Ingegerd Marie Hammarström (born 29 March 1982), born in

Glanshammar Glanshammar is a locality situated in Örebro Municipality, Örebro County, Sweden with 727 inhabitants in 2010. Riksdag The Riksdag (, ; also sv, riksdagen or ''Sveriges riksdag'' ) is the legislature and the supreme decision-making bo ...

, Sweden, is a Swedish football

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. She has played for

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teams

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and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. She represented the Sweden women's national football team at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, and scored the decisive goal against

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to give her team third place in the tournament. She is the

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sister of

Kristin Hammarström Anna Kristin Hammarström (born 29 March 1982), born in Glanshammar, Sweden, is a former football goalkeeper who played for KIF Örebro DFF and Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC of the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She represented Sweden women's national foo ...

. Hammarström scored a goal in the quarterfinal against

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during the

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. In November 2013 both sisters announced their immediate retirement from football. A year later, after the birth of her first child, Hammarström was reportedly in talks with Sweden

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about a playing comeback. In the

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season, Hammarström registered as a player with KIF Örebro DFF and made herself available to cover for injuries to first team players.

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(SvFF) 1982 births Living people Swedish women's footballers Sweden women's international footballers 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Sweden Swedish twins Twin sportspeople KIF Örebro DFF players Damallsvenskan players BK Häcken FF players People from Örebro Municipality Women's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Örebro County {{Sweden-footy-midfielder-stub