Frida Nevalainen

{{short description|Swedish ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|1|27|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Umeå, SWE

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 143

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

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| played_for = IF Björklöven
Modo Hockey
Segeltorps IF

| ntl_team = SWE

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| career_start = 2001

| career_end = 2013

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{{MedalSport|Women's ice hockey}}

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{{MedalSilver|2006 Turin|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Sweden|}}

{{MedalBronze|2007 Canada|}}

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Frida Margareta Nevalainen (born 27 January 1987 in Umeå, Sweden) is an ice hockey player.{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/frida-nevalainen|title=Frida NEVALAINEN - Olympic Ice Hockey {{!}} Sweden|date=2016-06-19|work=International Olympic Committee|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en}} Nevalainen is a defenceman for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.damkronorna.se/modules.php?name%3DLandslagen%26file%3Dtruppen |title=Damkronorna |access-date=2007-10-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005030323/http://www.damkronorna.se/modules.php?name=Landslagen&file=truppen |archive-date=2007-10-05 }} (In Swedish)

Her twin brother Patrik also played professional ice hockey, playing in the SM-liiga with Lukko and the Elitserien for Timrå IK.

Nevalainen was the second woman of all time to participate in the TV-pucken tournament, and the first to do so representing the province of Västerbotten.

She has also played for Tornado Moscow Region, a Russian team. Originally representing IF Björklöven she later transferred to Modo Hockey in the Riksserien (Sweden league elite). She played for the University of Windsor in the 2007–08 season.