Bengt Johan Lundholm (born 4 August 1955) is a retired Swedish professional

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player who played 275 games in the

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for the

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between 1981 and 1986. Lundholm was originally drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft, 166th overall. Before moving to North American, Lundholm played in his native Sweden and suited up for

Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, Swedish Hockey League (SHL), after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus ...

and

AIK IF Allmänna Idrottsklubben Ishockeyförening (abbreviated ''AIK IF'', also known as ''AIK Hockey'', often abbreviated ''AIK'' in hockey subjects), is the ice hockey department of sports club AIK based in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2014, AIK's men's ...

. Lundholm joined the Jets (now playing in the National Hockey League) in 1981 and over five seasons and 275 regular season games, he scored 48 goals and 95 assists for 143 points. He returned to AIK for one more season before retiring in 1987. Internationally Lundholm played for

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at several tournaments, winning one silver and two bronze at the

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, and a bronze at the

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* 1955 births Living people AIK IF players Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Leksands IF players Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Falun Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Swedish ice hockey left wingers Undrafted National Hockey League players Winnipeg Jets (WHA) draft picks Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub