Sven Axbom (15 October 1926 − 8 April 2006) was a

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who was capped on 31 occasions by Sweden between 1955 and 1960. He played in all six games for Sweden at the 1958 FIFA World Cup, including the

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against

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. He was born in Kimstad near Norrköping. He played club football for

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, and in the 1960 season appeared in 16 games for them, whilst in 1956-57 he played two games for them in the European Cup.playerhistory.com stats
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