At the end of 2010, he got engaged with love of his life Swede Nicole Nordin and promised to get married soon. He has also been father of two children with her. Beside this one, he is believed to have live affairs with Alyssa Rome and Koli Chapel but this was long before he began dating Nicole.
As his father was also the former the Swedish national team player and the coach of the Modo Hockey, he learned a lot from his father. He also coached him personally during his early days. He began playing professionally since 1990 and that was from the junior squad of Modo Hockey. He also played from the senior squad the same year and also played an important role to lead his team to glory. He has also played for Sweden several times. In 1994, he won the gold medal for the Sweden in the Winter Olympics. He has also competed in the World Cup several times. In 1995, he was named the NHL Rookie of the Year. While he was the professional player, he earned huge amount of salary and his net worth is said to be around $54 million.