Bengt Johansson (handball)

Bengt Johansson (25 June 1942 – 8 May 2022) was a Swedish handball player and coach.

[1][2] Born in Halmstad in south-west Sweden, Johansson began his playing career for local team Halmstad HP and spent his career as a player in Sweden, where he won championship titles with SoIK Hellas and HK Drott.

[3] He was capped 83 times and scored 52 goals for the Swedish national team from 1963 to 1973.

[4] Johansson moved into coaching as a player-coach for HK Drott in 1974 and won five championship titles with the team across twelve seasons.

[5][4] He became the head coach of the Sweden men's national handball team in 1988.