Mats Sundin played 18 seasons in the NHL and was the second Swede, after Börje Salming, to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. Sudden is also the only Swede to score over 500 goals in the NHL, and also has three World Cup golds and one Olympic gold on his track record.
News24 have the answers to the questions the Swedish people google most about the goal-dangerous center.
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Mats Sundin’s age – how old is he?
Mats Sundin was born on February 13, 1971 and turned 53 in the winter of 2024.
Mats Sundin’s height – how tall is he?
Mats Sundin is 195 centimeters tall, according to Elite prospect.
Mats Sundin during the hockey WC in 1992. Photo: Jack Mikrut/TT When did Mats Sundin start playing ice hockey?
Mats Sundin started skating and playing ice hockey with his two brothers Patrick and Per on Lake Ravalen in Sollentuna, where he grew up, writes Hockey Sweden.
When Sudden was five years old, he started hockey school at Sollentunavallen before it was time to start playing “for real” in a team with Edsberg.
– I know that Markus Näslund’s Dad did a deep dive into whether there were any parallels as far as I was concerned, Peter Forsberg, Nicklas Lidström and Markus Näslund. He spent a few months on it and came to the conclusion that there were a few things in common, one of the things that stood out was that we had 30 hours of spontaneous sports a week. Those 30 hours a week are an incredible amount of play. At a fairly early age, we also played and competed with older people, Mats Sundin has previously said about his early hockey life in an interview with Sportbladet.
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Which clubs did Mats Sundin play for?
Here are the clubs Mats Sundin played for as a senior, according to Eliteprospect:
When did Mats Sundin stop playing hockey?
Mats Sundin stopped playing ice hockey in 2009, which he announced at a press conference on September 30 of the same year.
– When you get older, you see things in a new way, you value things in a new way. I would like to continue until I was 65, but in ice hockey you retire earlier than that unfortunately, he said then and continued:
– The decision has evolved. You feel that your body is giving up and that you can’t bear to recharge in the same way as before. It feels good in body and soul.
Does Mats Sundin have a wife or girlfriend?
Mats Sundin has a wife named Josephine Sundin, formerly Josephine Johansson.
The couple got married in Maria Magdalen church on Södermalm in Stockholm on August 29, 2009, and arrived there in a gray Rolls-Royce, writes Sportbladet.
The party after the wedding was held at Sweden’s best golf course Bro Hof and among the 200 guests were Peter Forsberg and the singer Andrew Johnson.
Josephine and Mats Sundin. Photo: Roger Vikström/TTDoes Mats Sundin have children?
Mats Sundin has three children together with his wife Josephine. In 2012 they had their daughter Bonnie Sundin. Two years later the son was born Nathaniel Sundin and two years after that at least Julian Sundin, writes Expressen.
Four years ago, Mats Sundin described life as a father like this in the newspaper:
– There is good momentum at the event here at home considering that all three children are under ten years old. I drive our daughter to Manilla School in Djurgården every morning and pick her up in the afternoon. It is fun to be present and have the opportunity to do so.
Mats Sundin with his family in 2018 during Prince Daniel’s race in Hagaparken. Photo: Stella Pictures Does Mats Sundin have brothers?
Mats Sundin has two older brothers, Patrik Sundin and Per Sundin, writes Sportbladet.
Mats Sundin’s wealth – how much money does he have?
During his 18-season career in the NHL, Mats Sundin earned SEK 830 million, which in today’s currency would be just over SEK 1.3 billion, according to HockeyZonePlus.
According to The business of sports Mats Sundin’s fortune in 2020 exceeded one billion kroner.
What is Mats Sundin doing today?
Today, Mats Sundin runs the health platform Institute for People in Movement (IMR), works with a foundation and lives a family life in Djursholm.
– It is pick-up and drop-off with the children, a Canadian foundation that I run together with the University of Toronto and Karolinska that raises money for charity and the work with IMR that takes up the time today, he told Break it in an interview in 2023.
He also sits on several company boards and owns trotting horses.
In October 2024 releases Mats Sundin’s autobiography “Home and away”which he co-wrote with the author and coach Amy Stuart.
Mats Sundin releases autobiography
Mats Sundin’s house – where does he live?
Today, Mats Sundin lives with his wife Josephine and children Bonnie, Nathanael and Julian in a gigantic house in Djursholm.
The family built the villa in 2012, and according to Live&Bo it cost between 60 and 70 million to build, and the plot itself cost 25 million. In the house, which is 1,420 square meters spread over three floors, there is a cinema, massage room and spa.
Does Mats Sundin have Instagram?
Nyheter24 has not found an Instagram belonging to Mats Sundin.
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