Jesper Bratt

Jesper Bratt has established himself as an NHL starArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in SVT SportRead the sourceClose, but was still relatively little known back home in Sweden in 2025. Jesper BrattArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceArticle in Swedish Ice Hockey AssociationRead the sourceClose grew up in Trångsund and began playing club hockey with Trångsunds IF. In a 2016 interview with Sportbladet, Fredrik Karlström confirmed that they had attended Trubaduren preschool together and played hockey together from the startArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose.

Solna gymnasiumArticle in Solna stadRead the sourceClose lists Bratt among its former students for 2014–2017. During the summer of 2017Article in IIHFRead the sourceClose, he trained with Swedish professional players including Gabriel Landeskog, Jacob Josefson, Rickard Rakell and Patric Hörnqvist, as reported in an IIHF feature that October. The feature also described how he had expected to spend the 2017/18 junior season with the London KnightsArticle in IIHFRead the sourceClose, but Devils training camp changed that planned route.

AjaBajaCancer’s annual report for 2020Article in AjaBajaCancerRead the sourceClose describes a surprise visit Bratt made to young hockey players, arranged by KMJ. In FebruaryArticle in AjaBajaCancerRead the sourceClose 2021, the charity announced that a portrait painted by Patrik Lindberg and signed by Bratt would be auctioned to support its work. In the announcement, Bratt described himself as proud to be an ambassador for the charityArticle in AjaBajaCancerRead the sourceClose.

Asked about personal favorites in an April 2024 interview with the Devils, Bratt named Saint LuciaArticle in New Jersey DevilsRead the sourceClose as his favorite destination and vanilla as his favorite ice cream.