Hockey icon about new life in Switzerland
Husband. Peter Forsberg, 50, has lived in Zug for five years.
He thrives like a fish in water.
– I do not regret this step, and Switzerland loves rules and laws. This may not be the image you get of Sweden when you read Aftonbladet now, says the hockey legend.
22 degrees is warm and Zug provides the best possible environment and atmosphere in October.
Lake Zug sparkles and has a magical appeal that only an Alpine lake can have.
Peter Forsberg has been living here for five years, and he’s not the only celebrity to choose Zug. It is a tax haven and invites you to a simple, safe and well-maintained life.
So why did Zug become such a hockey icon?
– It started when Martin Nordin from Fjällräven told me about Zug. Then I played a charity golf match in Switzerland with Michael Phelps and again got tips about Zug and then we packed up. “I haven’t regretted it – it’s close to everything, beautiful mountains and good hockey,” says Peter Forsberg.
“The biggest difference from Sweden”
Peter dresses casually and prepares to go with the kids to Spain during fall vacation. Swimming, sunbathing, playing and training football are on the schedule in Marbella.
– There are big differences from Sweden. Better weather and if you like laws and rules, it’s a good place to live. At first I thought it was a bit difficult with all the rules. Don’t drive too fast and have already stopped doing so. There are cameras everywhere. You can even go to jail if you drive too fast, and when you read Aftonbladet, what’s happening in Sweden with all the shootings is not a positive thing. Here my children can go to school in a safe environment. I’m glad I live in Switzerland and that you simply stick to what you’re allowed to do.
He is still a two-faced businessman because the family situation looks different after breaking up with his ex-partner Nicole Nordin.
When he’s in Zug, it’s a lot of logistics with kids Lennox, Lily and Diego. When he is child-free, he travels a lot and at the moment a trip is being planned to Denver and Toronto, where he will participate in a charity game and witness when Henrik Lundqvist is elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame along with Tom Barrasso, Mike Vernon, Pierre Turgeon, Caroline Ouellette, Ken Hitchcock and Pierre Lacroix. .
– When I am in Switzerland, there are a lot of things with and around the children, where they have hockey training, football and school. I think it’s funny that they play hockey. We’ll see which sport they choose in the end. Of course I want them to keep playing hockey longer. But there are also good conditions for football, with beautiful grass pitches and artificial turf here in Zug, so there will likely be competition for interest, says Fuba.
“I try to talk to the kids”
During his active career, Forsberg has had a run-in with the on-ice referees and opinions on how they do their job. Now he is a sports dad and has become wiser and smarter over the years.
– I am far from the judges and I try to talk to the children about how to behave with them. I was a perfectionist in dealing with arbitration and I want to teach it…
The family is taking their time for the hockey legend. He himself believes that he has a lot to do now. He has just turned 50 and is thinking about relaxing.
He opens up to a new career
-I do some work, I watch hockey, I live an incredibly mixed life, and sometimes I have a lot to do. I’m turning 50, maybe I should relax and do fun things with people I enjoy being with.
-I would like to play more golf. I have a handicap of 9 at the moment and I think it’s finally better now. I might want to compete when the kids are a little older, but I’m not feeling well. You barely have time to play when I have kids, so you get nervous on the playground then. I don’t have time to play much golf in Zug, it’s mostly in Sweden.
He is also an ambassador for the Zug Hockey Academy, something he is passionate about. He wants to help talent understand the importance of training and not give up on the profession.
– I am a starting point for talent in Zug, I like that. You don’t slip on a banana peel, and that’s how you become a good player. You have to train hard and invest in what is required when you are young. But you may not understand that when you are young.
“Fuck bad”
Two seasons ago, he also returned as a hockey player in an organized league, the top league in Switzerland. He plays with the veterans in Zug and aims to make his first appearance of the season when his body is ready. Last season there were five games and 13 points (5+8) and the season before that there were four games and 20 points (4+16).
In classic Forsberg style, he thinks he’s bad.
-I went to the ice and played a lunchtime hockey game, but my feet were miserable. It’s not that fast anymore, it seems like I have to train a little more physically. I will play this winter as well and I hope Espen Knutsen can join. He moved here last spring and is a good player with good hockey sense.
He’s not having a 50-year-old crisis and on the outside he’s in good spirits. He can thank running and walking along the water for that.
-I have a four-kilometre track that I try to get around from time to time. It’s a circuit with training stations where you do chin-ups etc mixed with running. I have now gained a few kilograms and will try to lose a few. I go down sometimes, but then I go up more than triple digits again. “I will try to take that seriously,” Forsberg says.
– I’m bad at the gym, this is not for me. Then it becomes easier to walk or run. I try to walk a lot, there are beautiful beaches in Zug.
The Al Mina restaurant where we conducted the interview began to fill with people and diners. But it’s quiet and peaceful for a 50 year old. He clearly lives an anonymous life in Switzerland compared to Sweden and in NHL cities.
– They recognize the name, but maybe not in the picture. Zug is a hockey town and knows the sport of hockey, but it’s nice to be a little anonymous. They know the game of hockey and Trey Kronauer has met Switzerland several times. But it’s been many years since I’ve been active now, Forsberg concludes.