{{Short description|Swedish ice hockey player (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Anna Kjellbin, 2016.jpg | image_size = | caption = Kjellbin in 2016 | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|3|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden | height_m = 1.70 | weight_kg = 63 | position = Defense | shoots = Right | league = PWHL | team = Toronto Sceptres | former_teams = Montreal Victoire<br>Luleå HF/MSSK<br>HV71<br>Linköping HC<br>Hanhals IF | played_for = <!-- Teams a retired player played for --> | sex = f | ntl_team = SWE | career_start = 2008 | career_end = }} '''Anna Linnea Christina Kjellbin''' (born 16 March 1994) is a Swedish ice hockey defenceman for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and a member of Sweden women's national ice hockey team. The thirteenth longest-tenured player in Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) history, she has won the SDHL championship twice. Kjellbin represented Sweden at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2016 and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2017 World Championship roster|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/509/IHW5090SWE_33_1_0_SWE.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220104018/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/509/IHW5090SWE_33_1_0_SWE.pdf|archive-date=2018-02-20|work=IIHF|access-date=2017-12-30}}</ref>
== Playing career == Kjellbin grew up in Mölndal, in Göteborg, and began skating at age four. As a child, she participated in various sports and games, including golf, swimming, football, and chess. From 2008 to 2010, she split her time between the Hanhals IF women's team and the U16 boys' team.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rönnkvist|first=Ronnie|date=2020-01-20|title="Det är där vi har tänkt att begrava våra hockeykarriärer"|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2020/01/20/det-ar-dar-vi-har-tankt-att-begrava-vara-hockeykarriarer|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-17|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508123939/https://hockeysverige.se/2020/01/20/det-ar-dar-vi-har-tankt-att-begrava-vara-hockeykarriarer |archive-date=8 May 2021 }}</ref> In her rookie Riksserien season, 2009–10, she picked up five assists in 28 games as Hanhals finished second to last.
In 2010, she signed with Linköping HC Dam, choosing the club over an offer from HV71 Dam. She won the Riksserien championship twice with the club in 2014 and 2015. In the 2015–16 season, she scored a career-high 21 points in 36 games. She scored 6 points in 36 games in the 2018–19 season and, before the beginning of the playoffs, announced that she would take a break from hockey for personal reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Olausson|first=Robin|date=2019-02-08|title=Linköpingsbacken tar paus från hockey – veckan innan slutspelet|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2019/02/08/anna-kjellbin-tar-paus-fran-hockeyn|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-16|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218133820/http://www.hockeysverige.se:80/2019/02/08/anna-kjellbin-tar-paus-fran-hockeyn/ |archive-date=18 February 2019 }}</ref> She later revealed that she had sustained concussions in two different games, which caused
She joined HV71 in 2019, after nine seasons with Linköping, seeking a change in environment and because her job outside of hockey was based in Jönköping.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kågström|first=Rasmus|date=2019-05-20|title=HV71 plockar in landslagsmeriterad back från konkurrenten|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2019/05/20/anna-kjellbin-klar-for-hv71|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603132541/http://www.hockeysverige.se:80/2019/05/20/anna-kjellbin-klar-for-hv71/ |archive-date=3 June 2019 |access-date=2020-08-13|website=HockeySverige|language=sv}}</ref> She scored 11 points in 36 games in her first season with HV71, as the club finished in first place during the regular season and made it to the playoff finals against Luleå HF/MSSK before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. She criticized the league's decision not to award the championship to any team, despite HV71 having won the first and only completed match of the finals, stating that: "Considering the season we had, it feels very empty."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Josefsson|first=Samuel|date=2020-05-20|title="Jävligt orättvist – man känner sig väldigt tom"|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2020/05/20/anna-kjellbin-javligt-orattvist-man-kanner-sig-valdigt-tom|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-16|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130035453/https://hockeysverige.se/2020/05/20/anna-kjellbin-javligt-orattvist-man-kanner-sig-valdigt-tom |archive-date=30 November 2020 }}</ref> She returned to HV71 for the 2020–21 season and was the team's third highest scoring defenseman in the regular season.
