International Play
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Sweden | ||
| Olympic | ||
| Silver | 1964 Innsbruck | Ice hockey |
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 1957 Moscow | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 1962 Colorado Springs | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1963 Stockholm | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1967 Vienna | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1958 Oslo | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1965 Tampere | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1975 Munich | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1976 Katowice | Ice hockey |
Pettersson played for Sweden in all thirteen international championships between 1955 and 1967, totaling 252 games for the national team. Pettersson, a right winger, together with centre Nisse Nilsson and left winger Lars Erik Lundvall, formed the legendary ungdomskedjan (youth line), one of the most successful and considered as Tre Kronor's best line ever.
He made his debut for Juniorkronorna in February 1954, and for Tre Kronor when they played two games against Norway in Stockholm on 26 and 27 November 1954. He was selected to Tre Kronor's roster for the 1955 World Championship, he scored his first tournament goal, assisted by Sven "Tumba" Johansson, in a 9–0 win against Poland in the last game of the championship.
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