Lars Eklund (born 24 March 1953) is a Swedish journalist specialized in Ethnology, Social anthropology and Arabic language with a central interest in South Asian studies.
[1] He served as the deputy director of Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET) affiliated to Lund University.
[2] He played the instrumental role to construct the gateway of SASNET through which the expansion of studies on South Asia in Sweden along with other Scandinavian countries have attained a special interest.
He was also the editor-in-chief of the political and cultural magazine focused on South Asia named Sydasien from 1982 to 2007.
[1] Eklund was one of the board members for the European Conferences for South Asian Studies for which he also held the position of treasurer.