Ingela Agardh
Born
Ingela Gunnel Elisabeth[1] Mothander

27 October 1948[1]
Sundsvall, Sweden[1]
DiedJune 17, 2008(2008-06-17) (aged 59)[1]
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)[2]
Children1[3]

Ingela Agardh (27 October 1948 – 17 June 2008) was a Swedish journalist and television presenter.[4][5]

Biography

She was born Ingela Gunnel Elisabeth Mothander on 27 October 1948 in Sundsvall, Sweden.[3] Before becoming a journalist, she worked at a mental hospital.[2] She graduated 1970 from journalism school in Gothenburg[3][2] 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.[3][2][6] In her book Den största nyheten (2008) she wrote about her newfound Christian beliefs.[2][7]

Death

During the summer of 1987 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.[8] She died of the disease on 17 June 2008 in Malmköping at age 59.[3]

Personal life

The daughter of civil engineer Arne Mothander and his wife, Gunnel (née Markstrom),[9] she married Veijo Agardh on 15 April 1982.[1] They had one child, a daughter named Charlotta.[3][2]

Filmography

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

Bibliography

  • Agardh, Ingela (2008). Den största nyheten. ISBN 9789173870320.

References

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

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009 [Swedish death index 1901–2009] (CD-ROM). 5.0. Solna: Sveriges Släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Salihu, Diamant (18 June 2008). "Somnade in hos familjen". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 October 27, 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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