Lasse Bengtsson

Bengtsson in 2013

Lars Olov "Lasse" Bengtsson (born 22 December 1951) is a Swedish journalist and television presenter.[1] He has been the presenter of shows such as Nyhetsmorgon Lördag ("Newsmorning Saturday"), TV4 News, Misstänkt ("Suspected"), and he also was a reporter for the Swedish broadcasts of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

Bengtsson has worked for Sveriges Radio, TV4 and Viasat.[1] His first journalist work was for a local radio station in Malmfätet during the miners strike there.[2] After that he worked for Sveriges Radio; amongst the shows he appeared on was Dagens Eko ("Today's Eccho), and he was also a foreign correspondent, news-presenter, reporter and producer for the same show.[3] In 1991 he started working for TV4 when he presented the news morning show Nyhetsmorgon Lördag, and TV4 News.[4] One of his first jobs for TV4 was travelling to Bosnia to report on the Bosnian war and the refugees there.[4] He also conducted the first televised interview with Mattias Flink in March 2009, about fifteen years after Flink committed mass murder.[5]

Bengtsson became the presenter of the show Misstänkt ("Suspected") which had its premiere on 2 April 2009.[6] The show was a crime show with a journalist angle.[6] Bengtsson left TV4 on 1 September 2010 and started working as the information coordinator for the Swedish Afghanistan committee in Kabul.[4][7] In August 2014 he returned to Sveriges Radio were he presented P4 Extra, substituting for Lotta Bromé at times.[8] In his first show on P4 Extra he interviewed the skier Charlotte Kalla.[9]

In 2016 he was a reporter for Viasat's broadcasting of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[10] He made a report from a favela called Cidade de Deus.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 karin.thunberg@svd.se, Karin Thunberg. "Söker ny mening". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  2. ↑ Hedlund, Ingvar, "Chockar sina vänner", Expressen, p. 34, July 29, 2010.
  3. ↑ Efter Bengt kommer Bengtsson, expressen, 28 July 1992, Page 37
  4. 1 2 3 "Sanningen om Lasse Bengtsson avhopp". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ karin.thunberg@svd.se, Karin Thunberg. "Söker ny mening". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Lasse Bengtsson leder TV4:s nya kriminalprogram Misstänkt – TV4 – tv4.se". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Nyheterna – tv4.se". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  8. ↑ Radio, Sveriges. "Med Lasse Bengtsson – P4 Extra". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  9. ↑ "TV4-profilen Lasse Bengtsson till SR". Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Här är Viasats nya OS-reporter » Viasatsport.se". Retrieved August 26, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Leifby: Därför väljer OS-tittarna Sportnytt". aftonbladet.se. Retrieved August 30, 2016.

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