Per Savilahti-Nagander, commonly referred to as Per Savilahti, (born April 22, 1985) is a Swedish professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the l ...

. He currently plays for

SaiPa SAIPA (, ''SAIPA'') is an Iranian automaker headquartered in Tehran. The SAIPAC (an acronym for the French ''Société anonyme iranienne de production des automobiles Citroën'' lit. ''Iranian Limited Company for the Production of Citroën Autom ...

in the Finnish

Liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mesti ...

. Savilahti has formerly played with hometown club,

Luleå HF Luleå Hockeyförening, also known as Luleå Hockey, is a professional 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 ...

in the

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(SHL). During the 2015–16 season, while in his third tenure with Luleå, Savilahti appeared in just 14 games for 2 assists before opting to return to SaiPa of the Liiga on November 21, 2015.

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* 1985 births Living people AIK IF players IF Björklöven players Luleå HF players Piteå HC players SaiPa players Swedish people of Finnish descent Swedish ice hockey defencemen 21st-century Swedish sportsmen Ice hockey people from Luleå {{Sweden-icehockey-defenceman-stub