In June 2021, Kjellbin signed with Luleå HF/MSSK for the 2021–22 SDHL season +1.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hedlund|first=Robert|date=2021-06-01|title=Välkommen Anna Kjellbin!|url=https://www.luleahockey.se/artikel/8rvkakpdt-30c4d/valkommen-anna-kjellbin|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Luleå Hockey|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624200235/https://www.luleahockey.se/artikel/8rvkakpdt-30c4d/valkommen-anna-kjellbin |archive-date=24 June 2021 }}</ref>
On 10 June 2024, she was drafted in the sixth round, 35th overall, by PWHL Montreal in the 2024 PWHL draft.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/full-2024-pwhl-draft-results |title=Full 2024 PWHL Draft Results |work=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=10 June 2024 |access-date=11 June 2024 |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611090518/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/full-2024-pwhl-draft-results |url-status=live }}</ref> After 18 games with Montreal, she was traded to the Toronto Sceptres on 13 March 2025, in exchange for Kaitlin Willoughby.<ref>{{cite web |author1=The Canadian Press |title=Victoire acquire forward Willoughby from Sceptres for defender Kjellbin |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/montreal-victoire-toronto-sceptres-trade-deadline-1.7483421 |website=CBC.ca |access-date=13 March 2025 |date=13 March 2025}}</ref> On 23 July 2025, she signed a one-year contract extension with the Sceptres.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/news/2025/july/23/toronto-sceptres-and-anna-kjellbin-reach-contract-extension |title=Toronto Sceptres and Anna Kjellbin reach contract extension |website=thepwhl.com |date=23 July 2025 |access-date=23 July 2025}}</ref>
== International play == Kjellbin was a member of the Swedish national under-18 ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, getting two assists in five games. She represented Sweden again at the 2012 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, getting four points in six games as Sweden won bronze and scoring her first international hat-trick in their group stage match against Russia after being selected to take a penalty shot. She won a gold medal with Sweden at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics.
Kjellbin represented Sweden at six IIHF Women's World Championships (2016, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) and two Olympic Games (2022, 2026).
On 12 January 2026, she was named to Sweden's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.swehockey.se/toppnyheter/tre-kronor-dams-os-trupp-aer-presenterad |title=Tre Kronor dams OS-trupp är presenterad |website=swehockey.se |date=12 January 2026 |access-date=12 January 2026 |language=sv}}</ref> In addition, she was named team captain for Sweden in Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.<ref name="Olympic captain">{{cite web |last1= Kennedy|first1= Ian|title= Meet the 10 Olympic Women's Hockey Captains|url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/international/meet-the-10-olympic-women-s-hockey-captains |website=The Hockey News|access-date=8 February 2026|date=2026-02-08}}</ref>
== Personal life == Outside of hockey, she works as Director of Customer Project Management for Senion, an indoor GPS technology company based in Linköping.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Familjetragedier och hockeypassion|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2020/06/24/sommarprat-sdhl-anna-kjellbin|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-16|website=HockeySverige|date=24 June 2020 |language=sv|type=Podcast|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930100632/https://hockeysverige.se/2020/06/24/sommarprat-sdhl-anna-kjellbin |archive-date=30 September 2020 }}</ref>
She got engaged to Finnish national team and Ottawa Charge defenceman Ronja Savolainen in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leinonen|first=Tiina|date=2020-03-07|title=Huippupuolustaja Ronja Savolainen pelaa rajusti, mutta rauhoittuu, kun vastapuolella on oma rakas: "Annan ollessa jäällä saatan varoa, etten ainakaan satuttaisi"|url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2020/03/07/huippupuolustaja-ronja-savolainen-pelaa-rajusti-mutta-rauhoittuu-kun|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310190417/https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2020/03/07/huippupuolustaja-ronja-savolainen-pelaa-rajusti-mutta-rauhoittuu-kun |archive-date=10 March 2020 |access-date=2020-11-06|website=Yle|language=fi-FI}}</ref>
Her father, Magnus, played ice hockey professionally in the Swedish Hockeytvåan in the 1970s.
== Career statistics == ===Regular season and playoffs=== {{Hockey season stats start | type = player }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2008–09 | team = Hanhals IF | league = Division 1 | gp = — | goals = — | assists = — | pim = — | pogp = 2 | pogoals = 0 | poassists = 0 | popim = 0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2009–10 | team = Hanhals IF | league = Riksserien | gp = 28 | goals = 0 | assists = 5 | pim = 8 | pogp = 2 | pogoals = 1 | poassists = 1 | popim = 2 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2010–11 | team = Linköping HC | league = Riksserien | gp = 27 | goals = 1 | assists = 3 | pim = 8 | pogp = 2 | pogoals = 0 | poassists = 0 | popim = 0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2011–12 | team = Linköping HC | league = Riksserien | gp = 21 | goals = 1 | assists = 5 | pim = 8 | pogp = 4 | pogoals = 0 | poassists = 1 | popim = 0 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2012–13 | team = Linköping HC | league = Riksserien | gp = 7 | goals = 1 | assists = 0 | pim = 2 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2013–14 | team = Linköping HC | league = Riksserien | gp = 28 | goals = 