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Swedish television presenter and journalist

Johar Bendjelloul
Johar Bendjelloul at the 2012 Guldbagge Awards
Born (1975-09-01) 1 September 1975 (age 49)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Television presenter, journalist

Johar Bendjelloul (born 1 September 1975) is a Swedish television presenter and journalist.

Since 2013, Bendjelloul has been hosting P1 Morgon at Sveriges Radio. Before that he was a television presenter at SVT1 for Gomorron Sverige, Babel, Kulturnyheterna and Aktuellt.

He has also done voice acting doing one of the characters in the children's movie Jack & Pedro.

Personal life

Johar is the son of Algerian-born physician Hacène Bendjelloul and Swedish translator and painter Veronica Schildt, making him grandson of actor Henrik Schildt.

His brother Malik Bendjelloul was an Academy Award-winning filmmaker for the documentary Searching for Sugar Man. Malik committed suicide on 13 May 2014 after struggling with depression, as Johar reported to the media.

References

  1. ^ Lovisa Kullheim. ""Familjen ska skåla i champagne" – Kultur". SVT.se. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ Johar Bendjelloul (19 September 2012). "Johar Bendjelloul ny programledare för P1 Morgon – Pressinformation". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  3. "På bibblan luktar det som förr" (in Swedish). hd.se. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  4. "Jack & Pedro | Röda roboten animation". Rodaroboten.se. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. Georg Cederskog. "Malik Bendjellouls bror: Han var deprimerad". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  6. Lindberg, Johan; Nyman, Emelie (13 May 2014). "Filmskaparen Malik Bendjelloul har avlidit". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  7. Bruce Weber (13 May 2014). "Malik Bendjelloul, 36, Oscar Winner for 'Sugar Man' Documentary, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

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