Åke Strömmer

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Åke Strömmer (born June 10, 1936 in Härnösand, died February 22, 2005) was a Swedish sportsjJournalist, radio presenter and television host.

Strömmer joint the national Swedish Radio-TV company Sveriges Radio and became a popular figure to viewer and listeners as one of the greatest Sports journalist in Sweden. For Swedish radio he hosted the shows På minuten (Swedish counterpart of the UK show Just a Minute) and Minnesmästarna. He also hosted Svensktoppen for the 1978 season. In 1980 he won Stora Journalistpriset. For Swedish television he covered the Olympics on 4 occasions and 2 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest. In 2000 he left SVT and joined rival broadcaster TV4 and returned to sports commentary where he presented the TV4 coverage for the 2000 Summer Olympics as well as football matches.

Strömmer died in 2005 after suffering from cancer.^[1]

References

↑ "Åke Strömmer död i cancer". Expressen.se. Retrieved 2012-07-13.

Persondata
Name	Strömmer, Åke
Alternative names
Short description	Swedish television host
Date of birth	June 10, 1936
Place of birth
Date of death	February 22, 2005
Place of death

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