Career
He is most famous for being "s manager during their first Championship season in 1944. Nilsson"s son Bertil Nilsson is a former football player who himself played 342 matches foreign Nilsson played 302 matches in total (of which 172 were league matches) for and was one of the players who were banned in 1934 when the club was caught paying their players which was against the rules at the time.
He was capped for Sweden once in a World Cup qualifier in Hamburg in 1937.
Nilssons international career ended as he was called into the military as World World War II raged through Europe. After his player career Nilsson coached during three different periods.
Nilsson was also manager of the club from 1945–1947 and in 1950 between managers.