Felizia Wikner Zienkiewicz

Elin Felizia Wikner-Zienkiewicz (born 17 September 1999) is a Swedish ice hockey player for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and member of the Swedish national team. She has represented Sweden at the Winter Olympic Games and IIHF Women's World Championship.

Playing career Wikner-Zienkiewicz was introduced to ice hockey via her older brothers, Johannes (born 1990) and Kristoffer (born 1993), who both played throughout her childhood. At age five, she began playing with the minor ice hockey department of Hanhals IF in her hometown of Kungsbacka on the western coast of Sweden. Though Hanhals IF had a team that was active in the women's Division 1, Wikner-Zienkiewicz was the only girl on the teams for her age group; the club also had a secondary women's team, and she was able to practice with that team in addition to playing with boys of her age.

When Hanhals IF dissolved its women's team after the 2009–10 Riksserien season, Wikner-Zienkiewicz opted to move to Hovås HC, based in , Gothenburg Municipality, about from Kungsbacka. The move was motivated by a desire continue playing with a women's team and to also play on teams with both boys and girls of her age. She was the only girl in the group of players born in 1999, however Hovås HC had a number of girls who were nearly her age in the groups for players born in 2000 and 2001, including goaltender Anna Amholt, and she played on teams with them.

Wikner-Zienkiewicz was admitted to the of Örnsköldsvik Gymnasium and MODO Hockey in Örnsköldsvik, which has a reputation for developing elite players and a list of alumni including icons of Swedish ice hockey Peter Forsberg, Victor Hedman, Maria Lindh, Emma Nordin, and Daniel and Henrik Sedin. Though Örnsköldsvik is situated in the north-central historical province of Ångermanland on the east coast of Sweden and is quite far from Kungsbacka, Wikner-Zienkiewicz selected MODO because she had a number of relatives in nearby Umeå and Kramfors.

HV71 Upon completion of her secondary school studies in Örnsköldsvik, Wikner-Zienkiewicz sought to push her development further in a new environment and signed with HV71 in Jönköping. In the playoffs, she led the team in scoring, with 3 goals and 4 points, and scored HV71's only goal in the three-game semifinal series against Brynäs IF, as the team fell short of the championship finals.

Brynäs IF She declined an extension with HV71 following her breakout season, though HV71 general manager Jenni Asserholt made it clear that Wikner-Zienkiewicz was a player the club would have liked to retain. She received an offer from the newly established Frölunda HC, which was poised to play its inaugural season in the Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL). There was some expectation that she would sign with the Gothenburg-based team due to its proximity to her hometown – Kungsbacka is part of Metropolitan Gothenburg – but she decided against signing with Frölunda HC because she felt that the NDHL would not offer the same opportunity for development as the SDHL.

Wikner-Zienkiewicz and Brynäs IF general manager Erika Grahm ultimately agreed to a one-plus-one contract in late-April 2022. In the press release announcing the signing, Grahm, a former MODO teammate of Wikner-Zienkiewicz's, described her as "an offensively skilled player with a great goal-scoring sense."

Frölunda HC After one season with Brynäs IF, Wikner-Zienkiewicz signed with Frölunda HC, who had achieved promotion to the SDHL at the end of the 2022–23 season. Regarding the signing, Wikner-Zienkiewicz enthused, "I have always wanted to represent Frölunda. I grew up in Kungsbacka and Frölunda has always been the team I cheered for... [the team's] goal is to take Swedish Championship gold as soon as possible and I feel that I want to be a part of that."

International play On 12 January 2026, she was named to Sweden's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Personal life Her surname 'Zienkiewicz' comes from her paternal grandfather, who is Polish. Her paternal grandmother is Swedish, making her father half-Polish, half-Swedish.

During the ice hockey offseason, Wikner-Zienkiewicz participates in orienteering competitions at the open class level.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2012–13 Hovås Div.1 9 3 0 3 0 — — — — — 2014–15 Hovås U16 U16 Div.1 15 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2014–15 Hovås Div.1 11 4 5 9 2 — — — — — 2015–16 MODO Riksserien 25 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2015–16 MODO 2 Damettan 2 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 2016–17 MODO SDHL 32 3 0 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 2016–17 MODO 2 Damettan 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2017–18 MODO SDHL 36 4 9 13 6 5 0 0 0 0 2017–18 MODO 2 Damettan 6 3 1 4 0 — — — — — 2018–19 HV71 SDHL 36 11 6 17 0 7 0 2 2 0 2019–20 HV71 SDHL 36 7 10 17 8 6 1 3 4 0 2020–21 HV71 SDHL 36 8 5 13 6 5 0 0 0 0 2021–22 HV71 SDHL 34 20 12 32 4 6 3 1 4 4 2022–23 Brynäs IF SDHL 27 10 11 21 12 8 2 5 7 2 2023–24 Frölunda HC SDHL 36 13 8 21 4 8 3 1 4 0Riksserien/SDHL totals 298 76 61 137 44 50 10 12 22 6

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2016 Sweden U18 6 0 0 0 0 2017 Sweden U18 4th 6 0 0 0 2 2021 3 4 1 5 0 2022 Sweden OG 8th 5 1 1 2 4 2022 Sweden WC 7th 6 0 1 1 2 2023 Sweden WC 6th 7 0 0 0 2 2024 Sweden WC 7th 5 2 0 2 0 2026 Sweden OG 4th 7 0 1 1 0 Junior totals 12 0 0 0 2 Senior totals 33 7 4 11 8