Ivan Eklind

Ivan Eklind
Full name Ivan Henning Hjalmar Eklind
Born (1905-10-15)15 October 1905
Stockholm, Sweden
Died 23 July 1981(1981-07-23) (aged 75)
Stockholm, Sweden
International
Years League Role
1931–1951 FIFA listed Referee
Eklind (center) during 1934 FIFA World Cup final between Italy and Czechoslovakia

Ivan Henning Hjalmar Eklind (15 October 1905 – 23 July 1981) was a football referee from Sweden known for refereeing 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.