Lars-Gunnar Björklund (24 February 1937 – 30 November 2012) was a Swedish radio and TV journalist. He was famous as a sports reporter, especially reporting from
Vasaloppet and the
Ice Hockey World Championships.
Björklund worked as an editor at
Sveriges Radio from 1958 to 1979, and as marketing director at
AB Tipstjänst from 1979 to 1995. He was then Director Corporate Affairs at Tipstjänst/
Svenska Spel from 1996 to 1998, and at LGB Publicity AB.[1]
He was an important part of Sweden's first TV sports editorial team, where he recruited employees such as
Arne Hegerfors,
Fredrik Belfrage and
Ingvar Oldsberg. During the 1970s, he then became a well-known face for Tipsextra, and was awarded, among other things, as the first sports journalist the
Stora Journalistpriset in radio and television.[4]
In 1964, Björklund married secretary/script supervisor Lena Ekvall (born 1942), the daughter of Einar Ekvall and Brita (née Nygren).[1] They had two sons.[4]
Selected bibliography
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar (2006). Minnesluckor: livsstycken och klacksparkar (in Swedish). Stockholm: Kulturhistoriska bokförlaget.
ISBN9197574910.
SELIBR10146792.
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar; Anrell, Lasse (2002). Salt Lake City 2002 (in Swedish). Västerås: Sportförl.
ISBN91-88541-44-4.
SELIBR8449038.
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar;
Hansson, Bo; Persson, Gunnar (1998). VM i fotboll 1998 Frankrike (in Swedish). Vällingby: Strömberg/Brunnhage.
ISBN91-86184-51-2.
SELIBR7755724.
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar;
Hansson, Bo; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (1994). VM i fotboll 1994 USA (in Swedish). Stockholm: Strömberg/Brunnhage.
ISBN91-86184-43-1.
SELIBR7755720.
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar;
Hansson, Bo; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (1990). VM i fotboll 1990 Italien (in Swedish). Stockholm: Strömberg/Brunnhage.
ISBN91-86184-37-7.
SELIBR7755716.
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar, ed. (1985). Små, små ord om människor: [600] aforismer (in Swedish). Stockholm: Idéförl.
ISBN91-7890-005-0.
SELIBR7672582.
Hansson, Bo; Björklund, Lars-Gunnar, eds. (1982). VM i fotboll 1982 Spanien (in Swedish). Stockholm: Nestor.
SELIBR380244.
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar; Andersö, Anders (1977). En rund själ i en rund kropp (in Swedish). Stockholm: Askild & Kärnekull.
ISBN9170088438.
SELIBR7589772.
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar (1968). Dessa fantastiska Fåglums: [Gösta, Erik, Sture och Tomas Pettersson] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Åhlén & Åkerlund.
LIBRIS:
1273630.
Björklund, Lars-Gunnar; Uddebom, Erik (1967). Match!: frågor om sport (in Swedish). Stockholm: Geber.
SELIBR1273633.