Anna Kjellbin
| Anna Kjellbin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Kjellbin in 2016 | |||
| Born |
16 March 1994 Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| PWHL team Former teams |
PWHL Hamilton Toronto Sceptres Montreal Victoire Luleå HF/MSSK HV71 Linköping HC Hanhals IF | ||
| National team |
 Sweden | ||
| Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Anna Linnea Christina Kjellbin (born 16 March 1994) is a Swedish ice hockey player who is a defender for PWHL Hamilton of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of Sweden women's national ice hockey team. The thirteenth longest-tenured player in Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) history, she has won the SDHL championship twice. Kjellbin represented Sweden at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2016 and 2017.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Kjellbin grew up in Mölndal, in Göteborg, and began skating at age four. As a child, she participated in various sports and games, including golf, swimming, football, and chess. From 2008 to 2010, she split her time between the Hanhals IF women's team and the U16 boys' team.[2] In her rookie Riksserien season, 2009–10, she picked up five assists in 28 games as Hanhals finished second to last.
In 2010, she signed with Linköping HC Dam, choosing the club over an offer from HV71 Dam. She won the Riksserien championship twice with the club in 2014 and 2015. In the 2015–16 season, she scored a career-high 21 points in 36 games. She scored 6 points in 36 games in the 2018–19 season and, before the beginning of the playoffs, announced that she would take a break from hockey for personal reasons.[3] She later revealed that she had sustained concussions in two different games, which caused
She joined HV71 in 2019, after nine seasons with Linköping, seeking a change in environment and because her job outside of hockey was based in Jönköping.[4] She scored 11 points in 36 games in her first season with HV71, as the club finished in first place during the regular season and made it to the playoff finals against Luleå HF/MSSK before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. She criticized the league's decision not to award the championship to any team, despite HV71 having won the first and only completed match of the finals, stating that: "Considering the season we had, it feels very empty."[5] She returned to HV71 for the 2020–21 season and was the team's third highest scoring defenseman in the regular season.
In June 2021, Kjellbin signed with Luleå HF/MSSK for the 2021–22 SDHL season +1.[6]
On 10 June 2024, she was drafted in the sixth round, 35th overall, by PWHL Montreal in the 2024 PWHL draft.[7] After 18 games with Montreal, she was traded to the Toronto Sceptres on 13 March 2025, in exchange for Kaitlin Willoughby.[8] On 23 July 2025, she signed a one-year contract extension with the Sceptres.[9]
On June 26, 2026, she signed a one-year standard player agreement with PWHL Hamilton.[10]
International play
[edit]Kjellbin was a member of the Swedish national under-18 ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, getting two assists in five games. She represented Sweden again at the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, getting four points in six games as Sweden won bronze and scoring her first international hat-trick in their group stage match against Russia after being selected to take a penalty shot. She won a gold medal with Sweden at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.
Kjellbin represented Sweden at six IIHF Women's World Championships (2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) and two Olympic Games (2022, 2026).
On 12 January 2026, she was named to Sweden's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[11] In addition, she was named team captain for Sweden in Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Outside of hockey, she works as Director of Customer Project Management for Senion, an indoor GPS technology company based in Linköping.[13]
She got engaged to Finnish national team and Ottawa Charge defenceman Ronja Savolainen in 2024.[14]
Her father, Magnus, played ice hockey professionally in the Swedish Hockeytvåan in the 1970s.
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2008–09 | Hanhals IF | Division 1 |
— | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | Hanhals IF | Riksserien |
28 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2010–11 | Linköping HC | Riksserien |
27 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | Linköping HC | Riksserien |
21 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Linköping HC | Riksserien |
7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Linköping HC | Riksserien |
28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | Linköping HC 2 | Division 1 |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2014–15 | Linköping HC | Riksserien |
27 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Linköping HC | Riksserien |
36 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2016–17 | Linköping HC | SDHL |
36 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2017–18 | Linköping HC | SDHL |
36 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2018–19 | Linköping HC | SDHL |
36 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019–20 | HV71 | SDHL |
36 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | HV71 | SDHL |
33 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 2021–22 | Luleå HF | SDHL |
35 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Luleå HF | SDHL |
30 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Luleå HF | SDHL |
34 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Montreal Victoire | PWHL |
18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2024–25 | Toronto Sceptres | PWHL |
7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Toronto Sceptres | PWHL |
30 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Riksserien/SDHL totals | 450 | 24 | 137 | 161 | 142 | 78 | 9 | 24 | 33 | 34 | ||||
| PWHL totals | 55 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||
International
[edit]| Regular season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
| 2011 | Sweden | U18 | 5th |
5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2012 | Sweden | U18 |  |
6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Sweden | WC | 5th |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Sweden | WC | 6th |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Sweden | OG | 8th |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Sweden | WC | 7th |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2023 | Sweden | WC | 6th |
7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Sweden | WC | 7th |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | Sweden | WC | 6th |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2026 | Sweden | OG | 4th |
7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Junior totals | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Senior totals | 46 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 18 | ||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ↑ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (20 January 2020). ""Det är där vi har tänkt att begrava våra hockeykarriärer"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ↑ Olausson, Robin (8 February 2019). "Linköpingsbacken tar paus från hockey – veckan innan slutspelet". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ↑ Kågström, Rasmus (20 May 2019). "HV71 plockar in landslagsmeriterad back från konkurrenten". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ↑ Josefsson, Samuel (20 May 2020). ""Jävligt orättvist – man känner sig väldigt tom"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ↑ Hedlund, Robert (1 June 2021). "Välkommen Anna Kjellbin!". Luleå Hockey (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ↑ Kennedy, Ian (10 June 2024). "Full 2024 PWHL Draft Results". The Hockey News. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ↑ The Canadian Press (13 March 2025). "Victoire acquire forward Willoughby from Sceptres for defender Kjellbin". CBC.ca. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ↑ "Toronto Sceptres and Anna Kjellbin reach contract extension". thepwhl.com. 23 July 2025. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ↑ "PWHL Hamilton Signs Anna Kjellbin to One-Year Contract". CBC.ca. 26 June 2026. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ "Tre Kronor dams OS-trupp är presenterad". swehockey.se (in Swedish). 12 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ↑ Kennedy, Ian (8 February 2026). "Meet the 10 Olympic Women's Hockey Captains". The Hockey News. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ "Familjetragedier och hockeypassion". HockeySverige (Podcast) (in Swedish). 24 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ↑ Leinonen, Tiina (7 March 2020). "Huippupuolustaja Ronja Savolainen pelaa rajusti, mutta rauhoittuu, kun vastapuolella on oma rakas: "Annan ollessa jäällä saatan varoa, etten ainakaan satuttaisi"". Yle (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- Anna Kjellbin at Milano Cortina 2026
- Anna Kjellbin at Olympics.com
- Anna Kjellbin at Olympedia
- Anna Kjellbin at Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (in English)
- Anna Kjellbin on Instagram
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Ice hockey people from Gothenburg
- Swedish women's ice hockey defencemen
- Ice hockey players at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Sweden
- Linköping HC (women) players
- HV71 (women) players
- LGBTQ ice hockey players
- Swedish lesbian sportswomen
- Luleå HF/MSSK players
- Toronto Sceptres players
- 21st-century Swedish LGBTQ people
- Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden
- Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2026 Winter Olympics
- 21st-century Swedish sportswomen
- Montreal Victoire draft picks
- Medalists at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics