Viktor Svedberg

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image = Viktor Svedberg 2012.jpg

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|05|24}}

| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

| position = Defense

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 234

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| team = Free agent

| league =

| former_teams = Rögle BK
Frölunda HC
Chicago Blackhawks
Linköpings HC
Barys Nur-Sultan
CSKA Moscow
Avangard Omsk
HK Poprad

| ntl_team = KAZ

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 2010

}}

Viktor Svedberg (born 24 May 1991) is a Swedish-Kazakhstani professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a free agent.

Svedberg was signed by the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in October 2013, where he spent five seasons.

Playing career

After spending seasons with Rögle BK of J18, Svedberg joined Frölunda HC. He made his Elitserien debut during the 2010-11 season. Svedberg remained with the club through the 2012–13 season.

On 16 May 2013, Svedberg signed with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League (AHL).{{cite web |last1=Peck |first1=Mike |title=VIKTOR SVEDBERG AGREES TO AHL DEAL WITH ROCKFORD |url=http://icehogs.com/news/icehogs/?article_id=3817 |website=Rockford IceHogs |access-date=16 May 2013 |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908130805/http://icehogs.com/news/icehogs/?article_id=3817 |url-status=dead }} After just four games with the club during the 2013–14 season, Svedberg was signed by the IceHogs' National Hockey League (NHL) affiliate, the Chicago Blackhawks to a two-year contract on 19 October 2013.{{cite web |title=Blackhawks agree to terms with Svedberg |url=https://www.nhl.com/blackhawks/news/blackhawks-agree-to-terms-with-svedberg/c-687471 |website=Chicago Blackhawks |access-date=19 October 2013}} Svedberg spent the remainder of the season, as well as the entirety of the 2014-15 season with the IceHogs.

On 5 August 2015, the Blackhawks re-signed Svedberg to a one-year contract extension.{{cite web |title=Blackhawks agree to terms with Svedberg |url=https://www.nhl.com/blackhawks/news/blackhawks-agree-to-terms-with-svedberg/c-776334 |website=Chicago Blackhawks |access-date=5 August 2015}} While spending majority of the 2015–16 season with the IceHogs, Svedberg appeared in 27 games for the Blackhawks. On 15 October, in just his fourth career game, Svedberg scored his first career NHL goal in a 4–1 loss to the Washington Capitals.{{cite web |title=Holtby's 26 saves lift Capitals to 4-1 win over Blackhawks |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2015/10/15/holtbys-26-saves-lift-capitals-to-4-1-win-over-blackhawks/74026548/ |website=USA Today |access-date=15 October 2015}} Svedberg finished the season with four points in 27 games. On 14 March 2016, the Blackhawks signed Svedberg to a two-year contract extension.{{cite web |title=Blackhawks agree to terms with Svedberg |url=https://www.nhl.com/blackhawks/news/blackhawks-agree-to-terms-with-svedberg/c-873737 |website=Chicago Blackhawks |access-date=14 March 2016}}

After leaving the Blackhawks' organization following the 2017–18 season, Svedberg signed a professional tryout agreement to attend the Calgary Flames' training camp on 7 September 2018.{{cite web |last1=Powers |first1=Scott |title=Viktor Svedberg will join the Flames on a PTO, his agent confirms. One of my favorite stories last season was having lunch with Svedberg in Rockford. |url=https://twitter.com/ByScottPowers/status/1038132841127858176 |website=Twitter |access-date=7 September 2018}} He briefly returned to his native Sweden playing 7 games in the SHL with Linköpings HC before on December 2, 2018, Svedberg signed a contract with Barys Astana in the KHL.{{cite web |title=HC Barys signs one of the world's tallest players |url=https://lenta.inform.kz/en/hc-barys-signs-one-of-the-world-s-tallest-players_a3471992 |website=lenta.inform.kz |access-date=December 4, 2018 |date=December 2, 2018}}

After three seasons with Barys and accepting Kazakhstani citizenship, Svedberg left as a free agent and secured a three-year contract with Russian club, HC CSKA Moscow, on 7 June 2021.{{cite web| url = https://cska-hockey.ru/news/general/viktor_svedberg_prisoedinilsya_k_tsska/ | title = Viktor Svedberg joins CSKA | publisher = HC CSKA Moscow | language = Russian | date = 7 June 2021 | accessdate = 7 June 2021}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="5" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
2007–08 \| Rögle BK \| J18 \| 27	3	7	10	28 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2008–09 \| Rögle BK \| J18 \| 11	1	4	5	24 \| —	—	—	—	—
2008–09 \| Rögle BK \| J20 \| 38	5	11	16	79 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2009–10 \| Frölunda HC \| J20 \| 40	4	10	14	85 \| —	—	—	—	—
2010–11 \| Frölunda HC \| J20 \| 41	5	17	22	73 \| 7	0	1	1	10
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2010–11 \| Frölunda HC \| SEL \| 9	0	0	0	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
2011–12 \| Frölunda HC \| J20 \| 6	1	2	3	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2011–12 \| Frölunda HC \| SEL \| 55	3	2	5	20 \| 6	0	0	0	0
2012–13 \| Frölunda HC \| J20 \| 1	0	0	0	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2012–13 \| Frölunda HC \| SEL \| 51	0	2	2	24 \| 6	0	0	0	4
2013–14 \| Rockford IceHogs \| AHL \| 35	2	7	9	26 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2014–15 \| Rockford IceHogs \| AHL \| 49	3	11	14	41 \| 8	0	4	4	8
2015–16 \| Chicago Blackhawks \| NHL \| 27	2	2	4	4 \| 3	0	0	0	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2015–16 \| Rockford IceHogs \| AHL \| 40	1	14	15	39 \| —	—	—	—	—
2016–17 \| Rockford IceHogs \| AHL \| 51	2	9	11	70 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2017–18 \| Rockford IceHogs \| AHL \| 73	6	18	24	82 \| 13	0	5	5	18
2018–19 \| Linköpings HC \| SHL \| 7	1	1	2	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2018–19 \| Barys Astana \| KHL \| 29	3	6	9	16 \| 12	0	2	2	36
2019–20 \| Barys Nur-Sultan \| KHL \| 10	0	1	1	4 \| 5	0	2	2	4
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2020–21 \| Barys Nur-Sultan \| KHL \| 28	3	5	8	16 \| —	—	—	—	—
2021–22 \| CSKA Moscow \| KHL \| 33	2	1	3	14 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2021–22 \| Avangard Omsk \| KHL \| 8	0	2	2	6 \| 13	0	2	2	6
2022–23 \| Avangard Omsk \| KHL \| 35	0	3	3	39 \| 10	2	2	4	30
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| SHL totals ! 122!!4!!5!!9!!50 ! 12!!0!!0!!0!!4
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 27!!2!!2!!4!!4 ! 3!!0!!0!!0!!6
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| KHL totals ! 143!!8!!18!!26!!95 ! 40!!2!!8!!10!!76