Bogi Ágústsson is a public television

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He graduated in history from the

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in 1977. He began working as a reporter of foreign news on TV News in January 1977. He moved to

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in 1984, and brought news from the Nordic countries until 1986. In 1988, he became a press officer and director of the Radio company's communications department. In later years, he largely confined himself to the anchorship. He received the knight's cross of the

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in 2019. As of 2019, he was the chairman of the Icelandic branch of

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Icelandic television newsreaders and news presenters 1952 births Bogi Agustsson Living people Bogi Agustsson {{Iceland-bio-stub

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