Background
Olsson was born in Uppsala, Uppland.
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Olsson was born in Uppsala, Uppland.
Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right wing player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. He started his career, at the age of 10, in the Swedish team Skånela. Other clubs are Huttenberg, Niederwurzbach, Hong Kong Cliff, THW Kiel and Hammarby.
He has made over 350 caps (852 goals) with the Sweden national handball team
After a long career in Germany he returned to Sweden and played his final season in Hammarby Handball, a club he later coached to three consecutive national championships. He played all six matches and scored 16 goals.
He played six matches and scored seven goals. He played five matches and scored seven goals.
He played six matches and scored twelve goals.
Skånela
Hong Kong Cliff
television Hüttenberg (–1991)
television Niederwurzbach (1992–1996)
THW Kiel (1996–2003)
Hammarby (2003–2004)
Ademar León (2004)
Hammarby (2004–2006)
Hammarby (2005–2011)
Swedish national team (2008-now) with Ola Lindgren
Purdue Student Government Handball (2015-now) (assistant coach)
Caps/Goals: 357/852 goals (1984–2002)
3rd place in the 1993 and 1995 World championships
Participated in four Summer: Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Athens (2000).
Later in his career he won praise for his great playmaking skills. Four years later he was part of the Swedish team which won the silver medal. At the 1996 Games he won his second silver medal with the Swedish team His last Olympic appearance was at the Sydney Games in 2000 when he won his third silver medal with the Swedish team World champion 1990 (in Prague, Czechoslovakia) and 1999 (in Cairo, Egypt) European champion 1994, 1998, 2000 and 2002 World champion runner up 1997 German champion with THW Kiel 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002 Swedish champion with Hammarby 2006, 2007 and 2008 (as coach).
In 1988 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament.
