Sven Axbom (15 October 1926 − 8 April 2006) was a Swedish

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who was capped on 31 occasions by

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between 1955 and 1960. He played in all six games for Sweden at the

1958 FIFA World Cup The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the 6th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first and only FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country. Br ...

, including the

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against

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. He was born in Kimstad near Norrköping. He played club football for

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional association football, football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollför ...

, and in the 1960 season appeared in 16 games for them, whilst in 1956-57 he played two games for them in the

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1926 births 2006 deaths Swedish men's footballers Sweden men's international footballers 1958 FIFA World Cup players Allsvenskan players IFK Norrköping players Men's association football defenders 20th-century Swedish sportsmen People from Norrköping Municipality Footballers from Östergötland County {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub