Lars Hedlund (January 24, 1949 – June 4, 2016), was a former strongman and powerlifter from Sweden.

Lars competed in three World's Strongest Man contests, finishing second at the 1979 and 1980 World's Strongest Man, and third in 1978.

[3][4] Lars also won Europe's Strongest Man in 1981.

Lars was a European Powerlifting champion in 1980, and the Scandinavian Powerlifting champion in 1979.

[2] Lars set numerous bench press world records throughout his powerlifting career, his best lift was 628 pounds (285 kg) raw in 1980 in Copenhagen, Denmark.