Karl-Gustav Kaisla

{{short description|Swedish ice hockey referee}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|10|04|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|09|21|1943|10|04|df=yes}}

| death_place = Helsinki, Finland

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| occupation = Ice hockey referee

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Karl-Gustav Kaisla (4 October 1943 in Helsinki{{cite web |url= http://www.tampere.fi/jaakiekkomuseo/leijonat/kaisla.htm|title= Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo  — Leijonatiedot|accessdate=2008-08-12 |work= |publisher=|date= }}
(Using [https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tampere.fi%2Fjaakiekkomuseo%2Fleijonat%2Fkaisla.htm&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=auto&tl=en Google Translate]) – 21 September 2012 in Helsinki) was a Finnish ice hockey referee. He officiated in three World Championships and in one Olympic Tournament.{{cite web|url= http://www.sm-liiga.fi/arkisto/uutiset/sm-liiga-kunnioittaa-karl-gustav-kaislan-muistoa.html|title= SM-liiga kunnioittaa Karl-Gustav Kaislan muistoa|accessdate= 2012-09-22|publisher= Jääkiekon SM-liiga|date= 2012-09-22|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120924011844/http://www.sm-liiga.fi/arkisto/uutiset/sm-liiga-kunnioittaa-karl-gustav-kaislan-muistoa.html|archivedate= 2012-09-24}}

He was the referee for the Miracle on Ice game on February 22 1980, when the United States faced the Soviet Union during the 1980 Olympic Games at Lake Placid.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

After his active hockey career was finished, Kaisla worked as a supervisor of other referees.