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Håkan Loob

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Håkan Per Loob (born 3 July 1960) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player for Färjestad BK of the Elitserien and the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the head of European Scouting for the Calgary Flames after resigning as president of Hockey Operations for Färjestad. Considered one of the greatest Swedish hockey players of all time, he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Swedish ice hockey Hall of Fame in 2012. The Elitserien created the Håkan Loob Trophy, awarded to the league's top goal scorer, in his honour in 2005 and Färjestad has retired his jersey number 5. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Håkan Loob is the 56th most popular hockey player (down from 55th in 2019), the 1,048th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 1,094th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Håkan Loob ranks 56 out of 676. Before him are Pavel Bure, Roy Henkel, Colin Carruthers, Josef Černý, Vyacheslav Starshinov, and Mats Näslund. After him are František Ševčík, Justin McCarthy, Howie Morenz, Mark Messier, Jan Klapáč, and Hugo Budinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Håkan Loob ranks 399. Before him are Stanley Tong, Oliveira Gonçalves, Rui Duarte de Barros, Gadi Eisenkot, Karra Elejalde, and Wakin Chau. After him are Carol Yager, Olaf Ludwig, Ján Figeľ, Jiří Rusnok, Dorothy Stratten, and Malouma.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Håkan Loob ranks 1,048 out of 1,879. Before him are Bernt Johansson (1953), Folke Alnevik (1919), Lasse Holm (1943), Nils Widforss (1880), Warner Oland (1879), and Christer Björkman (1957). After him are Otto Nilsson (1879), Fredrik Backman (1981), Eric Carlberg (1880), Mercedes Mason (1982), Folke Rogard (1899), and Osvald Moberg (1888).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Sweden

Among hockey players born in Sweden, Håkan Loob ranks 3. Before him are Peter Forsberg (1973), and Mats Näslund (1959). After him are Ronald Pettersson (1935), Nicklas Lidström (1970), Mats Sundin (1971), Lars-Eric Lundvall (1934), Tomas Jonsson (1960), Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (1958), Nils Nilsson (1936), Kent Nilsson (1956), and Tommy Salo (1971).

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