Jonathan Dahlén has been Article in SVT SportRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the source. Article in LokalAktuelltRead the source first visited Timrå at 16; in a 2021 interview, he recalled being impressed by both the hockey and the school. Looking back in 2024 on his time at Timrå’s hockey Article in HockeyNewsRead the source, an upper-secondary school programme with a hockey focus, he remembered sometimes going straight from school to the rink for extra training.
His memories of youth sport also reach back to Dallas: in a 2015 Hockeysverige interview, he recalled living there and playing hockey for Article in HockeysverigeRead the source at 9 and 10. In his Article in HockeyNewsRead the source HockeyNews interview, he also remembered playing football for Örgryte at 13 or 14, when he was asked to give up hockey to continue with football.
Asked about his role models by LokalAktuellt in Article in LokalAktuelltRead the source, Dahlén named his father Ulf Dahlén and Henrik Zetterberg. Discussing his early national-team experience with Hockeysverige in 2015, he said that linemates Article in HockeysverigeRead the source and Jens Lööke had helped him settle into the play.
The Article in LokalAktuelltRead the source LokalAktuellt interview also covered life away from hockey: Dahlén said he enjoyed cooking. He named Article in LokalAktuelltRead the source and 24 among his television favourites, having watched both more than once.