Dennis Nilsson

Dennis Nilsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish professional darts player who competes in both World Darts Federation (WDF) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events and formerly participated in British Darts Organisation (BDO) tournaments. He has participated in five Lakeside World Championships (two BDO and three World Darts Federation (WDF), reaching the semi-finals in 2023. He has represented Sweden at the PDC World Cup as well as the WDF World Cup and WDF Europe Cup. He has won a total of six bronze medals in the WDF team competitions.

In the past, he competed as a strongman, hence his nickname "Strongman".

Career Nilsson qualified for the 2012 PDC World Darts Championship, where he lost 4–2 to Japan's Haruki Muramatsu in the preliminary round. He represented Sweden with Magnus Caris in the 2012 PDC World Cup of Darts and together they were beaten 3–1 by Belgium in the second round, having defeated Japan in round one. He progressed through to the last 16 of the 2013 World Masters and was defeated 3–0 by Danny Noppert. A win over Steve Lennon saw Nilsson claim the 2016 Finnish Masters.

World Championship results

PDC 2012: Preliminary round (lost to Haruki Muramatsu 2–4) (legs)

BDO 2017: Preliminary round (lost to Ryan Joyce 0–3) 2018: First round (lost to Jim Williams 2–3)

WDF 2023: Semi-finals (lost to Andy Baetens 2–5) 2024: Second round (lost to Gary Stone 2–3) 2025: Second roud (lost to James Beeton 2–3)