Kaare Lindboe

{{Short description|Norwegian football referee and journalist (1939–2021)}}

Kaare Inge Lindboe (6 October 1939 – 24 April 2021) was a Norwegian football referee and journalist.[https://www.nrk.no/sport/kaare-lindboe-er-dod-1.15469401 Kaare Lindboe er død], Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (24 April 2021) {{in lang|no}}. He refereed a total of 165 matches in the Norwegian Premier League between 1967 and 1989. He also refereed the 1975 Norwegian Cup final. Internationally, he refereed two international matches in 1979 and 1981.[https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=1296 Kaare Lindboe], EU-Football He was later head of the referee's committee in the Norwegian Football Association, and a UEFA delegate.[https://www.fotball.no/kretser/rogaland/om-kretsen/2021/kaare-lindboe-til-minne/ Kaare Lindboe til minne], Norwegian Football Association (26 April 2021) {{in lang|no}}. He was also a longtime board member of Stavanger club FK Vidar.

Outside football, Lindboe worked many years as a journalist for Rogalands Avis. He was also known as an avid teetotaler.[https://www.dagsavisen.no/rogalandsavis/nyheter/2021/04/24/kaare-lindboe-er-dod-2/ Kaare Lindboe er død], Rogalands Avis (24 April 2021) {{in lang|no}}.