Hannes Råstam (1955 – 12 January 2012) was a Swedish journalist. He was the host of SVT's

Uppdrag granskning ''Uppdrag granskning'' (English name: ''Mission: Investigate'') is a Swedish television program focusing on investigative journalism Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of in ...

a program featuring

investigative journalism Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend m ...

. He was awarded the

Prix Italia The Prix Italia is an international television, radio-broadcasting and web award. It was established in 1948 by RAI – Radiotelevisione Italiana (in 1948, RAI had the denomination RAI – Radio Audizioni Italiane) in Capri and is honoured with th ...

in 2001, the Golden Nymph in 2006, and the FIPA d'Or also in 2006. He joined SVT as a journalist in 1993 after a career as a musician in the 1970s. He started working on Uppdrag granskning in the early 2000s. Råstam's programmes about convicted serial killer Thomas Quick where he retracted his own confessions caused eight murder convictions to be overturned. Hannes Råstam died of cancer of the liver and pancreas on 12 January 2012, aged 56. (Swedish)

Filmography

*Ett år efter skotten (2002) *Varför erkände dom? (2008) *Thomas Quick, del 1: Säters Hemlighet (2009) *Thomas Quick, del 2: Berättaren (2009) *Thomas Quick: Så skapas en seriemördare (2010) *Göteborgskravallerna - tio år senare (2011)

Bibliography

*Fallet Thomas Quick: att skapa en seriemördare (2012)

References

1956 births 2012 deaths Swedish journalists Deaths from liver cancer Prix Italia winners {{Sweden-journalist-stub