List of Frölunda HC players selected in the NHL Entry Draft

This is a list of drafted Frölunda HC players, players who have been drafted in the National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and played the season prior to the draft for the Frölunda ice hockey organization. There have been 54 players drafted in the NHL Entry Draft from the Frölunda organization. That ranks second in Europe, outranked only by Russian club CSKA Moscow (64 players). Most of the players on this list were drafted from Frölunda's junior team which is the most successful junior team in Sweden, having won more Anton Cups (10) than any other team.

Nine Frölunda players have been selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. The highest draft selection was Fredrik Sjöström, who was drafted eleventh overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. The most-recent first-round selections were Erik Karlsson and Anton Gustafsson in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. The most notable players drafted from Frölunda are: defenseman Calle Johansson, who played more the 1100 regular season games in the NHL, Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, who won the Calder Memorial Trophy (NHL Rookie of the Year) in 1996, and three time Vezina Trophy (Top Goalie in the NHL) nominee Henrik Lundqvist.

Two players were drafted as overage players, having played several seasons at a professional level: Ronnie Sundin, drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft at age 26, and Jonas Johnson, drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft at age 32. Three pair of siblings have also been drafted: brothers Mikael & Niklas Andersson, and the two sets of twins, Joel & Henrik Lundqvist and Fred & John Wikner.

Drafted players

^[1]	Player	Nationality	Drafted by	Year	Round	Overall
D	Nordmark, RobertRobert Nordmark^[2]	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	1981	010th	0191st
RW	Andersson, MikaelMikael Andersson	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	1984	001st	0018th
D	Larsson, StefanStefan Larsson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	1984	007th	0133rd
D	Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	1985	001st	0014th
RW	Sjogren, ThomasThomas Sjögren	Sweden	Washington Capitals	1987	008th	0162nd
RW	Carnback, PatrikPatrik Carnbäck	Sweden	Montreal Canadiens	1988	006th	0125th
LW	Andersson, NiklasNiklas Andersson	Sweden	Quebec Nordiques^[3]	1989	004th	0068th
D	Esbjors, JoakimJoakim Esbjörs	Sweden	Hartford Whalers	1992	011th	0249th
RW	Alfredsson, DanielDaniel Alfredsson	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	1994	006th	0113th
RW	Strom, PeterPeter Ström	Sweden	Montreal Canadiens	1994	008th	0200th
RW	Hogardh, PeterPeter Högardh	Sweden	New York Islanders	1994	008th	0203rd
LW	Axelsson, Per-JohanPer-Johan Axelsson	Sweden	Boston Bruins	1995	007th	0177th
D	Sundin, RonnieRonnie Sundin	Sweden	New York Rangers	1996	009th	0237th
D	Backman, ChristianChristian Bäckman	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	1998	001st	0024th
LW	Tolsa, JariJari Tolsa	Sweden^[4]	Detroit Red Wings	1999	004th	0120th
LW	Nystrom, DavidDavid Nyström	Sweden	Philadelphia Flyers^[5]	1999	008th	0224th
C	Lundqvist, JoelJoel Lundqvist	Sweden	Dallas Stars^[6]	2000	003rd	0068th
G	Lundqvist, HenrikHenrik Lundqvist	Sweden	New York Rangers	2000	007th	0205th
C	Eriksson, TimTim Eriksson	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings^[7]	2000	007th	0206th
RW	Kahnberg, MagnusMagnus Kahnberg	Sweden	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	007th	0212th
RW	Sjostrom, FredrikFredrik Sjöström	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes^[8]	2001	001st	0011th
LW	Karlsson, JensJens Karlsson	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	2001	001st	0018th
D	Svensk, MikaelMikael Svensk	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2001	006th	0185th
C	Steen, AlexanderAlexander Steen	Sweden^[9]	Toronto Maple Leafs	2002	001st	0024th
C	Johnson, JonasJonas Johnson	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	2002	007th	0221st
C	Johansson, FredrikFredrik Johansson	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2002	009th	0274th
LW	Eriksson, LouiLoui Eriksson	Sweden	Dallas Stars	2003	002nd	0033rd
RW	Olsson, KalleKalle Olsson	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2003	005th	0147th
D	Demen-Willaume, RichardRichard Demén-Willaume	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	2004	005th	0154th
RW	Wikner, FredFred Wikner	Sweden	Calgary Flames	2004	006th	0182nd
LW	Axelsson, AntonAnton Axelsson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2004	006th	0192nd
LW	Wikner, JohnJohn Wikner	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	2004	009th	0284th
RW	Madsen, MortenMorten Madsen	Denmark	Minnesota Wild	2005	004th	0122nd
LW	Pettersson, FredrikFredrik Pettersson	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2005	005th	0157th
C	Starkov, KirillKirill Starkov	Russia^[10]	Columbus Blue Jackets	2005	006th	0189th
RW	Figren, RobinRobin Figren	Sweden	New York Islanders	2006	003rd	0070th
D	Ahnelov, JohanJonas Ahnelöv	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes^[11]	2006	003rd	0088th
LW	Stalberg, ViktorViktor Stålberg	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs	2006	006th	0161st
C	Eller, LarsLars Eller	Denmark	St. Louis Blues	2007	001st	0013th
G	Gistedt, JoelJoel Gistedt	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes	2007	002nd	0036th
LW	Hjalmarsson, SimonSimon Hjalmarsson	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	2007	002nd	0039th
C	Andersson, JoakimJoakim Andersson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2007	003rd	0088th
D	Hellgren, JensJens Hellgren	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	2007	006th	0155th
D	Karlsson, ErikErik Karlsson	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	2008	001st	0015th
C	Gustafsson, AntonAnton Gustafsson	Sweden	Washington Capitals	2008	001st	0021st
RW	Lasu, NicklasNicklas Lasu	Sweden	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	005th	0124th
D	Larsen, PhilipPhilip Larsen	Denmark	Dallas Stars	2008	005th	0149th
RW	Klingberg, CarlCarl Klingberg	Sweden	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	002nd	0034th
G	Lehner, RobinRobin Lehner	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	2009	002nd	0046th
D	Andersson, PeterPeter Andersson	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	2009	005th	0143rd
D	Klingberg, JohnJohn Klingberg	Sweden	Dallas Stars	2010	005th	0131st
C	Sundström, JohanJohan Sundström	Sweden	New York Islanders	2011	002nd	0050th
LW	Schumacher, MichaelMichael Schumacher	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	2011	007th	0200th
LW	Tömmernes, HenrikHenrik Tömmernes	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	2011	007th	0210th

