Nils ''Jonathan'' Johnsson (born 11 January 1993), better known as Jonathan Johnson, is a Swedish professional

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, currently playing for

Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå AIK is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Skellefteå. They currently play In the Swedish Hockey League. They play their home games in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, which seats 6,001 spectators. The team has won the Swedish Ch ...

in the

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(SHL). Johnsson won the SHL's

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championship with

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Early life

Johnson was born on 11 January 1993, in

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. He is the oldest son of former ice hockey player

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. Jonathan's younger brother

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is also an ice hockey player, currently also playing for Skellefteå AIK.

Playing career

Johnson started playing ice hockey with

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at a young age, in 1998 when his father started playing for

Frölunda HC Frölunda Hockey Club, previously known as the Frölunda Indians, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club based in Gothenburg. They currently play in the highest Swedish league, the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), formerly the Elitserien, where th ...

Johnson joined HK Kings from

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. During the 2007–08 season Johnson played one game for Kings' senior team in Division 3—Sweden's fifth highest league. In 2008 Johnson represented

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, collecting two assists in five games, the same year he also joined Frölunda's junior organisation for the 2008–09 season. During the 2009–10 season Johnson was the top scored in the J18 Elit South division, with 17 goals and 13 assists for a total of 30 points in 19 games, in the continuation series J18 Allsvenskan he scored nine goals and 18 points in 20 games. In the Swedish U18 Championship playoffs Johnson production dropped, scoring one goal and three points in eight games as Frölunda won a bronze medal. In 2009–10 Johnson also made his debut with the under 20 team in the

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. The following season he was a regular with the under 20 team, winning the

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tournament with Frölunda during the pre-season, and scoring six goals and 16 points in 33 games in the J20 SuperElit, while also playing sporadically with the under 18 team. In the playoffs Johnson continued suiting up for both the under 18 and under 20 team, scoring two goals and four points in four games with the under 18 team, and two goals, three points, in six games with the under 20 team, winning the Swedish Championship with both teams. During the 2011–12 season Johnson first saw action with Frölunda's senior team, making his debut in an exhibition game against the New York Rangers, where he scored a goal on his first shot against former Frölunda keeper

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. He made his Elitserien debut on November 1 at

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, in a game against Djurgårdens IF. In December Johnson was loaned to

Örebro HK Örebro Hockeyklubb, commonly referred to as Örebro HK or Örebro Hockey, (formerly ''HC Örebro 90'') is a Swedish professional ice hockey club located in Örebro. The team is currently playing in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitse ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Jonathan 1993 births Living people Frölunda HC players Karlskrona HK players 21st-century Swedish sportsmen IK Oskarshamn players Modo Hockey players Ice hockey people from Gävle Skellefteå AIK players Swedish ice hockey centres Tingsryds AIF players IF Troja-Ljungby players