Victor Eklund

Victor Eklund has become known as a skilled forward who plays with high intensity and competes hard for the puckArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceArticle in HockeyNewsRead the sourceArticle in SportbladetRead the sourceClose. Victor EklundArticle in HockeyNewsRead the sourceArticle in Djurgårdens IFRead the sourceClose grew up in Haninge in the Stockholm area, with Haninge Anchors HC as his first hockey club. He moved to DjurgårdenDjurgårdenDjurgården, short for Djurgårdens IF, is a sports club in Stockholm. Here, the name refers to its ice hockey team, which has developed many Swedish NHL players.Close alongside Melvin WersällArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose for the 2020/21 season. In an April 2021Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview with Hockeysverige, he also stressed the need to pass his schoolwork while playing hockey.

In the same interview, Victor said his father Christian EklundArticle in Djurgårdens IFRead the sourceArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, a former DjurgårdenDjurgårdenDjurgården, short for Djurgårdens IF, is a sports club in Stockholm. Here, the name refers to its ice hockey team, which has developed many Swedish NHL players.Close player, had inspired him to start playing hockey. His mother Mia had been a figure skater, and in an Aftonbladet interview in late 2025, during the 2026 World Junior ChampionshipArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose, he credited her with teaching him to skate. He also recalled how O’boy and Kexchoklad enticed him to hockey as a childArticle in AftonbladetRead the sourceClose.

His older brother William Eklund also plays hockeyArticle in Djurgårdens IFRead the sourceClose. In the 2021Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose family interview, Christian recalled sometimes having to mediate when the brothers competed at hockey in the garage. In Daily Faceoff’s JuneArticle in Daily FaceoffRead the sourceClose 2025 profile, Victor described how they stayed in touch by playing NHL, Fortnite and Call of Duty.

Victor broke through with DjurgårdenDjurgårdenDjurgården, short for Djurgårdens IF, is a sports club in Stockholm. Here, the name refers to its ice hockey team, which has developed many Swedish NHL players.Close’s senior team late in the 2023/24Article in Djurgårdens IFRead the sourceClose season and then played the full 2024/25 season there. In JuneArticle in Daily FaceoffRead the sourceClose 2025, Daily Faceoff reproduced comments from earlier in the season in which he described facing more obstruction from senior players and needing to think more when playing against adults.

In JuneArticle in HockeyNewsRead the sourceClose 2026, Victor and William trained together in Haninge, competing with each other both on the ice and in the gym. Their summer training included visits to Haninge Ice AcademyArticle in HockeyNewsRead the sourceClose, where their father is involved.