Footnotes

^ Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left winger, RW—Right winger
^ Nordmark did not sign any contract with Detroit, he became eligible to re-enter the draft after the 1983–84 season. He was later drafted by the St. Louis Blues, 59th overall in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. This time, Nordmark did not play for Frölunda the season prior to the draft.
^ Pick traded on December 12, 1988, from the New Jersey Devils to the Quebec Nordiques for Tommy Albelin.
^ Tolsa has dual citizenship, Swedish and Finnish.
^ Pick traded on October 13, 1998, from the Calgary Flames to the Philadelphia Flyers for round 3 pick (Patrick Aufiero) in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.
^ Pick traded on June 12, 2000, from the Minnesota Wild with round 4 pick (Jarkko Immonen) in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft to the Dallas Stars for Manny Fernandez and Brad Lukowich.
^ Pick traded on June 25, 2000, from the Washington Capitals with round 7 pick (Evgeny Fedorov) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft to the Los Angeles Kings for round 5 pick (Alexander Barkunov) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.
^ Pick traded on June 23, 2001, from the Calgary Flames to the Phoenix Coyotes for round 1 pick (Chuck Kobasew) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft and round 2 pick (Andrei Taratukhin) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.
^ Steen has dual citizenship, Swedish and Canadian.
^ Starkov, who was born in Russia but grew up in Denmark, was at the time of the draft a Russian citizen. He got his Danish citizenship in 2007.
^ Pick traded on March 9, 2006, from the New Jersey Devils to the New York Islanders for Brad Lukowich. Pick traded on June 24, 2006, from the New York Islanders with round 5 pick (Brett Bennett) to the Phoenix Coyotes for two round 4 picks (Tomas Marcinko and Doug Rogers).

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"Draft informarion". National Hockey League. http://www.nhl.com/. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
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