Bo Jonas Hilding Karlsson (born 12 October 1949) is a former football referee from

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. He refereed one match at the 1992 European Championships and one match at the 1994 World Cup. He also refereed the 1991 European Cup Winners' Cup Final between

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and

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. In 2010, Karlsson appeared in Mattias Löw's documentary ''The Referee'' about Martin Hansson shown on

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ahead of the

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* * * 1949 births Living people Swedish football referees UEFA Champions League referees 1994 FIFA World Cup referees UEFA Euro 1992 referees {{Sports-official-bio-stub