Axel "Acke" Nilsson (12 November 1904 – 22 April 1978) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bandy player, best known for representing Hammarby IF and AIK in all three sports.

In total, Nilsson played 93 games and scored 46 goals for Hammarby IF, leading the team's offensive forces together with Sture Gillström, Sigfrid Öberg and Åke Hallberg.

[1][2][3][4][5] On 22 May 1931, Nilsson was selected into a mixed team of Stockholm-based players, together with six other teammates from Hammarby IF, to face Arsenal, in an exhibition game that the British club won 5–1.

Initially, AIK struggled to compete for the Swedish Championship title, but finished 2nd in the table for two consecutive seasons before winning the league in 1936–37.

[8][9][10] Throughout his career, Nilsson won eight caps for Sweden and scored seven goals, making his debut in 1930, while still playing with Hammarby IF in the second tier.