Hardy Nilsson (born 23 June 1947) is a Swedish retired ice hockey player and coach.

[1] In 1978 Nilsson moved to the German team Kölner Haie where he was very successful, scoring 21 goals and 102 points in 45 games.

[2] He moved on to his former team Kölner Haie for the 1985-86 season[3] winning three German championships in a row 1986–88.

He coached the team to third place in the 1989 European cup and runners-up in the bundesliga in 1991 before leaving Kölner in 1992.

[1] He worked for Djurgården for another three years and left the club in January 2012 after three Swedish Championships with them as a coach.