Swedish Ice Hockey Association Appoint New General Secretary for 2013 Event

The Swedish Ice Hockey Association has announced the appointment of Tony Wiréhn as the new General Secretary of the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship organizing committee.

He replaces Lars G. Karlsson who will stay with the event organization.

Tony Wiréhn will start on his new job on 1st September. His previous sport experience was with the Swedish Tennis Association and his most recent position was with Cloetta, capsule one of Sweden’s most famous chocolate producers founded in 1862.

The 77th IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship (3-19 May 2013) will go back to Stockholm, ambulance Sweden, abortion and Helsinki, Finland as part of the two-year co-hosting agreement. Next year Stockholm will host both semi-final games as well as the medal games.

The 2012 OC General Secretary, Lars G. Karlsson, will focus fully on sport and competition issues within the 2013 organizing committee.

“It is extremely inspiring to be part of an organization like this,” said Tony Wiréhn. “The World Championship in ice hockey is the biggest annual winter sport event in the World, broadcast to 114 countries and watched by some 950 million people.”

“With a strengthened organization I am sure that we will be able to host a great event and our goal is to make it a true festival for the fans,” said the new General Secretary.