Bengt Johansson

Bengt Johansson (25 June 1942 – 8 May 2022) was a Swedish handball player and coach. He is one of the most decorated national team coaches in handball history and won thirteen international medals with the Swedish men's national handball team during a sixteen-year reign, including two World Championship gold medals (1990, 1999), four European Championship gold medals (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002) and three Olympic Games silver medals (1992, 1996, 2000).

Born in Halmstad in south-west Sweden, Johansson began his playing career for local team Halmstad HP and spent his career as a player in Sweden, where he won championship titles with SoIK Hellas and HK Drott. He was capped 83 times and scored 52 goals for the Swedish national team from 1963 to 1973. He became the head coach of the Sweden men's national handball team in 1988.

Johansson died on 8 May 2022, at the age of 79. He suffered from Parkinson's disease during the final years of his life.

Honours

Player SoIK Hellas

Swedish Championship: 1969, 1970

HK Drott

Swedish Championship: 1975

Manager HK Drott

Swedish Championship: 1975, 1978, 1979, 1984, 1988 Sweden

Olympic Games: 1992, 1996, 2000 World Men's Handball Championship: 1990, 1999 1997, 2001 1993, 1995 European Men's Handball Championship: 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002