At the end of his career, he spent two years with Wiener EV of Austria and a single season with SC Luzern of Switzerland.

In the following season, he guided Skellefteå AIK to promotion from Sweden's second-tier Allsvenskan to the top-flight Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

[1] From 2008 to 2010, Samuelsson worked as joint-coach alongside Per-Erik Johnsson, leading the club to the Swedish national championship in 2009, while receiving SHL Coach of the Year honors.

He served a two-year stint as head coach and parted company with the club in March 2016.

[4] On 5 July 2016, Samuelsson was named head coach of ERC Ingolstadt of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).