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 94 players drafted in the NHL Entry Draft from the Frölunda organization. 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.

Henrik Lundqvist, drafted in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 7th round, 205th overall by the New York Rangers.

Sixteen Frölunda players have been selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft. The highest draft selection was Rasmus Dahlin, who was drafted first overall in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. The most-recent first-round selection were Otto Stenberg, 25th overall, and David Edstrom 32nd overall, in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. The most notable players drafted from Frölunda are; Calle Johansson, who played 1,109 regular season games in the NHL, Daniel Alfredsson who won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL Rookie of the Year in 1996 and the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for leadership qualities and humanitarian contribution in his community in 2012, Henrik Lundqvist who won the Vezina Trophy in 2012 as the league's top goaltender, and Erik Karlsson who became the second youngest player to win the James Norris Memorial Trophy, awarded to the NHL's best defenceman.

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. Six pair of siblings have been drafted: brothers Mikael & Niklas Andersson, Carl & John Klingberg, Erik & Anton Karlsson, Liam & Noah Dower Nilsson, as well as two sets of twins, Joel & Henrik Lundqvist and Fred & John Wikner.

Drafted players

^[1]	Player	Nationality	Drafted by	Year	Round	Overall
D	Robert Nordmark^[2]	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	1981	010th	0191st
RW	Mikael Andersson	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	1984	001st	0018th
D	Stefan Larsson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	1984	007th	0133rd
D	Calle Johansson	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	1985	001st	0014th
RW	Thomas Sjögren	Sweden	Washington Capitals	1987	008th	0162nd
RW	Patrik Carnbäck	Sweden	Montreal Canadiens	1988	006th	0125th
LW	Niklas Andersson	Sweden	Quebec Nordiques^[3]	1989	004th	0068th
D	Joakim Esbjörs	Sweden	Hartford Whalers	1992	011th	0249th
RW	Daniel Alfredsson	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	1994	006th	0113th
RW	Peter Ström	Sweden	Montreal Canadiens	1994	008th	0200th
RW	Peter Högardh	Sweden	New York Islanders	1994	008th	0203rd
LW	Per-Johan Axelsson	Sweden	Boston Bruins	1995	007th	0177th
D	Ronnie Sundin	Sweden	New York Rangers	1996	009th	0237th
D	Christian Bäckman	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	1998	001st	0024th
LW	Jari Tolsa	Sweden^[4]	Detroit Red Wings	1999	004th	0120th
LW	David Nyström	Sweden	Philadelphia Flyers^[5]	1999	008th	0224th
C	Joel Lundqvist	Sweden	Dallas Stars^[6]	2000	003rd	0068th
G	Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	New York Rangers	2000	007th	0205th
C	Tim Eriksson	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings^[7]	2000	007th	0206th
RW	Magnus Kahnberg	Sweden	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	007th	0212th
RW	Fredrik Sjöström	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes^[8]	2001	001st	0011th
LW	Jens Karlsson	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	2001	001st	0018th
D	Mikael Svensk	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2001	006th	0185th
C	Alexander Steen	Sweden^[9]	Toronto Maple Leafs	2002	001st	0024th
C	Jonas Johnson	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	2002	007th	0221st
C	Fredrik Johansson	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2002	009th	0274th
LW	Loui Eriksson	Sweden	Dallas Stars	2003	002nd	0033rd
RW	Kalle Olsson	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2003	005th	0147th
D	Richard Demén-Willaume	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	2004	005th	0154th
RW	Fred Wikner	Sweden	Calgary Flames	2004	006th	0182nd
LW	Anton Axelsson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2004	006th	0192nd
LW	John Wikner	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	2004	009th	0284th
RW	Morten Madsen	Denmark	Minnesota Wild	2005	004th	0122nd
LW	Fredrik Pettersson	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2005	005th	0157th
C	Kirill Starkov	Russia^[10]	Columbus Blue Jackets	2005	006th	0189th
RW	Robin Figren	Sweden	New York Islanders	2006	003rd	0070th
D	Jonas Ahnelöv	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes^[11]	2006	003rd	0088th
LW	Viktor Stålberg	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs	2006	006th	0161st
C	Lars Eller	Denmark	St. Louis Blues	2007	001st	0013th
G	Joel Gistedt	Sweden	Phoenix Coyotes	2007	002nd	0036th
LW	Simon Hjalmarsson	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	2007	002nd	0039th
C	Joakim Andersson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2007	003rd	0088th
