Linus Högberg

Linus Högberg has established himself as a skilled two-way defenseman in the SHLSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Article in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in Göteborgs-PostenRead the sourceClose. Linus HögbergArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in Swedish Ice Hockey AssociationRead the sourceClose grew up in Älta in southern Stockholm, with Älta IF as his original hockey club. In a 2017Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview with Hockeysverige, he recalled skating on a lake with his father and his twin brother Pontus. Public skating sessions in Älta followed when he was around 4 or 5Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

Högberg joined Huddinge at under-13 level and stayed through under-16Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose. Choosing VäxjöArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose also meant wanting greater independence and learning to cook and do laundry, he explained in the 2017 interview; his friend Alexander Andersson moved there too. In VäxjöArticle in HockeyNewsRead the sourceClose, he attended a hockey-focused upper secondary programme combining school studies with hockey training.

In the 2017Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose Hockeysverige interview, Högberg described himself as a two-way defenseman. By his own account, he played a more defensive role when paired with Eric MartinssonArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

His friendship with Max LindholmArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose went back to their shared compulsory school, Högberg explained in an SHLSHLSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Close interview in October 2023. At that time, they still met during the summers to play golf and train togetherArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose.