Karl Erik Algot Almgren (28 January 1908 – 23 August 1989) was a Swedish

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and football manager. He played for

AIK AIK Fotboll (), more commonly known simply as AIK (), an abbreviation for Allmänna Idrottsklubben (meaning ''the public'' or ''general sports club''), is a Swedish football club competing in Allsvenskan, the top flight of Swedish football. The ...

. He played 13 times for the Swedish national team, participating at the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

. He was also part of Sweden's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. He also had a career as a manager.

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1908 births 1989 deaths Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers 1938 FIFA World Cup players AIK Fotboll players Swedish football managers AIK Fotboll managers Åtvidabergs FF managers Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Stockholm {{sweden-footy-midfielder-stub