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John Chrispinsson
Chrispinsson in 2011
BornJohn Knut Chrispinsson
(1956-12-13)13 December 1956
Died3 April 2017(2017-04-03) (aged 60)
Occupation(s)Television presenter, Journalist

John Knut Chrispinsson (born 13 December 1956 in Enskede parish, Stockholm, died 3 April 2017 in Stockholm) was a Swedish 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; Melodifestivalen 1989 with Yvonne Ryding; Röda rummet and Bokbussen. He co-hosted eight live broadcasts from the Nobel Prize festivities in Stockholm between 2001 and 2011.

In 1990, he started working for Sveriges Radio P1 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 outside a gym and died on 3 April 2017. Previously, he had suffered from borrelia.

Bibliography

  • Sekelskiften: en krönika om sex, makt och pengar. Stockholm: Norstedt. 1999. ISBN 91-1-300541-3
  • Stockholmsutställningar. Stockholms historia. Stockholm: Historiska Media. 2007. ISBN 978-91-85377-08-4
  • G. A. Reuterholm: den gråtande diktatorn. Stockholm: Prisma. 2008. ISBN 978-91-518-5115-0
  • Den glömda historien: om svenska öden och äventyr i öster under tusen år. Stockholm: Norstedt. 2011. ISBN 978-91-1-302524-7

References

  1. svt.se Archived 2022-06-25 at the Wayback Machine SVT-profilen John Chrispinsson är död
  2. ^ "John Chrispinsson är död" (in Swedish). Dagens Media. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. "John spånar på nästa bok" (in Swedish). Allehanda. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  4. ^ "Programledaren John Chrispinsson har avlidit". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  5. ""Det gäller att fokusera på att det är vår dag"" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. "SVT-profilen död – blev 60 år gammal". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. "Johan Croneman om John Chrispinsson: "Han var en naturbegåvning"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  8. "Historiska klubben - Vetenskapsradion" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

External links

Media related to John Chrispinsson at Wikimedia Commons


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