 Representing the Swedish national team, he won two bronze medals at the 1980 and 1988 Winter Olympics as well as three silver medals at World Championships (1981, 1986, 1990).Samuelsson retired in 1998.From 1999 to 2004, Samuelsson served as assistant coach of Färjestad BK in Sweden's top-tier Elitserien, winning gold in 2002, before accepting the head coaching job at Austrian first-division side HC Innsbruck for the 2004-05 campaign.