Karl Gösta Herbert "Lövet" Löfgren (29 August 1923 – 5 September 2006) was a
Swedish
Swedish or ' may refer to:
Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
* Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland
** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player who won a bronze medal at the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
and a silver medal at the
1958 FIFA World Cup. Between 1951 and 1961, he played 40 international matches and scored 12 goals.
[Gösta Löfgren]
Swedish Olympic Committee
Gösta played for
Motala AIF and took the team to
Allsvenskan in 1957. In 1960, he began playing for
IFK Norrköping
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...
and won the Swedish National Championship. He later coached
IFK Norrköping
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play thei ...
.
Tranare
. gruvstugan.com
References
External links
* http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/sport/guldbollen/1955.html
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lofgren, Gosta
1923 births
2006 deaths
Swedish footballers
Sweden international footballers
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
1958 FIFA World Cup players
Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden
Olympic footballers of Sweden
IFK Norrköping players
Swedish football managers
IFK Norrköping managers
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Association football forwards
People from Motala Municipality
Sportspeople from Östergötland County