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Lasse Bengtsson

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Not to be confused with Lars 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, TV4-nyheterna, Misstänkt, and he also was a reporter for the Swedish broadcasts of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

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Bengtsson has worked for Sveriges Radio, TV4 and Viasat.[1] His first journalist work was for a local radio station in Malmfältet during the miners strike there.[2] After that he worked for Sveriges Radio; among the shows he appeared on was Dagens Eko, 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-nyheterna.[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.[1]

Bengtsson became the presenter of the show Misstänkt which had its premiere on 2 April 2009.[5] The show was a crime show with a journalist angle.[5] Bengtsson left TV4 on 1 September 2010 and started working as the information coordinator for the Swedish Afghanistan committee in Kabul.[4][6] In August 2014 he returned to Sveriges Radio where he presented P4 Extra, substituting for Lotta Bromé at times.[7] In his first show on P4 Extra he interviewed the skier Charlotte Kalla.[8]

In 2016, he was a reporter for Viasat's broadcasting of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9] He made a report from a favela called Cidade de Deus.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Thunberg, Karin. "Söker ny mening". Svenska Dagbladet. Archived from the original on 26 September 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ Hedlund, Ingvar (29 July 2010). "Chockar sina vänner". Expressen. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Efter Bengt kommer Bengtsson". Expressen. 28 July 1992. p. 37.
  4. ^ a b c "Sanningen om Lasse Bengtsson avhopp". Expressen. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. ^ a b "Lasse Bengtsson leder TV4:s nya kriminalprogram Misstänkt". tv4.se. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Nyheterna". Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Med Lasse Bengtsson – P4 Extra". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  8. ^ "TV4-profilen Lasse Bengtsson till SR". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  9. ^ "Här är Viasats nya OS-reporter". viasatsport.se. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Leifby: Därför väljer OS-tittarna Sportnytt". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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