Viking Award

The Viking Award is awarded annually to the best Swedish ice hockey player in North America. The winner is decided by a vote among the players themselves. Only Mats Sundin has received the award four times. Peter Forsberg, Markus Näslund and Börje Salming have received it three times.

Winners

Season	Winner	Team	Position	Win #
1975–76	Salming, BörjeBörje Salming	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	1
1976–77	Salming, BörjeBörje Salming	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	2
1977–78	Nilsson, UlfUlf Nilsson	Winnipeg Jets	C	1
1978–79	Salming, BörjeBörje Salming	Toronto Maple Leafs	D	3
1979–80	Hedberg, AndersAnders Hedberg	New York Rangers	RW	1
1980–81	Nilsson, KentKent Nilsson	Calgary Flames	C	1
1981–82	Gradin, ThomasThomas Gradin	Vancouver Canucks	C	1
1982–83	Lindbergh, PellePelle Lindbergh	Philadelphia Flyers	G	1
1983–84	Sundström, PatrikPatrik Sundström	Vancouver Canucks	F	1
1984–85	Näslund, MatsMats Näslund	Montreal Canadiens	LW	1
1985–86	Näslund, MatsMats Näslund	Montreal Canadiens	LW	2
1986–87	Sandström, TomasTomas Sandström	New York Rangers	RW	1
1987–88	Loob, HåkanHåkan Loob	Calgary Flames	RW	1
1988–89	Sundström, PatrikPatrik Sundström	New Jersey Devils	F	2
1989–90	Steen, ThomasThomas Steen	Winnipeg Jets	F	1
1990–91	Sandström, TomasTomas Sandström	Los Angeles Kings	RW	2
1991–92	Johansson, CalleCalle Johansson	Washington Capitals	D	1
1992–93	Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	Quebec Nordiques	C	1
1993–94	Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	2
1994–95	Renberg, MikaelMikael Renberg	Philadelphia Flyers	RW	1
1995–96	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	Colorado Avalanche	C	1
1996–97	Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	3
1997–98	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	Colorado Avalanche	C	2
1998–99	Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	Colorado Avalanche	C	3
1999–2000	Lidström, NicklasNicklas Lidström	Detroit Red Wings	D	1
2000–01	Näslund, MarkusMarkus Näslund	Vancouver Canucks	LW	1
2001–02	Sundin, MatsMats Sundin	Toronto Maple Leafs	C	4
2002–03	Näslund, MarkusMarkus Näslund	Vancouver Canucks	LW	2
2003–04	Näslund, MarkusMarkus Näslund	Vancouver Canucks	LW	3
2004–05	Lockout
2005–06	Lidström, NicklasNicklas Lidström	Detroit Red Wings	D	2
2006-07	Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg	Detroit Red Wings	LW	1
2007–08	Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg	Detroit Red Wings	LW	2
2008–09	Bäckström, NicklasNicklas Bäckström	Washington Capitals	C	1

Source: http://www.swehockey.se/ImageVault/Images/id_2191/ImageVaultHandler.aspx