Viktor Svedberg

Viktor Svedberg left his home city of Göteborg for Ängelholm, choosing Rögle’s hockey gymnasiumArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, which combines upper secondary studies with hockey training, rather than applying in Göteborg. In a 2015Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview with Hockeysverige, he recalled that choice and how much he valued the trust he received in Rögle’s junior team.

In the same interview, Svedberg recalled being cut at the final selection for TV-puckenTV-pucken is a Swedish youth hockey tournament played between regional representative teams.Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, Sweden’s regional youth hockey tournament, and never playing in it. In 2013Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose, he went to Rockford for a tryout. He described how that opportunity became an NHL contract after training campArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose.

Jaromír Jágr was one of Svedberg’s childhood idols, he said in the 2015Article in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose interview. He also recalled the excitement of facingArticle in HockeysverigeRead the sourceClose Jágr on the ice himself.