Pekka Heino (born 17 July 1961) is a television host and presenter from

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

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Åbo Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, city and former Capital city, capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura (Archipelago Sea), Aura River, in the region of Southwest Finland, Finland Proper ...

). He is a Sweden Finn. Heino introduces television programmes as a

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on the Swedish channel SVT, where he has been working on and off since 1985. He has also hosted a number of Swedish television shows, including the popular SVT quiz show '' Röda tråden'', and has commentated on the

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several years for Sweden. During the summer of 2010, Heino hosted the morning show ''Gomorron Sverige'' on SVT. It was announced in December 2010 that Heino would host the SVT programme ''Gokväll'' together with Inger Ljung. Heino is openly gay.

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