Christian Ludvig Kornerup (19 February 1871–27 March 1946) was a football

Football (soccer)

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 referee and a pioneer in Swedish football

Football in Sweden

In Sweden, the most popular sport is association football, with over 240,000 licensed players—of which 56,000 are women—plus another 240,000 youth players. There are around 3,200 active clubs fielding over 8,500 teams, which are playing on the 7,900 pitches available in the country...

. He was born in Denmark

Denmark

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 and lived in Scotland

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 for a while before moving to Sweden

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 in 1899. He then gained Swedish citizenship

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 in 1905. Ludvig Kornerup was the chairman of the Swedish Ballgame Association from 1902 to 1905, and chairman of the Swedish Football Association

Swedish Football Association

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 from 1905 to 1907, and he acted as manager of the Swedish national football team in 1908. He also was Vice President of FIFA

FIFA

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1908–1909 and 1914–1920.