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Nils Svante Granholm (born 15 March 1947) is a Swedish former
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 ...
forward and Olympian. Granholm played with Team Sweden at the
1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time ...
held in
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,
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. He previously played 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 ...
and
Timrå IK Timrå IK is a professional Swedish ice hockey team based in Timrå, north of Sundsvall. It competes in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), which is the top-tier league in Sweden, since being promoted by winning 2021 SHL qualifiers. Previous sea ...
in the Swedish Elite League. In 1975, Svante Granholm and his teammates survived a dramatic plane crash while traveling to an away game against Brynäs. The aircraft crashed into a forest and remained undiscovered for nearly an hour. Miraculously, all passengers survived, though several players, including Granholm himself, sustained injuries requiring hospitalization.


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1947 births Living people Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Swedish ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Sundsvall {{Sweden-icehockey-bio-stub