Siewert Öholm
Siewert Öholm | |
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| File:Siewert-Öholm.jpg Siewert Öholm in 2005 | |
| Born | Henrik Siewert Natanael Öholm 7 August 1939 Husby, Hedemora, Sweden |
| Died | 25 January 2017 (aged 77) Växjö, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, television presenter |
Henrik Siewert Natanael Öholm (7 August 1939 – 25 January 2017) was a Swedish journalist, television presenter and debater. He represented a socially conservative viewpoint and spent part of his career with Christian media.
Career
Öholm worked for Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Television from 1971 to 2002, working mainly on TV productions, amongst them the popular choir series Hela kyrkan sjunger, broadcast from 1973 to 1983.[1] He then became the presenter of programmes such as Sveriges Television's Kvällsöppet, Nattcafé and Svar direkt; on Svar direkt he became known as a heated debater.[2] From 2006 to 2007, Öholm headed the Oslo-based Christian TV channel Verdikanalen, but resigned after the channel had been threatened with cancellation of all broadcasting because of unpaid debts.[3] He then became an editor of the business section in the magazine Världen idag, but resigned in protest of changes in the magazine's leadership.[4] In 2015 Öholm became a member of the board of the Christian web-channel TV2020 AB.
Personal life
Siewert Öholm had four sons, one of whom is the Moderate Party politician Oskar Öholm.[5] His first wife, Ann-Britt Öholm, died in November 2004 of breast cancer.[6] He later remarried to Gitten Bolin Öholm.[7] Öholm died of liver cancer on 25 January 2017 in a hospital in Växjö.[8]
References
- ↑ Karl-Gustaf Mattsson (7 December 2006). "Margit Borgström: 'Det var omtumlande att bli rikskändis'". Dagen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Han ber om förlåtelse - efter 31 år". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 17 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Magnus Helander (22 March 2007). "Siewert Öholm: Jag har sagt mitt". Resumé (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 28 March 2007.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Leif Ottenvang (8 April 2011). "Siewert Öholm slutar på Världen idag" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Pär Karlsson (23 June 2015). "Han tar över tunga M-posten efter valnederlaget". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Tommy Schönstedt (10 November 2004). "Siewert Öholms hustru död". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ Karin Sörbring (17 February 2017). "Änkan Gitten: 'Siewert ville trösta mig'". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Siewert Öholm är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 24 January 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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External links
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Siewert Öholm at Wikimedia Commons
