Kenneth Rosén (16 September 1951 – 27 December 2004) was a

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and later manager. He was born in

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and started his playing career in Skellefteå. He also played for

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. He started his manager career in 1977 in Laxå IF. He then managed seven Swedish clubs as well as Faroese

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before moving to Norway. After two season each in

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and

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he was hired as

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's manager ahead of the 1997 season. He guided the team to the 2000 Eliteserien. Ahead of the 2001 season he was hired as director of sports in

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, but he was sacked already in June 2001. He took over as manager of L/F Hønefoss, but ahead of the 2002 season he was hired as manager of

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. His final club was Gefle, where he died after two seasons as manager and leading the team from

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. He died of cancer at the hospital in

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