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 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 The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Brazil be ...

. Between 1951 and 1961, he played 40 international matches and scored 12 goals.Gösta Löfgren
Swedish Olympic Committee Gösta played for

Motala AIF Motala AIF is a Swedish football club located in Motala in Östergötland. Other sports that the club promotes include athletics, orienteering, ice hockey, road cycling, and skiing. Background Since their foundation on 29 August 1907 Motala ...

and took the team to

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in 1957. In 1960, he began playing for IFK Norrköping and won the Swedish National Championship. He later coached IFK Norrköping.Tranare
. gruvstugan.com

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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