Jonas Bergqvist

Jonas Bergqvist is one of the prominent figures in the history of Tre KronorTre Kronor, or “Three Crowns”, is the nickname of Sweden’s senior men’s national ice hockey team.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceClose, Sweden’s men’s national team. Jonas BergqvistArticle in Laholm MunicipalityRead the sourceArticle in Swedish Ice Hockey AssociationRead the sourceClose grew up in Ängelholm, with Rögle BK as his formative club. In the retrospective published by Hockeysverige in 2016, his school friend Patrik RosengrenArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose recalled taking Bergqvist to the rink, where Jonas’s brother Stefan coached their early sessions. Bergqvist himself remembered choosing defence for his first youth game, against Tyringe, because everyone else wanted to play forwardArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

In the same retrospective, Bergqvist recalled that Leksand’s Dan SöderströmArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose and Mats Åhlberg had been his childhood favourites. The interview published by Leksands IFArticle in Leksands IFRead the sourceClose in 2015 dated his move to the club to 1979 and described 1979/80 as his first season there, playing junior hockey. The federation’s profile also states that he attended a hockey upper secondary programme in Leksand, combining school studies with hockey trainingArticle in Swedish Ice Hockey AssociationRead the sourceClose.

Discussing Wayne Fleming’sArticle in Leksands IFRead the sourceClose practices in Leksand in the 2015 interview, Bergqvist described a coach who taught the game by starting with the fundamentals. He also remembered the players initially being asked to put their names on their helmetsArticle in Leksands IFRead the sourceClose.

On 14 August 2025, Bergqvist gave a talk to Campus LaholmArticle in Laholm MunicipalityRead the sourceClose staff about lessons from elite sport and leadership. In the municipality’s account of the visit, he said that Rögle remained his formative club, but that he felt a little closer to LeksandArticle in Laholm MunicipalityRead the sourceClose.