Erik Karlsson

• Position: defender
• Player status: active player
• Gender: male
• Nationality: Sweden
• Birth date: 31.05.1990 (34 years)
• Birth place: Lannaskede, Sweden

• Height: 181 cm / 5' 11"
• Weight: 79 kg / 174 lbs
• Shoots: right
• Draft 1: Ottawa Senators, year: 2008, round: 1, position: 15
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• Trivia:

  Named Best Defenseman WJC18 2007-08

  Best +/- rating WJC18 2007-08

  Drafted 2008, 2 #61 overall by Mississauga St. Michael's Majors in the CHL Import Draft

  Named to WJC All-Star team 2008-09

  Named Best Defenseman WJC 2008-09

  Drafted 2009, 2 #32 overall by Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the KHL Draft

  Named to NHL All-Star game 2010-11, 2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2022-23

  Named Best Defenseman NHL 2011-12, 2014-15, 2022-23

  Named Best Swedish NHL player 2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17

  Named to NHL First All-Star team 2011-12, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2022-23

  Named to Olympic Games All-Star team 2013-14

  Named Best Defenseman Olympic Games 2013-14

  Top scorer Olympic Games 2013-14

  Most assists NHL 2015-16

  Named Swedish Player of the Year 2015-16, 2016-17, 2022-23

  2024 World Championship All-Star Team