Birger Rosengren Explained

Birger Rosengren
Birth Date:	1917 10, df=yes
Birth Place:	Norrköping, Sweden
Death Place:	Norrköping, Sweden
Position:	Midfield
Years1:	1935–1949
Clubs1:	IFK Norrköping^[1]
Nationalyears1:	1945–1948
Nationalteam1:	Sweden
Nationalcaps1:	9
Nationalgoals1:	0
Medaltemplates-Expand:	yes

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
• Svenska Cupen: 1943, 1945

Sweden

• Summer Olympics: 1948

Notes and References

1. Web site: Birger Rosengren . National Football Teams . 31 August 2014.
2. Web site: Birger Rosengren . Olympedia . 13 October 2021.
3. Web site: Birger ROSENGREN. https://web.archive.org/web/20130701131330/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=291802/index.html. dead. 1 July 2013. 31 August 2014. FIFA.
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417203534/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/birger-rosengren-1.html Birger Rosengren
5. http://sok.se/idrottare/idrottare/b/birger-rosengren.html Birger Rosengren