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

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* 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