Claes Elfsberg

Claes-Gösta Elfsberg (born 26 November 1948) is a Swedish television journalist.

Early life

Elfsberg was born on 26 November 1948 in Stockholm, the son of Gösta Elfsberg and his wife Gertrud (née Ahlström).^[1] 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.^[2]

Career

Elfsberg presented Rapport for the first time in 1975 and then worked as a news presenter for over thirty years, eventually earning the nickname "Mr. Rapport".^[3] 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 Dokument utifrån [sv]. From January 2005 to December 2007, Elfsberg worked as the "ombudsman of the viewers" (Swedish: tittarombudsman) at SVT.^[3]^[4] In January 2008 it was announced that Elfsberg would lead the news program Play Rapport on SVT's video on demand service SVT Play.^[5] 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 [sv].^[6]

Personal life

Elfsberg is currently married to Monica Elfsberg and has three children from two earlier marriages. Daughter Hanna died from cancer in 2018.^[7]

References

^ Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 284. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.
^ Hagen, Cecilia (2008-01-13). "Det finns saker som jag ångrar". Expressen (in Swedish). 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". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 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
^ Larsson, Petter J (22 October 2020). "Claes Elfsbergs uppmaning till föräldrar efter dotterns död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 April 2024.

[Jönsson_(2000),_p._284-1] Jönsson, Lena, ed. (2000). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 2001 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 2001] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 284. ISBN 9172850426. SELIBR 8261515.

[2] Hagen, Cecilia (2008-01-13). "Det finns saker som jag ångrar". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2008-03-18. Retrieved 2008-04-01.

[svt1-3] "Elfsberg blir ombudsman för publiken" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 2004-11-30. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2008-04-01.

[4] Wijnbladh, Olof (2007-11-13). "Elfsberg slutar som tittarombudsman". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 2008-04-01.

[5] "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.

[6] Claes Elfsberg lättar ankar

[7] Larsson, Petter J (22 October 2020). "Claes Elfsbergs uppmaning till föräldrar efter dotterns död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 17 April 2024.

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