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Oldest Swedes in the NHL

Who are the oldest Swedish players in the NHL? Here are the oldest Swedish players in the NHL right now.

1
Mikael Backlund
CGYC1155 GP · 608 P
37 years
March 17, 1989
2
Jacob Markström
FLAG564 GS · .907 SV%
36 years
January 31, 1990
3
Mattias Ekholm
EDMD973 GP · 403 P
36 years
May 24, 1990
4
Erik Karlsson
PITD1167 GP · 944 P
36 years
May 31, 1990
5
Victor Hedman
TBLD1171 GP · 814 P
35 years
December 18, 1990
6
Oliver Ekman-Larsson
TORD1145 GP · 539 P
35 years
July 17, 1991
7
Erik Gustafsson
LAKD520 GP · 241 P
34 years
March 14, 1992
8
Adam Larsson
SEAD1020 GP · 267 P
33 years
November 12, 1992
9
Gabriel Landeskog
COLLW806 GP · 611 P
33 years
November 23, 1992
10
Anton Forsberg
LAKG206 GS · .905 SV%
33 years
November 27, 1992
11
Mattias Janmark
EDMC680 GP · 221 P
33 years
December 8, 1992
12
William Karlsson
VGKC761 GP · 457 P
33 years
January 8, 1993
13
Viktor Arvidsson
DETLW689 GP · 447 P
33 years
April 8, 1993
14
Mika Zibanejad
NYRC1020 GP · 826 P
33 years
April 18, 1993
15
Rickard Rakell
PITRW870 GP · 569 P
33 years
May 5, 1993
16
Jonas Brodin
MIND923 GP · 279 P
33 years
July 12, 1993
17
Linus Ullmark
OTTG335 GS · .914 SV%
33 years
July 31, 1993
18
Hampus Lindholm
BOSD837 GP · 343 P
32 years
January 20, 1994
19
Filip Forsberg
NSHLW869 GP · 762 P
32 years
August 13, 1994
20
Alexander Wennberg
SJSC876 GP · 427 P
32 years
September 22, 1994
21
Elias Lindholm
BOSC977 GP · 658 P
31 years
December 2, 1994
22
André Burakovsky
OTTLW775 GP · 420 P
31 years
February 9, 1995
23
Victor Olofsson
VGKLW452 GP · 247 P
31 years
July 18, 1995
24
Andreas Englund
DETD203 GP · 20 P
30 years
January 21, 1996
25
William Nylander
TORRW758 GP · 703 P
30 years
May 1, 1996
26
Marcus Pettersson
NYRD613 GP · 181 P
30 years
May 8, 1996
27
Gustav Forsling
FLAD564 GP · 221 P
30 years
June 12, 1996
28
Adrian Kempe
LAKRW716 GP · 477 P
30 years
September 13, 1996
29
Kevin Stenlund
UTAC376 GP · 92 P
30 years
September 20, 1996
30
Rasmus Andersson
VGKD626 GP · 282 P
29 years
October 27, 1996
31
Joel Eriksson Ek
MINC622 GP · 355 P
29 years
January 29, 1997
32
Filip Gustavsson
MING210 GS · .911 SV%
28 years
June 7, 1998
33
Jesper Bratt
NJDLW641 GP · 525 P
28 years
July 30, 1998
34
Jesper Boqvist
NJDC392 GP · 107 P
27 years
October 30, 1998
35
Elias Pettersson
VANC554 GP · 517 P
27 years
November 12, 1998
36
Pontus Holmberg
TBLRW236 GP · 75 P
27 years
March 9, 1999
37
Timothy Liljegren
WSHD318 GP · 94 P
27 years
April 30, 1999
38
Arvid Söderblom
CHIG103 GS · .886 SV%
27 years
August 19, 1999
39
Fabian Zetterlund
OTTLW337 GP · 152 P
27 years
August 25, 1999
40
Samuel Ersson
OTTG135 GS · .883 SV%
26 years
October 20, 1999
41
Linus Karlsson
VANC115 GP · 47 P
26 years
November 16, 1999
42
Oskar Bäck
DALC152 GP · 29 P
26 years
March 12, 2000
43
Rasmus Dahlin
BUFD592 GP · 438 P
26 years
April 13, 2000
44
Filip Hållander
EDMC21 GP · 7 P
26 years
June 29, 2000
45
Jonatan Berggren
STLRW212 GP · 84 P
26 years
July 16, 2000
46
Andre Lee
LAKLW29 GP · 5 P
26 years
July 26, 2000
47
Nils Lundkvist
DALD242 GP · 56 P
26 years
July 27, 2000
48
Adam Wilsby
NSHD88 GP · 23 P
26 years
August 7, 2000
49
Adam Edström
NSHC104 GP · 19 P
26 years
October 12, 2000
50
Nils Höglander
NSHLW338 GP · 123 P
25 years
December 20, 2000
51
Albert Johansson
DETD150 GP · 20 P
25 years
January 4, 2001
52
Simon Holmström
NYIRW286 GP · 122 P
25 years
May 24, 2001
53
Philip Broberg
STLD237 GP · 79 P
25 years
June 25, 2001
54
Elmer Söderblom
PITLW109 GP · 32 P
25 years
July 5, 2001
55
Dennis Hildeby
TBLG21 GS · .908 SV%
25 years
August 19, 2001
56
Emil Heineman
NYILW155 GP · 51 P
24 years
November 16, 2001
57
Emil Andrae
CBJD110 GP · 21 P
24 years
February 23, 2002
58
Lucas Raymond
DETLW407 GP · 334 P
24 years
March 28, 2002
59
Helge Grans
PHID7 GP · 1 P
24 years
May 10, 2002
60
William Wallinder
DETD3 GP · 2 P
24 years
July 28, 2002
61
William Eklund
OTTLW256 GP · 165 P
24 years
October 12, 2002
62
Jesper Wallstedt
MING45 GS · .912 SV%
23 years
November 14, 2002
63
Isak Rosén
WPGRW59 GP · 12 P
23 years
March 15, 2003
64
Adam Engström
MTLD19 GP · 1 P
22 years
November 17, 2003
65
Liam Öhgren
VANLW106 GP · 30 P
22 years
January 28, 2004
66
Elias Pettersson
VAND107 GP · 16 P
22 years
February 16, 2004
67
Noah Östlund
BUFC76 GP · 33 P
22 years
March 11, 2004
68
Anton Johansson
DETD7 GP · 2 P
22 years
June 10, 2004
69
Jonathan Lekkerimäki
VANRW46 GP · 14 P
22 years
July 24, 2004
70
Leo Carlsson
ANAC208 GP · 150 P
21 years
December 26, 2004
71
Theo Lindstein
STLD20 GP · 5 P
21 years
January 5, 2005
72
Tom Willander
VAND79 GP · 24 P
21 years
February 9, 2005
73
Axel Sandin-Pellikka
DETD74 GP · 22 P
21 years
March 11, 2005
74
Felix Unger Sörum
CARRW1 GP · 1 P
21 years
September 14, 2005
75
Victor Eklund
NYIRW8 GP · 3 P
20 years
October 3, 2006
76
Anton Frondell
CHIC20 GP · 15 P
19 years
May 7, 2007
77
Ivar Stenberg
SJSLW7 GP · 4 P
19 years
September 30, 2007
78
Viggo Björck
WPGC7 GP · 0 P
18 years
March 12, 2008

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