| Ingela Agardh | |
| Birth Name: | Ingela Gunnel Elisabeth[1] Mothander |
| Birth Date: | 27 October 1948 |
| Birth Place: | Sundsvall, Sweden |
| Death Place: | Malmköping, Sweden |
| Resting Place: | Lilla Malma Skogskyrkogård |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Occupation: | Journalist Television presenter, personality |
| Employer: | Sveriges Television |
| Notable Works: | Aktuellt |
| Spouse: | Veijo Agardh (1982–2008) |
| Children: | 1 |
Ingela Agardh (27 October 1948 – 17 June 2008) was a Swedish journalist and television presenter.[2] [3]
She was born Ingela Gunnel Elisabeth Mothander on 27 October 1948 in Sundsvall, Sweden. Before becoming a journalist, she worked at a mental hospital. She graduated 1970 from journalism school in Gothenburg[4] and became a journalist in 1971 for Sveriges Radio in Sundsvall, 1979 at Radio Göteborg and Sundsvall again in 1979.
In 1980 she became a studio reporter and news anchor for Sveriges Televisions Aktuellt. She was a presenter for Hemma and made frequent appearances as a host for Gomorron Sverige (on Sveriges Television), and participated as a contestant in the quiz show På spåret where she and Stefan Holm won in 2003.[4] [5] In her book Den största nyheten (2008) she wrote about her newfound Christian beliefs.[6]
During the summer of 1987 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.[7] She died of the disease on 17 June 2008 in Malmköping at age 59.[4]
The daughter of civil engineer Arne Mothander and his wife, Gunnel (Markstrom),[8] she married Veijo Agardh on 15 April 1982.[1] They had one child, a daughter named Charlotta.[4] [9]
This article is completely or partly based on material from the Swedish Wikipedia, Ingela Agardh (from 20 March 2014).