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Nils Nilsson

1936 - 2017

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Nils Erik "Dubbel-Nisse" Nilsson (8 March 1936 – 24 June 2017) was a Swedish ice hockey forward and footballer. Between 1954 and 1967 he played 205 international matches and scored 131 goals, which is the second-best scoring result, behind that of Sven Tumba. He won the world title in 1957 and 1962, finishing second in 1963 and 1967 and third in 1958 and 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils Nilsson has received more than 7,482 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Nilsson is the 32nd most popular hockey player, the 816th most popular biography from Sweden and the most popular Swedish Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Nils Nilsson ranks 32 out of 364Before him are Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Yakushev, Viktor Konovalenko, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Vladimír Martinec, and Marcel Dionne. After him are Peter Forsberg, Alexei Kasatonov, Dick Esser, Vladimír Zábrodský, Pavel Bure, and Oldřich Machač.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Nils Nilsson ranks 407Before him are Paolo Barison, Manfred Stolpe, Lyudmila Pinayeva, Norberto Menéndez, Sergo Kotrikadze, and Margaret Mahy. After him are Roger Mahony, Harry Bild, Robert A. Parker, Elizabeth Dole, Sergio Navarro, and Lawrence Gordon. Among people deceased in 2017, Nils Nilsson ranks 396Before him are Pierluigi Chicca, Nicolae Lupescu, Charlie Murphy, Roberto Anzolin, Issam Zahreddine, and Della Reese. After him are Martin McGuinness, Ty Hardin, Robert Alt, Anthony Harvey, Liam Cosgrave, and Jared Martin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nils Nilsson ranks 816 out of 1,612Before him are Ulf Sterner (1941), Marcus Berg (1986), Margaretha Krook (1925), Ragnar Gustavsson (1907), Svante Thuresson (1937), and Helena Bergström (1964). After him are Sven Jacobsson (1914), William Petersson (1895), Prawitz Öberg (1930), Nils Täpp (1917), Harry Bild (1936), and Warner Oland (1879).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Sweden

Among hockey players born in Sweden, Nils Nilsson ranks 1After him are Peter Forsberg (1973), Mats Näslund (1959), Ronald Pettersson (1935), Mats Sundin (1971), Håkan Loob (1960), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Nicklas Lidström (1970), Tommy Salo (1971), Pelle Lindbergh (1959), and Henrik Lundqvist (1982).