Frithiof Rudén (12 March 1897 – 10 March 1972) was a Swedish football goalkeeper. Rudén was part of the

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Swedish champions' team of 1917 and 1920. Rudén debuted for the

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in a 1916 friendly against

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, which Sweden lost 2–3. In the 1919 friendly against

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, he played together with fellow Djurgården teammates

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, Einar Hemming,

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, and Carl Karlstrand, and delivered a

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in the 1–0 win. In total, Rudén made 5 appearances for the national team and scored 0 goals.

Honours

Club

; Djurgårdens IF: *

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(2): 1917, 1920

References

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