Lars Christian Andreas Ekberg (born 2 January 1985), known as Andreas Ekberg, is a Swedish footballreferee. Ekberg currently resides in Malmö. He has been a full-time international referee for FIFA since 2013. He became a professional referee in 2004 and has been an Allsvenskan referee since 2009. Ekberg has refereed 185 matches in Allsvenskan, 56 matches in Superettan and 72 international matches as of 2021.[1] Ekberg began refereeing matches in Torns IF when he was 13 years old.[2]