Stefan Karlsson played for Brynäs for 16 seasons in the highest series and won a total of eight Swedish Championship golds with the club.
"Lill-Prosten" made 476 matches for Brynäs and scored 413 points on them.
During one season, 1975-1976, Karlsson played for Krefeld Pinguine in what was then West Germany.
The sweater hung from the ceiling
Gefle Dagblad writes that Karlsson was out hunting elk on Friday.
When he did not come to the joint lunch break, the hunting comrades began to look for him, after which they found him dead at his passport.
Stefan "Lill-Prosten" Karlsson also belonged to Tre Kronor for many years and took three World Cup silver and three World Cup bronze during six World Cup tournaments.
He has his jersey, number 18, hung from the ceiling in Monitor ERP Arena, formerly Gavlerinken.