 Johansson first became known as "Tumba" in the 1950s since there were other players with the same last name, and he grew up in the Swedish town of Tumba.In October 1960 he married his wife Mona, and five years later he, along with Mona, legally changed his family name to Tumba.After his retirement from ice hockey, he became an accomplished golfer, a golf course designer, creator and organizer of golf exhibitions and tournaments, as well as an ambassador to the game of golf, even officially introducing the game of golf to the former Soviet Union.