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Swedish journalist and television presenter
Ingela Agardh
Agardh in the mid-80s
BornIngela Gunnel Elisabeth Mothander
27 October 1948
Sundsvall, Sweden
Died17 June 2008(2008-06-17) (aged 59)
Malmköping, Sweden
Resting placeLilla Malma Skogskyrkogård
59°08′04″N 16°43′36″E / 59.134453°N 16.726564°E / 59.134453; 16.726564
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Journalist
television presenter, personality
EmployerSveriges Television
Notable workAktuellt
SpouseVeijo Agardh (1982–2008)
Children1

Ingela Agardh (27 October 1948 – 17 June 2008) was a Swedish journalist and television presenter.

Biography

She was born Ingela Gunnel Elisabeth Mothander on 27 October 1948 in Sundsvall, Sweden. Before becoming a journalist, she worked at a mental hospital. She graduated 1970 from journalism school in Gothenburg and became a journalist in 1971 for Sveriges Radio in Sundsvall, 1979 at Radio Göteborg and Sundsvall again in 1979.

In 1980 she became a studio reporter and news anchor for Sveriges Televisions Aktuellt. She was a presenter for Hemma and made frequent appearances as a host for Gomorron Sverige (on Sveriges Television), and participated as a contestant in the quiz show På spåret where she and Stefan Holm won in 2003. In her book Den största nyheten (2008) she wrote about her newfound Christian beliefs.

Death

During the summer of 1987 she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died of the disease on 17 June 2008 in Malmköping at age 59.

Personal life

The daughter of civil engineer Arne Mothander and his wife, Gunnel (née Markstrom), she married Veijo Agardh on 15 April 1982. They had one child, a daughter named Charlotta.

Filmography

  • 1995 – Som krossat glas i en hårt knuten hand (as herself)
  • 2001 – Reuter & Skoog (TV-series; as herself; one episode)

Bibliography

References

This article is completely or partly based on material from the Swedish Misplaced Pages, Ingela Agardh (from 20 March 2014).

Notes

  1. ^ Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009 [Swedish death index 1901–2009] (CD-ROM). 5.0. Solna: Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8.
  2. ^ Salihu, Diamant (18 June 2008). "Somnade in hos familjen". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. ^ Julander, Oscar; Larsson, Louise; Salihu, Diamant (17 June 2008). "Tv-profilen Ingela Agardh avliden". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. Olofsson, Ken; Sjölund, Jill (18 June 2008). "Till slut förlorade Ingela Agardh mot cancern – somnade in hemma i villan". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. "Ingela Agardh avliden". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Stockholm TT. 17 June 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  6. Kruskopf, Emma (18 June 2008). "Ingela var så spontan". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  7. Manfredh, Thomas (19 June 2008). "Hon var trygg i sin tro in i det sista". Dagen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  8. Olofsson, Ken (8 March 2008). "Döden håller mig i handen". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  9. Öhrström, Kerstin (1988). "Agardh, Ingela". Vem är hon: kvinnor i Sverige: biografisk uppslagsbok. ISBN 91-1-863422-2.

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