Lasse Bengtsson Explained

Lasse Bengtsson should not be confused with Lars Bengtsson.

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 where 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Söker ny mening. Karin Thunberg. karin.thunberg@svd.se. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20100926111221/http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/soker-ny-mening_5345839.svd. September 26, 2010. live.
  2. Hedlund, Ingvar, "Chockar sina vänner", Expressen, p. 34, July 29, 2010.
  3. Efter Bengt kommer Bengtsson, expressen, 28 July 1992, Page 37
  4. Web site: Sanningen om Lasse Bengtsson avhopp. Expressen. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828080145/http://www.expressen.se/noje/tv/sanningen-om-lasse-bengtsson-avhopp/. August 28, 2016. live.
  5. Web site: Söker ny mening. Karin Thunberg. karin.thunberg@svd.se. Svenska Dagbladet. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160827091013/http://www.svd.se/soker-ny-mening. August 27, 2016. live.
  6. Web site: Lasse Bengtsson leder TV4:s nya kriminalprogram Misstänkt – TV4 – tv4.se. tv4.se. August 26, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160916194049/http://www.tv4.se/tv4/artiklar/lasse-bengtsson-leder-tv4s-nya-kriminalprogram-misst%C3%A4nkt-4fc3ba3f04bf72228b00c793. September 16, 2016. live.
  7. Web site: Nyheterna – tv4.se. August 26, 2016.
  8. Web site: Med Lasse Bengtsson – P4 Extra. Sveriges. Radio. Sveriges Radio. August 26, 2016.
  9. Web site: TV4-profilen Lasse Bengtsson till SR. Aftonbladet. August 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160917155014/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article19395544.ab. September 17, 2016. live.
  10. Web site: Här är Viasats nya OS-reporter » Viasatsport.se. viasatsport.se. August 26, 2016.
  11. Web site: Leifby: Därför väljer OS-tittarna Sportnytt. Aftonbladet. August 30, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160911215044/http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/kronikorer/marcusleifby/article23315223.ab. September 11, 2016. live.

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