John Knut Chrispinsson (born 13 December 1956 in Enskede parish,
Stockholm, died 3 April 2017 in Stockholm) was a
Swedish
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journalist, author and television presenter.
He worked mostly in TV and radio with news programmes and historical programmes. Chrispinsson also wrote several books on Swedish history.
Biography
Chrispinsson started to work as a journalist for ''Strengnäs Tidning'', ''
Expressen'' and
Sveriges Radio.
In 1988, he started to work for
SVT, and presented programmes including ''Svepet''; ''Gomorron Sverige''; the
Wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist
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This followed the couple's announcement of their engage ...
;
Melodifestivalen 1989
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with
Yvonne Ryding
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; ''Röda rummet'' and ''Bokbussen''.
He co-hosted eight live broadcasts from the
Nobel Prize
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festivities in Stockholm between 2001 and 2011.
In 1990, he started working for
Sveriges Radio P1
P1 is a national radio channel produced by the Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR). It was launched in 1925 as the first national radio station in Sweden, and adopted its current format in 1966.
History
Until 12 January 2015, SR P1 clo ...
where he presented ''Förmiddag i P1'' and ''Direkt''.
He then spent most of the 1990s, presenting the news show ''Kanalen''. He also was producer of the radio show ''Historiska klubben''.
Outside the TV house, he often worked as a debate leader at conferences and hearings on politics, economics, science and community planning.
Chrispinsson collapsed suddenly from a
heart attack
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outside a
gym
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and died on 3 April 2017. Previously, he had suffered from
borrelia
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.
Bibliography
*''Sekelskiften: en krönika om sex, makt och pengar''. Stockholm: Norstedt. 1999.
*''Stockholmsutställningar. Stockholms historia''. Stockholm: Historiska Media. 2007.
*''G. A. Reuterholm: den gråtande diktatorn''. Stockholm: Prisma. 2008.
*''Den glömda historien: om svenska öden och äventyr i öster under tusen år''. Stockholm: Norstedt. 2011.
References
External links
1956 births
2017 deaths
Swedish journalists
Journalists from Stockholm
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