Linus Pettersson (born 13 May 1987) is a Swedish
bandy
Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two team sport, teams wearing Ice skates#Bandy skates, ice skates on a large ice surface (either indoors or outdoors) while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal.
The playin ...
player who currently plays for
Sandvikens AIK
Sandvikens AIK (commonly known as SAIK) a sports club in Sandviken, Sweden. The bandy section plays its home games in the Göransson Arena in Sandviken. They play in a black outfit.
History
Sandvikens AIK was founded on 16 March 1901. Originall ...
as a defender.
Career
Club career
Pettersson is a youth product of
IFK Motala
IFK Motala is a sports club in Motala, Sweden, founded in 1932 and practicing bandy and soccer. IFK Motala's bandy team currently plays in Elitserien, and home games are played at the Motala Isstadion. The club won the men's Swedish Bandy Champion ...
and has represented
Sandviken
Sandviken is a locality and the seat of Sandviken Municipality in Gävleborg County, Sweden with 26,438 inhabitants in 2023. It is situated about 25 km west of Gävle and lies approximately 190 km north of Stockholm. The rail journey t ...
and
Zorky.
International career
Pettersson was part of Swedish World Champions teams of
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
,
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
, and
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
.
Honours
Country
;
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
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Bandy World Championship
The Bandy World Championship is a competition for the men's teams of bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the ...
:
2010, 2012, 2017
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Swedish bandy players
Sandvikens AIK players
Expatriate bandy players in Russia
Zorky Krasnogorsk players
Sweden international bandy players
Bandy World Championship–winning players
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