Roger Rönnberg (born July 27, 1971) is a

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coach currently working as head coach of the Gothenburg based SHL-team

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Career

Rönnberg started his career behind the bench in the youth ranks of

Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening is an ice hockey club from Luleå, Sweden. The club has been playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), the top tier of ice hockey in Sweden, since the 1984–85 season. They are the northernmost team in the league an ...

. After serving as assistant coach of the club's men's team in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) during the 2006-07 season, he took over the team alongside Roger Kyrö, forming a coaching duo for the following three years. He is the former head coach of the

Sweden men's national junior ice hockey team The Swedish men's national under 20 ice hockey team, or ''Juniorkronorna'' (Junior Crowns in Swedish) as it is commonly called in Sweden, is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Sweden. The team represents Sweden at the International Ice ...

, but was succeeded by his assistant coach

Rikard Grönborg Rikard Grönborg (born 8 June 1968) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He coached the ZSC Lions until end of december 2022. As Head Coach, he led Team Sweden to the gold medal at the 2017 IIHF World Championship. He played ...

after the

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where the Junior Crowns lost to USA in the final and brought home Sweden's 9th silver in WJC. Rönnberg was an assistant coach for the

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at the

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, and

2011 IIHF World Championship Eleven or 11 may refer to: * 11 (number), the natural number following 10 and preceding 12 * one of the years 11 BC, AD 11, 1911, 2011, or any year ending in 11 Literature * ''Eleven'' (novel), a 2006 novel by British author David Llewellyn ...

s. Rönnberg stepped in as head coach for Frölunda Indians after

Kent Johansson Kent "Lill-Kenta" Johansson (born 13 April 1956) is a retired Swedish ice hockey player, former head coach of Frölunda HC in Elitserien. Playing career Johansson started his playing career with Huddinge IK in the Swedish tier two league in 19 ...

in 2013 and rebuilt the team completely. Only keeping a few key-players, including captain

Joel Lundqvist Joel Per Lundqvist (born 2 March 1982) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for Frölunda HC of Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He serves as the team's captain. He is the identical twin brother of former National Hockey League goaltender Henr ...

, Rönnberg broke Frölundas trend of buying expensive players from other teams and instead choose to look for young talents in Gothenburgs youth-teams. Six players that Rönnberg coached in the WJC joined up to play for Frölunda when he took over the team, and a few more has come after returning from the US or KHL. In the 2015-16 season, he coached Frölunda to the Swedish national championship and to the

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title.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ronnberg, Roger 1971 births Living people Swedish ice hockey coaches Swedish ice hockey defencemen People from Luleå Ice hockey people from Norrbotten County Frölunda HC coaches Swedish Hockey League coaches