Arne Georg Fredrik Weise (28 February 1930 – 25 September 2019) was a Swedish journalist and television personality, one of the presenters for

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(SVT). He worked at

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from 1952 and started working for SVT in 1979.

Early life

Born in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

, Arne Georg Fredrik Weise was the son of engineer Per Weise (1897–1991) and Ingrid Tengström (1893–1987). He grew up in Malmö and

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and did his high school education at Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet, passing his

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in 1950. He later studied at

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and then the

University of Gothenburg The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 st ...

between 1951 and 1953, and resided in Italy between 1954 and 1956.

Career

Arne Weise vid Lundakarnevalens invigning 2006

During four decades, 1972–2002, with interruptions in 1978–1979 and 1988–1990, Weise was the presenter of the SVT Christmas Eve broadcast throughout the day. When he became 65 years old in 1995, Weise announced that he was about to quit his job as presenter on Christmas Eve, the announcement was met with large protests. The protests led to additional seven years as presenter for Weise. He also presented the nature show ''Ett med naturen'' and ''Minnenas television'' in SVT. In 2002, Weise released the music album ''Minnen, drömmar och lite till'', containing thirteen songs he wrote himself. He also presented the music show ''

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ...

'' at Sveriges Radio. In 1982, Weise acted in the TV-series Skulden which was broadcast on SVT, there he acted against

Gösta Ekman Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (; 28 July 1939 – 1 April 2017) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director. Career Ekman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was the son of the director Hasse Ekman and Agneta (née Wrangel). Ekman represented t ...

. Arne Weise also worked as a moderator, speaker, and conferencier. In August 2010, Weise voiced a character in the film ''Sveket mot minkarna'', which revealed the hard conditions of minks in minkfarms in Sweden.

Liseberg Liseberg is an amusement park located in Gothenburg, Sweden, that opened in 1923. It is one of the most visited amusement parks in Scandinavia, attracting about three million visitors annually. Among the noteworthy attractions is the wooden roll ...

has also used Weise's voice for radio commercials and TV-commercials for Christmas at Liseberg. In 2013, Weise won a

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award in the honor category for his work in television.

Personal life

Weise was married and divorced three times and had five children. From his first marriage he had Mikael (born 1959), Madeleine (born 1962), and Marie-Louise (born 1963). From his third marriage he has a son

Andreas Weise Andreas Georg Fredrik Weise (born 18 August 1986) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, TV host and entertainer. He finished in fifth place on the Swedish '' Idol 2010''. Genres and musical expression Weise's music has influences from genres such ...

(born 1986), a singer who participated in Idol 2010 where he placed fifth; a daughter Anna (born 1988) also was born from the same marriage. In 2007, while televising the opening of a wolf enclosure at

Kolmården Wildlife Park Kolmården Wildlife Park ( sv, Kolmårdens djurpark) is a zoo that opened in 1965 overlooking Bråviken bay in Sweden. It is the largest zoo in Scandinavia, includes the first dolphinarium in Scandinavia, which opened in 1969 and has daily shows, ...

, Weise was attacked by a wolf, but survived the attack. On 25 September 2019, Weise died of natural causes at the age of 89.

Discography

* 2002: "Minnen, drömmar och lite till" * 2004: "Don't Fall Down On Me"

Bibliography

*1965 – Detta med ungdom: skisser. Stockholm: Gummesson. Libris 713320 *1992 – Det bästa ur Ett med naturen. Stockholm: Sveriges radio. Libris 7409661. *1995 – I blickpunkten. Stockholm: Forum. Libris 7256434. *2011 – Boberg, Lars; Weise Arne. Våra 100 år med radio och TV. Västerås: Ica. Libris 12134956.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weise, Arne 1930 births Swedish television personalities 2019 deaths People from Malmö