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Lennart Ekdal | |
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![]() Lennart Ekdal in September 2008. | |
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Occupation(s) | Journalist, television host |
Years active | 1980s–present |
Children | Albin Ekdal (b. 1989) Hjalmar Ekdal (b. 1998) |
Lennart Ekdal (born 19 November 1953) is a Swedish journalist and television presenter.
Born in Linköping, Östergötland, he began his career in financial journalism in the 1980s and is best known for his work on several TV4 programs, starting in 1990, before leaving in 2013. [1]
Before his success with TV4, Ekdal worked for the national public television broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), the daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the weekly business journal Veckans Affärer .
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