Christian Bäckman

Christian Bäckman was one of Frölunda's leading defensemenArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in SVT SportRead the sourceClose and, later in his career, an experienced member of the team's core. Christian Bäckman’sArticle in Frölunda HCRead the sourceClose hockey roots were at Alingsås HC, his formative club. In an April 2020Article in SHLRead the sourceClose interview with SHLSHLSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Close, he credited his father, who played hockey and coached teams in Alingsås, with introducing him to the sport. He also played football growing up, but during his teens he preferred hockey and achieved better results in itArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose.

Bäckman joined Frölunda in 1996Article in SHLRead the sourceArticle in Frölunda HCRead the sourceClose at 16. KatrinelundsgymnasietArticle in Göteborgs StadRead the sourceClose also names him among its former hockey students. When a move to North AmericaArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose became an option in 2000, he turned it down, he recalled in the 2020 SHLSHLSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Close interview. He waited 2 years to feel better preparedArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose.

In autumn 2015Article in SHLRead the sourceClose, Bäckman began working at Skandia in financial advice for private clients and capital management. In the 2020Article in SHLRead the sourceClose interview, he described how his work had increasingly focused on companies.

In OctoberArticle in Sörhaga/Alingsås HockeyRead the sourceClose 2020, Bäckman returned to Alingsås Hockey for classroom and on-ice sessions with the club’s defensemen. The sessions included defensemen from U13 through to the senior teamArticle in Sörhaga/Alingsås HockeyRead the sourceClose.