REFEREE

Ivan Eklind

1905 - 1981

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Ivan Henning Hjalmar Eklind (15 October 1905 – 23 July 1981) was a football referee from Sweden best known for officiating the 1934 FIFA World Cup final between Italy and Czechoslovakia in Rome. He is the youngest referee, to this day, to officiate a FIFA World Cup final at the age of 28. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Eklind is the 4th most popular referee (down from 3rd in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 360th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Ivan Eklind ranks 4 out of 147. Before him are Pierluigi Collina, Szymon Marciniak, and Sándor Puhl. After him are Romualdo Arppi Filho, Markus Merk, Michel Vautrot, Nicola Rizzoli, Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, Nicolae Rainea, and Horacio Elizondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Ivan Eklind ranks 169. Before him are Hans Freudenthal, Michael Tippett, Jan Gies, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ramiro Ledesma Ramos, and Robert Penn Warren. After him are Theodor Oberländer, Erich Neumann, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ferenc Farkas, Osvaldo Pugliese, and Aldo Fabrizi. Among people deceased in 1981, Ivan Eklind ranks 120. Before him are Mostafa Chamran, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Chief Dan George, Rensis Likert, D. R. Bendre, and Mario Camerini. After him are Ricardo Wolf, Princess Marina Petrovna of Russia, Josef Silný, Lanza del Vasto, Agniya Barto, and Aleksandra Beļcova.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ivan Eklind ranks 480 out of 1,879. Before him are Nils von Kantzow (1885), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Nils Edén (1871), Richard Bergh (1858), Gunnar Ekelöf (1907), and Gideon Ståhlberg (1908). After him are Sven Davidson (1928), Ingvar Wixell (1931), Tommy Körberg (1948), Jeanna Bauck (1840), Carl Gustaf Ekman (1872), and Conny Torstensson (1949).

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Among REFEREES In Sweden

Among referees born in Sweden, Ivan Eklind ranks 1. After him are Peter Fröjdfeldt (1963), Jonas Eriksson (1974), Martin Hansson (1971), and Andreas Ekberg (1985).

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