Bengt Erik Helge Bedrup (né Nilsson) (10 June 1928 – 27 March 2005) was a

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journalist and television personality.

Career

Bedrup was born at Maria Prästgårdsgata in

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, Sweden, the son of managing director Helge Nilsson and his wife Karin (née Nygren). He attended ''Viggbyholmsskolan'' in

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in 1945 and became at the age of 17 an employee at the newspaper ''Värmlands-Posten'' in

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in 1945. The year after he came to the newspaper '' Norra Skåne'' in

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and then to ''

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'' in 1948. Bedrup became employed by the

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in 1956 and by the

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(SVT) in 1958. During the TV's breakthrough as a medium in the early 1960s, he became nationally famous as a sports journalist. Along with

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and Sven "Plex" Pettersson, Bedrup was the first to be hired at SVT's sports editorial office, when it was started in 1960. In addition to this effort, he was together with

Gun Hägglund Karin Gunvor Sjöblom Hägglund (2 March 1932 – 19 August 2011), better known as Gun Hägglund, was a Swedish television host and translator. Hägglund was the first female television news anchor in Sweden, hosting the Swedish national evening ...

the TV hosts of the health program ''Träna med TV''. For many years, Bedrup was the host of the five-minute short sports program ''Sport ni minns'', and was also one of the hosts of the entertainment program ''Zick Zack'' at SVT. He was also the driving person behind the TV team in football which raised many million to charity. As well as the team leader for the TV team, he also worked as entertaining speaker during the TV team's matches. In 1980, he was interviewed by Lasse Holmqvist in the TV program ''Här är ditt liv'' ('' This Is Your Life''), when he was caught off guard when he had thought he would just be a guest when

Bosse Parnevik Bo Sigfrid ("Bosse") Parnevik (born 20 March 1938, in Gothenburg) is a Swedish impersonator, revue artist and comedian. He is member of '' Lokalrevyer i Sverige'' and gives the "Parnevik Scholarship" to good revue artists every year. His son is p ...

was portrayed, a classic episode in Swedish television history. In this program, his severe alcohol problems were revealed, which later founded his extensive work in these matters, including his TV series about alcoholism, ''Torra fakta'' (Dry facts) and ''Beska droppar'' (Bitter drops). Bedrup made himself also known as an alcohol informant where he wanted parents to teach their children how to drink properly. He was also a member of the

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and hosted the radio show ''Sommar'' in 1992.

Personal life

In 1950 he married Margaretha Ljungman, the daughter of railway official Fredrik Ljungman and his wife. He was the father of Viveca (born 1951) and Mikael (born 1959). He took the name Bedrup when he started as a reporter at ''Expressen'' in

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, inspired by his colleague Karl Anders Adrup. His colleague Lennart Carlsson also changed name, to Lennart Cedrup. Bedrup lived in

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in northwestern Stockholm and had a summer house in

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Death

Bedrup died on 27 March 2005. By then, he had been suffering from

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for several years. He lived the last years of his life in a nursing home in Järfälla. Bedrup is buried at Bromma Cemetery.

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