Background
He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
handball player association football player
He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Making his debut in the national team in 1993, he played a total of 268 games and scored 1138 goals. During his adult career he played for Redbergslids IK (in Gothenburg, Sweden), and German sides television Niederwürzbach and Champions Leagueand Bundesliga-winning team THW Kiel. He was the captain of the national team during the period 1996–2006 and for THW Kiel 2001–2009.
As an individual player, he was named Most Valuable Player in both the 1999 and 2001 World Championships, was top scorer in the in 2000 (51 goals, same as Rafael Guijosa, Education Support Professionals) as well as in the in 2002 (57 goals, same as Ólafur Stefánsson, ISL), and provided the most assists during the 2005 World Men"s Handball Championships.
Lövgren is a two-time Olympic silver medalist. Lövgren played all eight matches and scored 51 goals.
In January 2010, Lövgren returned to the United States to play in the Big Apple Team Handball Tournament where he competed with a group of European all-stars against the reigning United States club champions, New York City THC. He enjoys spending time with his family and friends, watching sports and cooking. 1995 – bronze
1997 – silver
1999 – gold
2001 – silver
1994 – gold
1998 – gold
2000 – gold
2002 – gold
1996 – silver
2000 – silver.
He is a five-time Swedish league champion with Redbergslid, and a seven-time Bundesliga champion with THW. He won the German cup four times, and he helped lead Kiel to the European Champions League title in 2007 (being a losing finalist in 2000, 2008 and 2009). Lövgren was World Champion in 1999 with the national team and is one of the few players to have participated in all the gold medal-winning Swedish sides in the (1994, 1998, 2000, 2002). In the 1996 Atlanta games, the Swedish team won the silver medal with Lövgren playing all seven matches and scoring a total of 17 goals. Four years later in Sydney Sweden again won silver. Lövgren and the all-stars won 39-27.
He is a former member of the IHF Athletes Commission, and is one of the most respected players in team handball (with, among others, Nikola Karabatić citing him as a role model both as a person, player and captain).
