Jacob Waldemar de la Rose (born 20 May 1995) is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the National League (NL).
[4] In 2013's European Import Draft, which took place on 3 July, the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) chose de la Rose 11th overall.
[5] Though Spitfires General Manager Warren Rychel believed that de la Rose would immediately make the transition to North American major junior hockey, he ended up remaining in Sweden to fulfill the last year of his contract with Leksands IF.
[9] In the 2014–15 season, de la Rose made the transition to North America and began his Canadiens career in the American Hockey League (AHL) with their affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs.
[16] Following his seventh season in the NHL, de la Rose opted to return to Sweden as an impending unrestricted free agent, agreeing to a three-year contract with SHL club, Färjestad BK, on 1 June 2021.
[18] de la Rose represented the Swedish under-18 team, winning the silver medal during the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, held in Brno, Znojmo and Břeclav, Czech Republic.
In addition to the 2013 U18 tournament, de la Rose participated in the 2013 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships earlier that year, held in Ufa, Russia.
In 2017, de la Rose purchased a five-year-old female Italian race horse named Trilly of Nando with friend and fellow hockey player Patric Skoglund, later adding Filip Forsberg of the Nashville Predators to the ownership group.