Knut "Knutte" Kroon (19 June 1906 – 27 February 1975) was a Swedish footballer who played as a striker.

In 1925, he moved to the nearby club Helsingborgs IF where he made 516 appearances and scored 318 goals.

Kroon won Allsvenskan five times with the club, and retired from his career in 1942.

Some sources consider him as the first goalscorer in the history of World Cup preliminary competition, when Sweden scored against Estonia 7 minutes into the game on 11 June 1933, in Stockholm.

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