Ernst Killander (10 March 1882 – 24 January 1958Encyclopedia of world sport vol. 2, p. 706), a Swedish Major in the First World War, was one of the people who made the sport of orienteering popular in Scandinavian countries.

Killander was a vegetarian. He was President of the Swedish Vegetarian Society and attended the International Vegetarian Union Congress in 1953."13th IVU World Vegetarian Congress 1953". International Vegetarian Union.

See also History of orienteering

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