Kent Finell (12 July 1944 – 27 August 2013) was a Swedish radio presenter and producer."Finell, Kent", ''

Nationalencyklopedin ''Nationalencyklopedin'' (; "The National Encyclopedia" in English), abbreviated NE, is a comprehensive contemporary Swedish-language encyclopedia, initiated by a favourable loan from the Government of Sweden of 17 million Swedish kronor in 19 ...

'' bibliographical entry, retrieved 24 March 2014 He is best known for hosting the

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 ...

programme

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 ...

between 1973 until 1975, from 1979 until 1980, and again from 1987 until 2002. Born in

Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants ...

in 1944, he joined Sveriges Radio in 1965 as a reporter. In 1969, he moved to

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

, where he was hired by SR as producer of the entertainment department for the radio. Since 1973, he was known for hosting radio programmes such as

which he hosted for 21 years between 1973 until 2002. He provided SR radio commentary for the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

between 1978 until 1980 and from 1982 until 1983 and again in 1989.

Death

Kent Finell died in

on 27 August 2013, aged 69, from undisclosed causes.Kent Finell är död (obituary)
accessed 3 January 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Finell, Kent 1944 births 2013 deaths People from Karlstad Swedish radio personalities Svensktoppen Burials at Galärvarvskyrkogården