Magdalena Ribbing Explained

Magdalena Ribbing
Birth Date:1940 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation:Journalist, writer

Magdalena Ribbing (30 July 1940 – 29 September 2017) was a Swedish writer, journalist, etiquette expert and lecturer. She married radio journalist Thomas Hempel in 1981.[1]

Career

Ribbing belonged to the noble Ribbing family, whose history can be dated back to the 900s. She wrote a book about her family history, and made a documentary about the killer of King Gustav III, her ancestor Adolph Ludvig Ribbing.[2]

Between 1970 and 2000, Ribbing worked as a political reporter for Dagens Nyheter, and from 1993 until 1999 she was the editor in chief of the Namn & nytt department of the paper.[3] Ribbing was a "Sommarpratare" (Summer Presenter) on the Sveriges Radio show Sommar i P1 twice, on 13 June 1994 and 21 June 2000.[4]

In the Dagens Nyheter newspaper, she wrote a column answering questions about etiquette, manners and style. She also wrote fifteen books about the subject, published by Bokförlag DN, Forum and Natur & Kultur.[5]

She was the opening speaker at Stockholm Pride in 2010.[6]

On 29 September 2017, she died after a fall in her home.[7]

Bibliography

References

  1. Web site: Jag blev kallad överklasskärring. Expressen. 27 December 2014.
  2. Web site: Porträtt av en kungamördare – Populär Historia. 27 December 2014.
  3. Web site: Magdalena Ribbing om etikett på jobbet. 27 December 2014.
  4. Web site: Magdalena Ribbing 2000. Sveriges Radio. 27 December 2014.
  5. Web site: Begagnade böcker, kurslitteratur. Antikvariat – Bokbörsen. 27 December 2014.
  6. Web site: En idiotisk fråga . Allt om Stockholm . 27 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141227224851/http://www.alltomstockholm.se/klubbkonsert/article4057529.aos . 27 December 2014 .
  7. Web site: Magdalena Ribbing är död. Aftonbladet. 29 September 2017.
  8. http://www.judiska-museet.a.se/utstallningar/tidigare.stm Det judiska Stockholm