Gunnar Fast

Gunnar Fast, born 1 March 1948, dead 13 August 2017, was a Swedish Army Captain and bandy instructor, also referred to as "Bandy Missionary". In December 1980, he travelled to Minnesota on behalf of the Swedish Bandy Association to increase the interest for bandy in the USA. Once there, he began convering ice hockey players into bandy players, thus developing organized bandy in the USA.

He also organized and coached Team USA, and brought them to Sweden in October 1981. In February 1985, he brought them to Norway to participate in the World Championship.

He also continued bringing American teams to Ljusdal, Sweden every year in October to participate in the Bandy World Cup.

In October 2014, he was introduced to the USA Bandy Hall of Fame. The Gunnar Cup is named after him.