1 | assists = 4 | pim = 6 | pogp = 3 | pogoals = 0 | poassists = 1 | popim = 0 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2013–14 | team = Linköping HC 2 | league = Division 1 | gp = 2 | goals = 2 | assists = 0 | pim = 0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2014–15 | team = Linköping HC | league = Riksserien | gp = 27 | goals = 2 | assists = 10 | pim = 4 | pogp = 5 | pogoals = 2 | poassists = 0 | popim = 0 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2015–16 | team = Linköping HC | league = Riksserien | gp = 36 | goals = 2 | assists = 19 | pim = 10 | pogp = 8 | pogoals = 1 | poassists = 0 | popim = 4 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2016–17 | team = Linköping HC | league = SDHL | gp = 36 | goals = 4 | assists = 15 | pim = 12 | pogp = 5 | pogoals = 0 | poassists = 1 | popim = 2 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2017–18 | team = Linköping HC | league = SDHL | gp = 36 | goals = 3 | assists = 12 | pim = 8 | pogp = 9 | pogoals = 0 | poassists = 0 | popim = 4 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2018–19 | team = Linköping HC | league = SDHL | gp = 36 | goals = 1 | assists = 5 | pim = 20 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2019–20 | team = HV71 | league = SDHL | gp = 36 | goals = 2 | assists = 9 | pim = 4 | pogp = 6 | pogoals = 0 | poassists = 2 | popim = 0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2020–21 | team = HV71 | league = SDHL | gp = 33 | goals = 3 | assists = 8 | pim = 6 | pogp = 5 | pogoals = 0 | poassists = 3 | popim = 10 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2021–22 | team = Luleå HF | league = SDHL | gp = 35 | goals = 1 | assists = 17 | pim = 20 | pogp = 12 | pogoals = 1 | poassists = 6 | popim = 6 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2022–23 | team = Luleå HF | league = SDHL | gp = 30 | goals = 1 | assists = 13 | pim = 18 | pogp = 8 | pogoals = 2 | poassists = 6 | popim = 4 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2023–24 | team = Luleå HF | league = SDHL | gp = 34 | goals = 1 | assists = 12 | pim = 8 | pogp = 9 | pogoals = 2 | poassists = 3 | popim = 2 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2024–25 | team = Montreal Victoire | league = PWHL | gp = 18 | goals = 0 | assists = 1 | pim = 4 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2024–25 | team = Toronto Sceptres | league = PWHL | gp = 7 | goals = 0 | assists = 2 | pim = 0 | pogp = 4 | pogoals = 1 | poassists = 1 | popim = 0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | season = 2025–26 | team = Toronto Sceptres | league = PWHL | gp = 30 | goals = 1 | assists = 3 | pim = 4 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats total | league = Riksserien/SDHL | gp = 450 | goals = 24 | assists = 137 | pim = 142 | pogp = 78 | pogoals = 9 | poassists = 24 | popim = 34 }} {{Hockey season stats total | league = PWHL | gp = 55 | goals = 1 | assists = 6 | pim = 8 | pogp = 4 | pogoals = 1 | poassists = 1 | popim = 0 | bg = }} {{Hockey season stats end}}
===International=== {{Hockey season stats start | type = player | international = yes }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2011 | team = Sweden | event = U18 | result = 5th | gp = 5 | goals = 0 | assists = 2 | pim = 4 | bg = }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2012 | team = Sweden | event = U18 | result = {{bronze3}} | gp = 6 | goals = 3 | assists = 1 | pim = 0 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2016 | team = Sweden | event = WC | result = 5th | gp = 5 | goals = 0 | assists = 0 | pim = 0 | bg = }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2017 | team = Sweden | event = WC | result = 6th | gp = 5 | goals = 0 | assists = 0 | pim = 0 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2022 | team = Sweden | event = OG | result = 8th | gp = 5 | goals = 0 | assists = 0 | pim = 0 | bg = }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2022 | team = Sweden | event = WC | result = 7th | gp = 6 | goals = 1 | assists = 2 | pim = 4 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2023 | team = Sweden | event = WC | result = 6th | gp = 7 | goals = 1 | assists = 2 | pim = 2 | bg = }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2024 | team = Sweden | event = WC | result = 7th | gp = 5 | goals = 0 | assists = 0 | pim = 2 | bg = #f0f0f0 }} {{Hockey season stats entry | type = player | international = yes | season = 2025 | team = Sweden | event = WC | result = 6th | gp = 6 | goals = 1 | assists = 2 | pim = 2 | bg = }} {{Hockey season stats total | type = player | international = yes | league = Junior | gp = 11 | goals = 3 | assists = 3 | pim = 4 }} {{Hockey season stats total | type = player | international = yes | league = Senior | gp = 45 | goals = 3 | assists = 6 | pim = 10 }} {{Hockey season stats end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}} * [https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/results/athlete-details/26755 Anna Kjellbin] at Milano Cortina 2026 * {{Olympics.com|anna-kjellbin}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{SOK profile}} * {{Instagram|a.kjellbin}}<!-- per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only -->
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kjellbin, Anna}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Ice hockey people from Gothenburg Category:Swedish women's ice hockey defencemen Category:Ice hockey players at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Category:Linköping HC (women) players Category:HV71 (women) players Category:LGBTQ ice hockey players Category:Swedish lesbian sportswomen Category:Luleå HF/MSSK players Category:Toronto Sceptres players Category:21st-century Swedish LGBTQ people Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Category:Ice hockey players at the 2026 Winter Olympics Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen