Janne Karlsson Jan " Janne " Tordh Ingemar Carlsson ( born August 28 , 1958 ) is a Swedish professional ice hockey coach and former player . He is currently head coach for HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien . Playing career . Karlsson played for HV71 from 1977 to 1981 , for Västra Frölunda from 1981 to 1990 and for Mörrum GoIS from 1990 to 1993 . Coaching career . After retiring as a player after the 1992 – 93 season Karlsson took a coaching position with Mörrum GoIS . In 1995 he returned to Frölunda to work as a coach and manager of their youth department . He became an assistant coach for Frölunda together with Christer Kellgren under head coach Tommy Boustedt during the 1999 – 00 season . The following season Karlsson was the lone assistant coach to Boustedt , and he continued as assistant coach when Conny Evensson took over as head coach prior to the 2002 – 03 season . Together they led Frölunda to win the 2003 Swedish Championship against Färjestads BK , winning the best - of - seven finals in four games . The following season Evensson was forced to retire due to illness and Karlsson took over as interim head coach for the rest of the season . Karlsson returned to his position as assistant coach when Stephan Lundh was hired as head coach prior to the 2004 – 05 season . They led Frölunda to one of the best season performances in Swedish ice hockey , culminating with the 2005 Swedish Championship finals which the won against Färjestads BK four to one in games . Lundh and Karlsson coached Frölunda to their second straight finals appearance , once again against Färjestad , this time losing two to four in games . Karlsson still hired by Frölunda took a leave of absence prior to the 2006 – 07 season and signed a contract with Linköping HC as assistant coach to Gunnar Persson . Persson was fired in January 2007 and Karlsson took over the job as head coach , he led Linköping to the Swedish Championship finals where they lost two games to four against Modo Hockey . The following season Karlsson led Linköping to their second straight finals appearance , where they lost to HV71 two games to four . Karlsson returned to Frölunda prior to the 2008 – 09 season as assistant coach to Ulf Dahlén . International . Karlsson ' s debuted as a coach with Tre Kronor during the 2002 – 03 Euro Hockey Tour as assistant coach to Hardy Nilsson at the Baltica Brewery Cup . The following season he was assistant coach to Nilsson at the Česká Pojišťovna Cup and Moscow International Tournament . During the 2004 – 05 Euro Hockey Tour Karlsson was assistant coach to interim national team head coaches Bengt - Åke Gustafsson — at the Karjala Tournament — and Roger Melin — at the Sweden Hockey Games . Gustafsson was appointed permanent national team coach in February 2005 and choose Karlsson along with Tommy Boustedt and Tommy Samuelsson as assistant coaches for the 2005 World Championships , where Tre Kronor lost to Russia in the bronze medal game . In September 2005 Karlsson was announced as a permanent assistant coach to Gustafsson , he participated in all the 2005 – 06 Euro Hockey Tour tournaments except for the Rosno Cup . At the 2006 Olympics Karlsson and Anders Eldebrink were assistant coaches to Gustafsson and together they led Tre Kronor to an Olympic gold medal . A few months later at the 2006 World Championships Karlsson again with Boustedt and Samuelsson were assistant coaches to Gustafsson when Sweden won their eight World Championship gold medal , becoming the first country to win both the Olympics and World Championships in the same year . During the 2006 – 07 Euro Hockey Tour Karlsson participated at the Česká Pojišťovna Cup , the Channel One Cup , and the Euro Hockey Tour finals which Tre Kronor won against Russia . Karlsson together with Boustedt and Samuelsson were assistant coaches to Gustafsson At the 2007 World Championship , where Tre Kronor lost to Russia in the bronze medal game . Following the World Championship Karlsson announced that he resigned from his permanent position with Tre Kronor due to his obligations as head coach of Linköping . However Karlsson returned to Tre Kronor together with Eldebrink as an assistant coaches to Gustafsson for the 2008 World Championship , where Tre Kronor lost to Finland in the bronze medal game . Personal life . Karlsson was born August 28 , 1958 , in Växjö but grew up in Åseda . Karlsson and his wife Carina have two children , daughter Emelie and son Robin . While playing for HV71 Karlsson worked as a recreation leader , and while playing for Frölunda he worked as a janitor at a gymnasium .