Ulf Helmer Johan Eriksson (born 26 May 1942) is a retired

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referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titl ...

from

Sollefteå Sollefteå () is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,562 inhabitants in 2010. The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name o ...

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and a former football player. He was a referee officiating at the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...

, including the match between

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and

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at WorldFootball.net 1942 births Swedish football referees Living people FIFA World Cup referees 1978 FIFA World Cup referees Olympic football referees Football referees at the 1980 Summer Olympics Dobloug Prize winners People from Västernorrland County {{Sweden-footy-bio-stub