Ove Dahlberg was a Swedish ice hockey and soccer official.
12 Facts About Ove Dahlberg
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Ove Dahlberg was inducted posthumously into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004 and into the Swedish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.
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Ove Dahlberg was born on 12 April 1931 in Surahammar, Sweden.
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Ove Dahlberg grew up as childhood friends with Ronald Pettersson, who played hockey and was eventually inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Ove Dahlberg began as a forward before transitioning to defence.
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Ove Dahlberg played for Surahammars IF in the then-highest Swedish league Hockeyettan before making his Sweden national ice hockey team debut in 1954.
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Ove Dahlberg made his international debut at the 1962 Ice Hockey World Championships.
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Ove Dahlberg was chosen to officiate at the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1969 World Ice Hockey Championships.
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Ove Dahlberg judged two games in the series and subsequent games forced a game eight tie breaker between Canada and the Soviets.
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Besides refereeing ice hockey matches, Ove Dahlberg officiated soccer matches, including the qualifying rounds for the FIFA World Cup.
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Ove Dahlberg retired as a referee in 1981, and died in his sleep from a heart attack on 9 January 1997.
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Ove Dahlberg was inducted posthumously into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2004, and into the Swedish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.