Curt Lindström

Curt "Curre" Lindström (born 26 November 1940) is a Swedish ice hockey coach.

Career on international level He coached Team Finland from 1993 to 1997, winning Finland's first Ice Hockey World Championships gold medal in 1995, and a silver world championships medal as well as Olympic bronze. He has won the same medals in coaching duties with Team Sweden, and has also coached the Latvian national men's ice hockey team.

Career on club level Lindström stepped in to coach Ilves in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 2004–2005 season after a disappointing start to the season, and led the team to the quarterfinals, where they were beaten by Jokerit. In November 2005, Lindström was hired as a new head coach to Jokerit after the team had a miserable early season under former player and rookie coach Waltteri Immonen. Jokerit were left out of Play Offs at the end of the season. His contract was only for the remainder of the 2005–2006 season, so he left his place as head coach before the start of 2006–2007 season.

Coaching Awards and honours head coach World Championship (2): 1987, 1995 Winter Olympics (1): 1994 World Championship (2): 1986, 1994 Izvestia Tournament (2): 1994, 1996 Assistant coach

Canada Cup (1): 1984

Personal life Lindström lives in a cohabitation with a Thai woman named Wan and spends about eight months of the year in Hua Hin, Thailand. He was diagnosed with Polyneuropathy in 2021.