Viktor Svedberg

Viktor Svedberg (born 24 May 1991) is a Swedish-Kazakhstani professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently a free agent.

Svedberg was signed by the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in October 2013, where he spent five seasons.

Playing career After spending seasons with Rögle BK of J18, Svedberg joined Frölunda HC. He made his Elitserien debut during the 2010-11 season. Svedberg remained with the club through the 2012–13 season.

On 16 May 2013, Svedberg signed with the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League (AHL). After just four games with the club during the 2013–14 season, Svedberg was signed by the IceHogs' National Hockey League (NHL) affiliate, the Chicago Blackhawks to a two-year contract on 19 October 2013. Svedberg spent the remainder of the season, as well as the entirety of the 2014-15 season with the IceHogs.

On 5 August 2015, the Blackhawks re-signed Svedberg to a one-year contract extension. While spending majority of the 2015–16 season with the IceHogs, Svedberg appeared in 27 games for the Blackhawks. On 15 October, in just his fourth career game, Svedberg scored his first career NHL goal in a 4–1 loss to the Washington Capitals. Svedberg finished the season with four points in 27 games. On 14 March 2016, the Blackhawks signed Svedberg to a two-year contract extension.

After leaving the Blackhawks' organization following the 2017–18 season, Svedberg signed a professional tryout agreement to attend the Calgary Flames' training camp on 7 September 2018. He briefly returned to his native Sweden playing 7 games in the SHL with Linköpings HC before on December 2, 2018, Svedberg signed a contract with Barys Astana in the KHL.

After three seasons with Barys and accepting Kazakhstani citizenship, Svedberg left as a free agent and secured a three-year contract with Russian club, HC CSKA Moscow, on 7 June 2021.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2007–08 Rögle BK J18 27371028 ————— 2008–09 Rögle BK J18 1114524 ————— 2008–09 Rögle BK J20 385111679 ————— 2009–10 Frölunda HC J20 404101485 ————— 2010–11 Frölunda HC J20 415172273 701110 2010–11 Frölunda HC SEL 90000 ————— 2011–12 Frölunda HC J20 61234 ————— 2011–12 Frölunda HC SEL 5532520 60000 2012–13 Frölunda HC J20 10002 ————— 2012–13 Frölunda HC SEL 5102224 60004 2013–14 Rockford IceHogs AHL 3527926 ————— 2014–15 Rockford IceHogs AHL 493111441 80448 2015–16 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 272244 30006 2015–16 Rockford IceHogs AHL 401141539 ————— 2016–17 Rockford IceHogs AHL 51291170 ————— 2017–18 Rockford IceHogs AHL 736182482 1305518 2018–19 Linköpings HC SHL 71126 ————— 2018–19 Barys Astana KHL 2936916 1202236 2019–20 Barys Nur-Sultan KHL 100114 50224 2020–21 Barys Nur-Sultan KHL 2835816 ————— 2021–22 CSKA Moscow KHL 3321314 ————— 2021–22 Avangard Omsk KHL 80226 130226 2022–23 Avangard Omsk KHL 3503339 1022430 2023–24 HK Poprad KHL 901129 51016 2024–25 HC Pustertal Wölfe ICE 2500513 81238 SHL totals 12245950 120004 NHL totals 272244 30006 KHL totals 1438182695 40281076

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2021 Kazakhstan WC 10th 6 1 3 4 6 2022 Kazakhstan WC 14th 4 0 0 0 4 Senior totals 10 1 3 4 10