Kjell Albin Abrahamson (23 June 1945 – 22 September 2016) was a Swedish journalist and author. He served as Swedish National Radio's senior correspondent to

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, Poland, a position he previously held in

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(1986–1990); twice in

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, Austria (1990–1994 and 2001–2004); and once before in Warsaw (1994–1997). He also wrote for '' Sydsvenska Dagbladet'' and op-ed pieces for Länstidningen of

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. Abrahamson has written a number of initiated books about the transitional characteristics of

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and Russia. After the assassination of the

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journalist

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, Abrahamson blamed the Russian President

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, naming him "Gasputin" (an obvious mockery of the president, Gazprom, and the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin), concluding: "With oil and gas, (Putin) has succeeded, where the

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- despite having nuclear weapons - failed". Abrahamson suffered a stroke and died in

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, Poland on 22 September 2016.

Selected bibliography

*''Munkavlen och ordet : olen 81= nebel i slowo: olska 81', Göteborg : Maneten, 1981. *''Från stormakt till Big Mac : oväsentligheter om Sovjetunionen'', Stockholm : Norstedt, 1991. *''Fakta om Tjeckien och Slovakien'', Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell, 1994. *''Balkan betyder berg : eporter i krigets Jugoslavien', Stockholm : Fischer, 1995. *''Fakta om Österrike och Schweiz'', Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell, 1996. *''Polen - diamant i aska (Polska - diament w popiele)'', Stockholm : Fischer, 1997. *''Sverige och Polen : Szwecja i Polska'', Stockholm : Svenska institutet, 2000. *''Den harmynte humoristen'', Stockholm : Fischer, 2002. *''Enkel biljett till Polen'', Rimbo : Fischer & Co, 2004.

References

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