Carl Einar Pelander (October 18, 1893 – February 16, 1966) was a stamp dealer and auctioneer who was an expert on postage stamps and postal history of the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Greenland, Iceland, Danish West Indies, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.
Pelander was very active in the organization, helping to finance it during poor economic times, and editing the club journal The Posthorn.
His auctions contained material from stamp collections of famous collectors, such as Agathon Fabergé, Caroline P. Cromwell, and Ferrars H. Tows.
Pelander was named to the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1966.
The Carl E. Pelander Award was established in 1968 by the Scandinavian Collectors Club in his memory "to recognize his willingness to assist fellow collectors in all phases of Scandinavian philately."