Badge "Stora Grabbars Märke", Swedish Ice Hockey Association, silver and enamel, Stockholm 1955.
Gilded and enamelled. The obverse with a Viking ship framed by "Svenska Ishockey Förbundet" with three crowns. The reverse with engraving "Nils Molander". Diameter 2.5 cm.
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Nils "Molle" Molander (1889-1974), collection.
Subsequently inherited.
Molander was one of the first two known Swedish ice hockey players (forward) and played club hockey in Germany from 1912 to 1928 for Berliner SC (German champions 10 times during those years). In 1920 and 1924, he participated in the Swedish national team during the Olympics. In total, Nils Molander played 23 matches for the Swedish national team and scored 24 goals. He became the first in Swedish ice hockey to receive the Great Guys' badge (now the Great Guys' and Girls' badge) accordingly with number 1. In 2012, he was inducted into the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame as number 21.
Molander was a versatile athlete and also competed in speed skating. He represented Denmark in 1914 at the European Speed Skating Championships in Berlin in the 500 meters. He also participated in sailing competitions.
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