Claes Elfsberg
Claes-Gösta Elfsberg (born 26 November 1948) is a Swedish television journalist.
Elfsberg grew up in the district of Svedmyra in southern Stockholm. He received his upper-secondary education at Norra Real in Stockholm and then studied at the Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMK) at Stockholm University, from where he dropped out to work as a trainee at the daily news program Rapport at Sveriges Television (SVT) in 1971.[1] He presented the programme for the first time in 1975 and then worked as a news presenter for over thirty years, eventually earning the nickname "Mr. Rapport".[2] He temporarily left Rapport in 2003 to host the interview program 24 minuter on the SVT channel SVT24. He has also presented the SVT program . From January 2005 to December 2007, Elfsberg worked as the "ombudsman of the viewers" (Swedish: tittarombudsman) at SVT.[2][3] In January 2008 it was announced that Elfsberg would lead the news program Play Rapport on SVT's video on demand service SVT Play.[4] Elfsberg presented the news programme Aktuellt between March 2012 and November 30, 2015, and since January 15, 2016 has been the Friday presenter for the breakfast television programme Gomorron Sverige.[5]
Elfsberg is currently married to Monica Elfsberg and has three children from two earlier marriages.
References[]
- ^ Hagen, Cecilia (2008-01-13). "Det finns saker som jag ångrar" (in Swedish). Expressen. Archived from the original on 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ a b "Elfsberg blir ombudsman för publiken" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 2004-11-30. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ Wijnbladh, Olof (2007-11-13). "Elfsberg slutar som tittarombudsman" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ "Claes Elfsberg leder Play Rapport - SVT:s nya nyhetskanal på webben" (Press release) (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 2008-01-03. Archived from the original on 2011-06-12. Retrieved 2008-04-01.
- ^ Claes Elfsberg lättar ankar
- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Stockholm
- Stockholm University alumni
- Swedish television journalists