Nils Höglander

Nils Höglander has become known for his skilled puck handling and creative plays around the netArticle in HockeynewsRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceArticle in SVT SportRead the sourceClose. Nils Höglander grew up in Bockträsk, with Malå IF as his formative youth clubArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose. In a 2019Article in SHLRead the sourceClose interview with the SHLSHLSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Close, he recalled that his childhood village had about 20 residents.

He left Timrå before his planned start at a hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose, an upper-secondary school programme combining studies with hockey training. Speaking to Hockeysverige in April 2018, he described moving to Stockholm with plans to attend a hockeygymnasiumA Swedish hockeygymnasium combines upper-secondary (high school) studies with scheduled ice hockey training.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose and doing schoolwork alongside his early promotion to AIK’s senior team.

Höglander also told the SHLSHLSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Close in 2019Article in SHLRead the sourceClose how he had practised juggling and stick skills while riding a unicycle as a child. In another SHL interview that year, he explained that playing around with a floorball stick as a child had inspired his lacrosse-style goalsSHL, the Swedish Hockey League, is Sweden’s top men’s domestic ice hockey league.Article in SHLRead the sourceClose. He also named Prison BreakArticle in SHLRead the sourceClose as a television series he enjoyed in that interview.

In 2025Article in SVT VästerbottenRead the sourceClose, Höglander helped fund the opening of Malå’s rink a month ahead of schedule. He shared the costs with the club, and the earlier opening also gave the public access to skatingArticle in SVT VästerbottenRead the sourceClose.