[1] He competed for the Swedish national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning a silver medal, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

[2] Nilsson won the EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season.

[3] On 12 June 2016 he was chosen as Swedish "Handballer of the Year".

[4] On the Swedish national team he goes by the nickname 'Stycket' (eng:meat lump).

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