Frida Margareta Nevalainen (born 27 January 1987 in Umeå,

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) is an ice hockey player. Nevalainen is a defenceman for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the

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. (In Swedish) Her twin brother Patrik also played professional ice hockey, playing in the SM-liiga with Lukko and the

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for

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. Nevalainen was the second woman of all time to participate in the TV-pucken tournament, and the first to do so representing the province of Västerbotten. She has also played for

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, a Russian team. Originally representing IF Björklöven she later transferred to Modo Hockey in the Riksserien (Sweden league elite). She played for the University of Windsor in the 2007–08 season.

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1987 births Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Living people Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Ice hockey people from Umeå Swedish people of Finnish descent Swedish women's ice hockey defencemen Swedish twins {{Sweden-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub