Carl-Göran Öberg
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Carl-Göran•Öberg |
| Used name | Carl-Göran•Öberg |
| Nick/petnames | Lill-Stöveln |
| Born | 24 December 1938 in Valbo, Gävle, Gävleborg (SWE) |
| Measurements | 181 cm / 82 kg |
| Affiliations | Gävle Godtemplares IK, Gävle (SWE) / Djurgårdens IF, Stockholm (SWE) |
| NOC |  Sweden |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Bronze | 0 |
| Total | 1 |
Biography
Nicknamed Lill-Stöveln (Little Stöveln) after his older brother Hans “Stöveln” Öberg, Carl-Göran Öberg started playing hockey with Gävle IK in 1955. From 1960-68, he played with Djurgårdens IF but finished his playing career with Tranås AIF from 1968-70 and Södertälje SK from 1970-73. With Gävle, Öberg won the Swedish title in 1957 and won Swedish titles in 1961-63 with Djurgårdens. He was also selected to the Swedish Championship all-star team in 1963.
A left winger, Öberg played 171 games with the Swedish national team and scored 77 goals. He won an Olympic silver in 1964, won silvers at the 1963 and 1967 World Championships and won bronzes at the 1958 and 1965 World Championships. Öberg also won European Championship silvers in 1958, 1963, 1964 and 1967 and bronzes in 1959-61, 1965 and 1968. He was awarded the Stora Grabbars Märke (Big Boys’ Badge) #61 in ice hockey.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Winter Olympics | Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) | SWE |
Carl-Göran Öberg | |||
| Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 5 | ||||
| 1964 Winter Olympics | Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) | SWE |
Carl-Göran Öberg | |||
| Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 2 | Silver | |||
| 1968 Winter Olympics | Ice Hockey (Ice Hockey) | SWE |
Carl-Göran Öberg | |||
| Ice Hockey, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 4 |
Olympic family relations
- Brother of Hans Öberg
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Ice Hockey Championships (0–4–5 1958 Oslo silver; 1959 Praha, Bratislava, and Ostrava bronze; 1960 Squaw Valley (Olympics) bronze; 1961 Genève and Lausanne bronze; 1963 Stockholm silver; 1964 Innsbruck (Olympics) silver; 1965 Tampere bronze; 1967 Wien silver; 1968 Grenoble (Olympics) bronze)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Ice Hockey Championships (0–3–2 1958 Oslo bronze; 1963 Stockholm silver; 1964 Innsbruck (Olympics) silver; 1965 Tampere bronze; 1967 Wien silver)