Bo Holmström

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Bo Holmström
Bo Holmström 2006.jpg
Bo Holmström reports during the Reinfeldt Cabinet taking office in October 2006.
Born(1938-10-18)18 October 1938
Stockholm, Sweden
Died12 October 2017(2017-10-12) (aged 78)
Vagnhärad, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationJournalist

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.

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Bo Holmström tackar för sig Archived 14 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Svenska Dagbladet Retrieved 13 October 2017. (in Swedish)
  3. ^ "Bo Holmberg hade svårt att gå vidare efter mordet" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Stora Journalistpriset". storajournalistpriset.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Bo Holmström prisad på Kristallengalan – Journalisten". journalisten.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. ^ Bo Holmström död Archived 13 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Svenska Dagbladet Retrieved 13 October 2017. (in Swedish)

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