Jan Eric Gustaf Mosander (born 13 August 1944) is a Swedish journalist and author.

Biography

Mosander was born in

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and grew up in

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, Finland. In

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he worked as a reporter for the newspapers ''Västa Nyland'' in Ekenäs and ''Nya Pressen'' in

. In 1968, he had moved to Sweden and worked as a reporter for ''

Expressen ''Expressen'' (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden, the other being '' Aftonbladet''. ''Expressen'' was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or "''Expressen'' to your rescue". ...

'' in Stockholm. He was a foreign correspondent in

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for ''Expressen'' between 1970 and 1973, and for

Sveriges Radio Sveriges Radio AB (, "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a licensing fee, the level of which is d ...

between 1994 and 1997. He has won

Stora journalistpriset Stora Journalistpriset ("The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism") is an annual Swedish award, founded in 1966 by Bonnier AB, given to "recognize achievement in journalism". The prize money is SEK 100,000 and is awarded in four categories: * Sc ...

in 1987. Mosander worked at ''

Aftonbladet ''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. History and profile The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H ...

'' between 1979 and 1983. He presented an episode of

Sommar i P1 ''Sommar i P1'' (''Summer on P1'') is one of the most popular shows on Swedish radio. It has been broadcast every summer since 29June 1959, originally as ''Sommar'' on P3 and since 1993 on P1. About Each 90-minute-long programme in the series ...

on 2 July 1987. Between 1975 and 1977, he was married to photographer Ulla Lemberg, and since 1987 he is married to journalist Ingalill Mosander.Sveriges befolkning 1990, CD-ROM, Version 1.00, Riksarkivet (2011). He along with his wife survived the ''Costa Concordia'' disaster in 2012.

References

Living people 1944 births 20th-century Swedish journalists Journalists from Stockholm Shipwreck survivors {{Sweden-journalist-stub