Åke Ortmark Explained

Birth Name:Åke Helge Ortmark
Åke Ortmark
Birth Date:14 May 1929
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:Gothenburg, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish

Åke Helge Ortmark (14 May 1929 – 18 October 2018) was a Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter.[1] During a long career he worked for both television and radio; he also authored several books.

Early life

Ortmark was born in Stockholm, and grew up in Ålsten.[2]

During the early 1950s he studied economics at the University of California in the United States.[3] Ortmark earned a Master of Science in Business and Economics at Handelshögskolan in Stockholm in 1954.[4]

Career

Ortmark started working at Sveriges Radio in 1958.[5] He was for some time a newsreader for Aktuellt which was broadcast on Sveriges Television.[6] Together with Herbert Söderström, Ortmark pioneered the technique named "Skjutjärnsjournalistik" (hard-hitting journalism) in Swedish, on Sveriges Radio in 1962.[7] [8] As part of "De tre O:na", he became known for using the technique alongside Lars Orup and Gustaf Olivecrona in live broadcast on Sveriges Television in 1966 while interviewing Prime Minister Tage Erlander.[4] Ortmark became the editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper Veckans Affärer between 1974 and 1976.[9] In 1997, he was the television presenter for his own interview show O som i Ortmark which was broadcast on TV8 until 2006, by which time Ortmark decided to leave to work for Axess TV.[10]

Ortmark received the television award Kristallen in 2005 in the category Stiftelsens hederspris (the Foundation's Honour Award) for his work in TV and dedication for news and discussions.[11]

On 25 June 2006, Ortmark took part in Sommar i P1 talking about his career and life.[12] In 2008, he was member of Humanisternas (the humanists) council.[13]

In 2013, Ortmark published his memoirs called Makten och lögnen – ett liv i televisionens Sverige which told about his career in journalism.[8]

Personal life

Åke Ortmark in 1961 married Sinikka Tenhunen.[14] After his divorce, he married Annika Roth in 1974.[15] Ortmark was the father of three children.[2]

Ortmark had a black belt in karate.[16]

Ortmark died on 18 October 2018 after a short time of illness at the age of 89.[8]

Bibliography

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Åke Ortmark . . 859–860 . 1993 . sv . 16 February 2024 . 30 November 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231130083425/https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1993/0859.html . live .
  2. News: Journalisten Åke Ortmark är död . Dagens Nyheter . 19 October 2018 . sv . 19 October 2018 . Svahn . Clas . 19 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181019101718/https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/journalisten-ake-ortmark-ar-dod/ . live .
  3. Web site: Åke Ortmark: 'Jag försökte ta livet av mig'. 24 January 2013. dagensps.se. 19 October 2018. sv. 2 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170902181853/http://www.dagensps.se/profiler/ake-ortmark-jag-forsokte-ta-livet-av-mig/. live.
  4. News: Åke Ortmark skrämde makten – förändrade intervjuerna i tv. Expressen. 19 October 2018. sv. 20 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020001414/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/ake-ortmark-skramde-makten-forandrade-intervjuerna-i-tv-/. live.
  5. News: Journalisten Åke Ortmark är död. Aftonbladet. 19 October 2018. sv. 20 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020053109/https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/ddeJ9q/journalisten-ake-ortmark-ar-dod. live.
  6. News: Journalisten Åke Ortmark har avlidit. SVT Nyheter . 19 October 2018. Sveriges Television. 19 October 2018. sv. 19 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181019103409/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/snabbkollen/journalisten-ake-ortmark-har-avlidit. live . Eliasson . Anders .
  7. Encyclopedia: Skjutjärnsjournalistik . Nationalencyklopedin . 19 October 2018 . sv . 20 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020053059/https://www.ne.se/uppslagsverk/encyklopedi/l%C3%A5ng/skjutj%C3%A4rnsjournalistik . live .
  8. Web site: Journalisten Åke Ortmark är död. 19 October 2018. Sveriges Television. 19 October 2018. sv. 19 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181019103315/https://www.svt.se/kultur/journalisten-ake-ortmark-ar-dod. live.
  9. Web site: Åke Ortmark död blev 89 år gammal . MSN . 19 October 2018 . sv . 20 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020094923/https://www.msn.com/sv-se/nyheter/inrikes/%C3%A5ke-ortmark-%C3%A4r-d%C3%B6d-%E2%80%93-blev-89-%C3%A5r-gammal/ar-BBOAEeT . live .
  10. Web site: Åke Ortmark slutar på TV8. Resumé. 19 October 2018. sv. 20 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020095023/https://www.resume.se/nyheter/artiklar/2006/04/26/ake-ortmark-slutar-pa-tv8/. live.
  11. News: SVT tog storslam på första Kristallgalan. Svenska Dagbladet. 13 September 2005 . 19 October 2018. sv. 20 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020100503/https://www.svd.se/svt-tog-storslam-pa-forsta-kristallgalan. live.
  12. Sommarvärdar 2006 – hela listan – Sommar & Vinter i P1. Sveriges Radio. 19 October 2018. sv. 20 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020140822/https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=2071&artikel=5783606. live.
  13. Web site: Välkommen till förbundet Humanisterna!. Humanisterna. 19 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185522/http://www.humanisterna.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=337:sm2008&catid=14:humanisterna. 4 March 2016. dead . sv.
  14. Web site: Arkivet – Ortmark 1 . Dagens Nyheter . 19 October 2018 . registration . sv . 27 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220927041321/https://arkivet.dn.se/tidning/1961-06-23/167/19 . live .
  15. Web site: Arkivet – Ortmark . Dagens Nyheter . 19 October 2018 . registration . sv . 27 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220927041823/https://arkivet.dn.se/tidning/1974-06-09/154/18 . live .
  16. Web site: Åke Ortmark. Albert Bonniers Förlag. 19 October 2018. sv. 20 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020095004/https://www.albertbonniersforlag.se/Forfattare/O/ake-ortmark/. live.
  17. Web site: Åke Ortmark. Dagens Nyheter. 14 May 2009. 19 October 2018. sv. 20 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181020094931/https://www.dn.se/arkiv/familj/ake-ortmark/. live.
  18. Web site: Makt på spel . Svenskfilmdatabas . 20 October 2018 . sv . 20 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181020095025/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=36487 . live .

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