D	Jens Hellgren	Sweden	Colorado Avalanche	2007	006th	0155th
D	Erik Karlsson	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	2008	001st	0015th
C	Anton Gustafsson	Sweden	Washington Capitals	2008	001st	0021st
RW	Nicklas Lasu	Sweden	Atlanta Thrashers	2008	005th	0124th
D	Philip Larsen	Denmark	Dallas Stars	2008	005th	0149th
RW	Carl Klingberg	Sweden	Atlanta Thrashers	2009	002nd	0034th
G	Robin Lehner	Sweden	Ottawa Senators	2009	002nd	0046th
D	Peter Andersson	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	2009	005th	0143rd
D	John Klingberg	Sweden	Dallas Stars	2010	005th	0131st
C	Johan Sundström	Sweden	New York Islanders	2011	002nd	0050th
LW	Michael Schumacher	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	2011	007th	0200th
D	Henrik Tömmernes	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	2011	007th	0210th
RW	Sebastian Collberg	Sweden	Montreal Canadiens	2012	002nd	0033rd
G	Frederik Andersen	Denmark	Anaheim Ducks	2012	003rd	0087th
C	Erik Karlsson	Sweden	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	004th	0099th
G	Fredrik Bergvik	Sweden	San Jose Sharks	2013	004th	0117th
RW	Markus Søberg	Norway	Columbus Blue Jackets	2013	006th	0165th
LW	Anton Blidh	Sweden	Boston Bruins	2013	006th	0180th
LW	Andreas Johnson	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs	2013	007th	0202nd
D	Julius Bergman	Sweden	San Jose Sharks	2014	002nd	0046th
RW	Anton Karlsson	Sweden	Arizona Coyotes	2014	003rd	0087th
D	William Lagesson	Sweden	Edmonton Oilers	2014	004th	0091st
C	Christoffer Ehn	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2014	004th	0106th
D	John Nyberg	Sweden	Dallas Stars	2014	006th	0165th
G	Hugo Fagerblom	Sweden	Florida Panthers	2014	007th	0182th
LW	Pierre Engvall	Sweden	Toronto Maple Leafs	2014	007th	0188th
RW	Kevin Elgestål	Sweden	Washington Capitals	2014	007th	0194th
D	Jacob Larsson	Sweden	Anaheim Ducks	2015	001st	0027th
RW	John Dahlström	Sweden	Chicago Blackhawks	2015	007th	0211th
RW	Kristian Vesalainen	Finland	Winnipeg Jets	2017	001st	0024th
D	Filip Westerlund	Sweden	Arizona Coyotes	2017	002nd	0044th
C	Joni Ikonen	Finland	Montreal Canadiens	2017	002nd	0058th
C	Jacob Peterson	Sweden	Dallas Stars	2017	005th	0132nd
D	Kristoffer Gunnarsson	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	2017	005th	0135th
D	Rasmus Dahlin	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	2018	001st	0001st
LW	Samuel Fagemo	Sweden	Los Angeles Kings	2019	002nd	0050th
C	Karl Henriksson	Sweden	New York Rangers	2019	002nd	0058th
G	Erik Portillo	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	2019	003rd	0067th
RW	Elmer Söderblom	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2019	006th	0159th
D	Gustav Berglund	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2019	006th	0177th
RW	Lucas Raymond	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2020	001st	0004th
LW	Daniel Torgersson	Sweden	Winnipeg Jets	2020	002nd	0040th
C	Theodor Niederbach	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2020	002nd	0051st
D	Simon Edvinsson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2021	001st	0006th
C	Liam Dower Nilsson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2021	005th	0134th
D	Hugo Gabrielson	Sweden	Vancouver Canucks	2021	006th	0169th
LW	Ludwig Persson	Sweden	Washington Capitals	2022	003rd	0085th
RW	Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson	Sweden	Buffalo Sabres	2022	007th	0202nd
C	Otto Stenberg	Sweden	St. Louis Blues	2023	001st	0025th
C	David Edstrom	Sweden	Vegas Golden Knights	2023	001st	0032nd
C	Noah Dower Nilsson	Sweden	Detroit Red Wings	2023	003rd	0073rd
D	Kristian Kostadinski	Sweden	Boston Bruins	2023	007th	0220th

Footnotes

1. Position; G—Goaltender, D—Defenceman, C—Centre, LW—Left wing, RW—right Wing
2. 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.
3. Pick traded on December 12, 1988, from the New Jersey Devils to the Quebec Nordiques for Tommy Albelin.
4. Tolsa has dual citizenship, Swedish and Finnish.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Steen has dual citizenship, Swedish and Canadian.
10. 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.
11. 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).

References

• "Player Database". Elite Prospects. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
• "Player Database". Frölunda Hockey Club. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
• "Draft informarion". National Hockey League. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
• "Draft informarion". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
• "Official Statistics". Swedish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
• . Across the Pond. Archived from the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
• Szemberg, Szymon (1994). Västra Frölunda 50 År (in Swedish). Sweden: Sportförlaget. ISBN 978-91-88540-34-8.