Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Lundqvist akatamba mumitambo mipfumbamwe yeIF Mölndal Hockey muSweden yechipiri-tier Allsvenskan asati ajoina timu yejunior yeFrölunda muJ20 SuperElit muna Zvita. Mushure mekutamba kwake kwakashata muAllsvenskan uye kutanga kwakaoma muJ20 SuperElit, akabvumira zvibodzwa zvitanhatu mumutambo wekuratidzira wakanangana neCanada. Varairidzi vechikwata chechidiki chenyika Bo "Kulon" Lennartsson naMikael Tisell vainetsekana uye vakasarudza kutaura naLundqvist, kwavakabvunza vavariro dzake. Kuchinja kwaLundqvist kwakauya pakuchinja kwegore pa2001 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
muMoscow, uko akatungamirira chikwata chechiduku cheSweden kusvika kunzvimbo yechina mumutambo. Akapedza nguva yasara yemwaka muJ20 SuperElit kwaakatamba mitambo gumi nemasere, achitungamira ligi mumaminetsi akaridzwa nemubati wepagedhi. Mumakwikwi ekupedzisa, akatungamira Frölunda kuhwina kwavo kwechipiri kwakateedzana Anton Cup, iyo yakauya mukukunda 5 × 2 pamusoro peLeksands IF mumutambo wekupedzisira kuStockholm Globe Arena.