Home / Birthday profiles / Pelle Eklund
Portrait of Pelle Eklund

Birthday profile

Pelle Eklund

Pelle Eklund, Swedish ice hockey player

Find birthday twinsOpen interactive profile
Born
March 22, 1963
Age in 2026
63
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1963

About Pelle Eklund

Per-Erik "Pelle" Eklund is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger. He played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers and Dallas Stars from 1985 to 1994 and nine seasons in the Swedish Elitserien (SEL) with AIK and Leksands IF from 1981 to 1985 and 1994 to 1999. Internationally Eklund played for the Swedish national team at several World Championships, winning gold in 1991 and silver in both 1990 and 1995, and the 1984 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal. He won the Golden Puck as Sweden's top player in 1984 at the age of 21. Per-Erik "Pelle" Eklund (born 22 March 1963) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger. Eklund recorded only one goal and 18 points in 48 games for the Flyers during 1993–94 season.

Biography source: Wikipedia. The profile adds birthday-specific historical context from the Celebs Birthday Today editorial database.

Pelle Eklund timeline

  1. Per-Erik "Pelle" Eklund (born 22 March 1963) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger.
  2. He won the Golden Puck as Sweden's top player in 1984 at the age of 21.
  3. Internationally Eklund played for the Swedish national team at several World Championships, winning gold in 1991 and silver in both 1990 and 1995, and the 1984 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal.
  4. Eklund recorded only one goal and 18 points in 48 games for the Flyers during 1993–94 season.

The world when Pelle Eklund was born

Pelle Eklund was born in 1963. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1963

  • #1 song"Sugar Shack" – Jimmy Gilmer
  • Top movieTom Jones
  • Top TV showThe Beverly Hillbillies
  • Best-selling bookThe Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Clark wins his first Formula One World Championship
  • Top headlinePresident Kennedy assassinated in Dallas on November 22
  • Technology milestoneTouch-tone telephone introduced
  • Defining fadBeatlemania begins
  • Notable inventionLava lamp
  • World population3.20 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJohn F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population189.2M

1963 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Pelle Eklund's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19632026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$13,100$435,000
Average income$8,200$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.85$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population189.2M341 million

Sources and editorial standards

This profile combines a biographical source with structured birthday and historical context. Sources recorded for this profile: Wikipedia, NHL. See our editorial policy for sourcing, corrections, and review standards.

Read the source biography on Wikipedia. Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.