The former Sweden international, who was capped 57 times by his country, had been fighting the effects of an incurable type of bone marrow cancer, multiple myeloma, since 2009.
This is really sad for football,in just this week football has lost two of their own,May his the soul Mr Ingesson rest in peace,Amen.Continue for more details.
"It is a very sad statement to make that Klas Ingesson this morning [Wednesday] passed away," read an Elfsborg statement.
"Our thoughts are foremost with his wife [Veronica] and children [Martin and David] who were with him at the end."
Ingesson, who enjoyed spells in Belgium, Netherlands, England, Italy and France during a peripatetic 15-year playing career, announced he was suffering from multiple myeloma in May 2009.
However, after undergoing a round of stem cell transplantation, he returned to the game the following year, taking charge of the Elfsborg Under-21s.
The former midfielder was forced to undergo a second round of treatment in January 2013 but he was nevertheless appointed co-manager of the senior squad in December.
Earlier this year, a wheelchair-bound Ingesson addressed the question of whether he should continue coaching in an open letter to his club's fans.
"The talk about my cancer has to end," he wrote. "Elfsborg and I have an agreement that I am manager for the first team.
"Physically and mentally I do
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