Bo Holmström Explained

Bo Holmström
Birth Date:1938 10, df=y
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:Vagnhärad, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Occupation:Journalist

Bo Eric Holmström (18 October 1938 – 12 October 2017[1]) was a Swedish journalist, reporter and author. He worked as a reporter both for SVT and TV4. He was the Swedish reporter covering the Norrmalmstorg robbery in 1973 and the West German Embassy siege in Stockholm in 1975.[2] On 11 September 2003 he was the first reporter to announce in media that Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh had died from injuries sustained after an attack earlier that same day.[3] He was reporting from Karolinska hospital for TV4. In 2007 he was awarded the Stora journalistpriset for his journalism work.[4] In 2015, he was awarded an honorary Kristallen at the Kristallen awards.[5]

In 2016, gangrene in his leg led to its amputation. He spent his last year at a nursing home in Vagnhärad and died on 12 October 2017,[6] 6 days before his 79th birthday.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Familjesidan.se | Dödsannonser från hela landet . 21 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171021215857/https://www.familjesidan.se/cases/bo-2f3ee3ae-c767-48ef-b596-d3064b1e8c91/funeral-notices . 21 October 2017 . live .
  2. https://www.svd.se/bo-holmstrom-tackar-for-sig Bo Holmström tackar för sig
  3. Web site: Bo Holmberg hade svårt att gå vidare efter mordet. sv. 13 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171014035056/https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/bo-holmberg-hade-svart-att-ga-vidare-efter-mordet/. 14 October 2017. live.
  4. Web site: Stora Journalistpriset. storajournalistpriset.se. sv. bot: unknown. https://archive.today/20120525092348/http://www.storajournalistpriset.se/bo-holmstrom-tv4/. 25 May 2012.
  5. Web site: Bo Holmström prisad på Kristallengalan – Journalisten. journalisten.se. sv. 13 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171014034905/https://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/bo-holmstrom-prisad-pa-kristallengalan. 14 October 2017. live.
  6. https://www.svd.se/tv-profilen-bo-holmstrom-dod Bo Holmström död