Birger Rosengren

Birger Rosengren

Personal information
Date of birth	(1917-10-29)29 October 1917
Place of birth	Norrköping, Sweden
Date of death	15 October 1977(1977-10-15) (aged 59)
Place of death	Norrköping, Sweden
Position(s)	Midfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1949	IFK Norrköping[1]
National team
1945–1948	Sweden	9	(0)
Honours Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1948 London Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Birger Rosengren (29 October 1917 – 15 October 1977) was a Swedish international footballer who played for IFK Norrköping as a midfielder. During his club career, he won the national Swedish league (Allsvenskan) five times.

International career[]

Rosengren played nine times for his home country, and as team captain he won the gold medal with the Swedish Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics,^[2] at which he played in 4 games including the final.^[3][4][5]

Honours[]

IFK Norrköping

• Allsvenskan: 1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48^[1]
• Svenska Cupen: 1943, 1945

Sweden

• Summer Olympics: 1948

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