska HögskolanArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose influenced his decision to move to Stockholm, Berglund explained in the older interview. Speaking to AIK in 2010, he recalled how Anders Hedberg later passed along his plans to return to Stockholm to finish his studies, leading to AIK recruiting himArticle in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose. His education and hockey career had continued alongside each other; in that same interview, he said he completed his KTH studies in 1988Article in AIK HockeyRead the sourceClose.