Sven Tumba was one of the most prominent Swedish ice hockey players of the 1950s and 1960s. He also represented Sweden in football as well as golf and became Swedish champion in waterskiing.
Tumba c. 1960
Tumba playing ice hockey in 1960.
Tre Kronor in November 1958, from the left, standing: Lars Björn, Karl-Sören Hedlund, Einar Granath, Sigurd Bröms, Nils Nilsson, Carl-Göran Öberg, Göran Lysén, Uno Öhrlund, Roland Stoltz; front row: Sven Tumba, Hans Svedberg, Yngve Johansson, Ronald Pettersson, Vilgot Larsson and Rune Gudmundsson.
Tumba (left) and Henry Thillberg after having scored five goals each on Finland in a national B-team contest
Djurgårdens IF Ishockeyförening, commonly known as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården Hockey, Djurgården, is a professional ice hockey team based in Stockholm, Sweden, affiliated with the Djurgårdens IF umbrella organization. Djurgården compete in the Swedish second-tier ice hockey league, the HockeyAllsvenskan. The men's team is the most successful Swedish ice hockey team of all time, as 16-time Swedish champions, 12-time runners-up, 26-time finalists, and leaders of the marathon table for the top flight of Swedish hockey. The ice hockey section was first established in 1922 and has since been playing in the Swedish league system, with the exception of four years in the 1930s when the hockey section was temporarily dissolved.
Sven "Tumba" Johansson
Game between Djurgården Hockey and Malmö Redhawks in 2006
Djurgården players celebrating a goal by Sebastian Strandberg against Färjestad BK