Jonathan Johnson

Nils Jonathan Johnsson (born 11 January 1993), better known as Jonathan Johnson, is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre, currently playing for Skellefteå AIK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Johnsson won the SHL's Le Mat Trophy championship with Skellefteå AIK in 2024.

Early life Johnson was born on 11 January 1993, in Gävle. He is the oldest son of former ice hockey player Jonas Johnson. Jonathan's younger brother Andreas is also an ice hockey player, currently also playing for Skellefteå AIK.

Playing career Johnson started playing ice hockey with Gävle GIK at a young age, in 1998 when his father started playing for Frölunda HC Johnson joined HK Kings from Kungsbacka. During the 2007–08 season Johnson played one game for Kings' senior team in Division 3—Sweden's fifth highest league. In 2008 Johnson represented Halland in TV-pucken, collecting two assists in five games, the same year he also joined Frölunda's junior organisation for the 2008–09 season. During the 2009–10 season Johnson was the top scored in the J18 Elit South division, with 17 goals and 13 assists for a total of 30 points in 19 games, in the continuation series J18 Allsvenskan he scored nine goals and 18 points in 20 games. In the Swedish U18 Championship playoffs Johnson production dropped, scoring one goal and three points in eight games as Frölunda won a bronze medal. In 2009–10 Johnson also made his debut with the under 20 team in the J20 SuperElit. The following season he was a regular with the under 20 team, winning the 2010 European Trophy Junior tournament with Frölunda during the pre-season, and scoring six goals and 16 points in 33 games in the J20 SuperElit, while also playing sporadically with the under 18 team. In the playoffs Johnson continued suiting up for both the under 18 and under 20 team, scoring two goals and four points in four games with the under 18 team, and two goals, three points, in six games with the under 20 team, winning the Swedish Championship with both teams.

During the 2011–12 season Johnson first saw action with Frölunda's senior team, making his debut in an exhibition game against the New York Rangers, where he scored a goal on his first shot against former Frölunda keeper Henrik Lundqvist. He made his Elitserien debut on November 1 at Hovet, in a game against Djurgårdens IF. In December Johnson was loaned to Örebro HK in HockeyAllsvenskan.

Career statistics Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2009–10 Frölunda HC J20 50000 ————— 2010–11 Frölunda HC J20 336101649 62130 2011–12 Frölunda HC J20 4824355959 20004 2011–12 Örebro HK Allsv 10000 ————— 2011–12 Frölunda HC SEL 90000 ————— 2012–13 Frölunda HC J20 4216284464 61232 2012–13 Frölunda HC SEL 40000 —————2012–13 Kungälvs IK Div.1 64372 ————— 2012–13 Karlskrona HK Allsv 11010 ————— 2013–14 Frölunda HC SHL 21010 ————— 2013–14 IK Oskarshamn Allsv 4515611 ————— 2014–15 IF Troja/Ljungby Div.1 3620204020 72352 2015–16 Tingsryds AIF Allsv 521492320 70110 2016–17 Tingsryds AIF Allsv 521192022 50000 2017–18 IF Troja/Ljungby Allsv 5119203910 ————— 2018–19 Modo Hockey Allsv 5115223728 50554 2019–20 Modo Hockey Allsv 5229507932 20114 2020–21 Skellefteå AIK SHL 48915248 121348 2021–22 Skellefteå AIK SHL 5114385216 61340 2022–23 Skellefteå AIK SHL 5010283810 155384 2023–24 Skellefteå AIK SHL 361021318 1664108 2024–25 Skellefteå AIK SHL 486222820 1135812 SHL totals 2485012417462 6016183432

Awards and honours Award Year SHL Le Mat Trophy 2024