John Chrispinsson

John Knut Chrispinsson (13 December 1956 – 3 April 2017) was a Swedish journalist, author and television presenter.[1] He worked mostly in TV and radio with news programmes and historical programmes. Chrispinsson also wrote several books on Swedish history.[2]

John Chrispinsson
Chrispinsson in 2011
Born
John Knut Chrispinsson

(1956-12-13)13 December 1956
Died3 April 2017(2017-04-03) (aged 60)
OccupationTelevision presenter, Journalist

Chrispinsson started to work as a journalist for Strengnäs Tidning, Expressen and Sveriges Radio.[3] In 1988 he started to work for SVT, and presented programmes including Svepet; Gomorron Sverige; the Wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist; Melodifestivalen 1989 with Yvonne Ryding; Röda rummet and Bokbussen.[1][4][3][5] He co-hosted eight live broadcasts from the Nobel Prize festivities in Stockholm between 2001 and 2011.

In 1990 he started working for Sveriges Radio P1 where he presented Förmiddag i P1 and Direkt.[1] He then spent most of the 1990s presenting the news show Kanalen.[6] He also was producer of the radio show Historiska klubben.[7]

Chrispinsson collapsed suddenly from a heart attack outside a gym and died on 3 April 2017. Previously, he had suffered from borrelia.[3]

Bibliography
  • Sekelskiften: en krönika om sex, makt och pengar. Stockholm: Norstedt. 1999. ISBN 91-1-300541-3
  • Stockholmsutställningar. Stockholms historia. Stockholm: Historiska Media. 2007. ISBN 978-91-85377-08-4
  • G. A. Reuterholm: den gråtande diktatorn. Stockholm: Prisma. 2008. ISBN 978-91-518-5115-0
  • Den glömda historien: om svenska öden och äventyr i öster under tusen år. Stockholm: Norstedt. 2011. ISBN 978-91-1-302524-7

References
  1. "John Chrispinsson är död" (in Swedish). Dagens Media. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  2. "John spånar på nästa bok" (in Swedish). Allehanda. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  3. "Programledaren John Chrispinsson har avlidit". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  4. ""Det gäller att fokusera på att det är vår dag"" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  5. "SVT-profilen död – blev 60 år gammal". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. "Johan Croneman om John Chrispinsson: "Han var en naturbegåvning"". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  7. "Historiska klubben - Vetenskapsradion" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

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