Karl-Erik Grahn (5 November 1914 – 14 March 1963) was a Swedish
football
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er who played as a
midfielder or
forward
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for
Sweden
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in the
1936 Olympic Games and the
1938 FIFA World Cup
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. He also played for
IF Elfsborg.
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1914 births
1963 deaths
Sportspeople from Jönköping
Swedish men's footballers
Footballers from Jönköping County
Men's association football midfielders
Sweden men's international footballers
Allsvenskan players
IF Elfsborg players
1938 FIFA World Cup players
Olympic footballers for Sweden
Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
20th-century Swedish people
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