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Lena Sundström
Sundström in 2015
Born (1972-03-08) 8 March 1972 (age 52)
Seoul, South Korea
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, television presenter

Lena Amalia Kyoung Ran Sundström (born 8 March 1972) is a Swedish journalist and author. She writes news chronicles and writes for Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. She has also had her own column at Aftonbladet newspaper, Metro newspaper's Swedish editions, Mersmak and Dagens Arbete.

Early life

Sundström was born in Seoul, South Korea, to an unknown mother and was found outside an orphanage on 8 April 1972. Estimated to be about one month old at the time, her birthdate was arbitrarily set on 8 March 1972.[1][2] She was adopted by a Swedish family when she was 6 months old.[2] She studied in Kristianstad, and also continued to study media and communications in Lund and Copenhagen and journalism at Poppius journalistskola.[3]

Career

She started her career as a journalist at Piteå-Tidning newspaper,[2] and made her debut as an author in 2005 with the release of the book Saker jag inte förstår som personer jag inte gillar (Things I don't understand about people I don't like).[4]

Her second book, Känns det fint att finnas en dag till? (Does it feel good to exist for one more day?), was released in 2007.[5] She has been a television presenter as well, presenting the TV4 investigative show Kalla fakta after Lennart Ekdal chose to leave the show.[6]

In August 2009, she authored her third book, Världens lyckligaste folk, about Denmark's tough policy concerning immigrants.[7] In the same year, a documentary with the same name as the book aired on TV4; it was created by Sundström.[7]

In 2013, her second documentary, called Dom kallas rasister, was broadcast on TV4. In the same year her next book called Spår was published; this book is about two asylum seekers who in 2001 were deported by Sweden to Egypt where they were tortured by the regime.[8]

Sundström won a number of prizes for her work including Guldspaden journalism award in 2009, the Gleerups literary award also in 2009, the Swedish Publicists' Association Publicistklubben award in 2010, the Torgny Segerstedts frihetspenna (Freedom pen) award in 2014 and the Jolopriset literary award in 2016.[9][10][11]

Personal life

Sundstörm married Swedish singer Bo Sundström[12] and has two daughters.[13] In 2010, they competed together in the TV show På spåret where they were placed fifth.[13] The couple were divorced in 2016.[12]

Works

  • 2005: Saker jag inte förstår – och personer jag inte gillar
  • 2007: Känns det fint att finnas en dag till?
  • 2009: Världens lyckligaste folk : en bok om Danmark
  • 2013: Spår

References

  1. ^ "Man måste våga trampa folk på tårna". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 22 September 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c "Mer skånsk än utlandsadopterad". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 May 2002. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ ""Jag vill göra slut med Persson"". aftonbladet.se. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Saker jag inte förstår – och personer jag inte gillar" (in Swedish). Adlibris. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Lena Sundström: Känns det fint att finnas en dag till?". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Lennart Ekdal lämnar 'Kalla fakta' i TV4". Expressen (in Swedish). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b "Lena Sundström nominerad till Augustpriset". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 19 October 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Ett mästerverk av Sundström". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Nyheter, SVT. "Jolopriset till Lena Sundström" (in Swedish). svt,se. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  10. ^ "Lena Sundström vann Guldspaden" (in Swedish). hd.se. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Lena Sundström – Medverkande personer – Sigtuna Litteraturfestival" (in Swedish). sigtunalitteraturfestival.se. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  12. ^ a b "Bo och Lena Sundström skiljer sig". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ a b "Årets modiga mama 2010: Lena Sundström". Mama (in Swedish). 15 December 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
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