Rolf Adam Engelbrekt Alsing (12 October 1968 – 15 April 2020) was a Swedish television and radio presenter, best known for presenting '' Big Brother Sweden'' on Kanal 5. He moved to TV4 in 2005, presenting the Swedish version of ''

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''. He also presented his own show, ''

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''. He later ventured into radio, presenting shows on Rix FM and Mix Megapol.

Biography

Alsing grew up in Karlstad in

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, and also in

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. He worked as a disc jockey during his high school years in Karlstad. He started his career as a presenter for several local shows broadcast from Värmland on Sveriges Radio. When TV4 started its broadcasts in 1990, he debuted as a television presenter for ''Twist & Shout''. In 1991, he became the presenter of the dating show ''Tur i kärlek'' (Love at First Sight) along with

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, and presented over 100 episodes of the show. In 1993, he moved to

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and started presenting his own talk show called ''Adam''. In the mid-1990s, Alsing, along with Nikola Söderlund, started the production company "Think Big Productions"; they produced the shows ''Utmanarna'' on TV3 and ''Måndagsklubben'' on Kanal 5. Alsing presented the Swedish version of '' Big Brother'' between 2000 and 2004 on Kanal 5, as well as the reality series ''Masterplan'' in 2005. Between 2006 and 2007, he presented ''

'' on TV4, taking over for

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recorded two songs for Adam Alsing " Boten Adam" and " Sitter i luren och väntar på Adam Alsing". The first song become one of the most downloaded ringtones in Sweden in October 2006 and the second song was released on compilation album '' Mix Megapol 1'' in 2008. Between 2009 and 2011, he presented ''Sveriges värsta bilförare'' (Sweden's Worst Driver) on TV4. Between 5 September 2011 and 5 April 2012, Alsing presented ''

'', a live talk show, on TV3, and in 2014, he presented ''Big Brother'' again, this time on

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. Alsing participated as a contestant in ''

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'' in 2011 along with

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; the show was broadcast on SVT.

Radio

Between 2004 and 2011, Alsing, along with

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and

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, presented the radio show ''Äntligen morgon'' on Mix Megapol. From 2012 until his death in 2020, he hosted the podcast ''Adam & Kompani'', along with

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and

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; the trio first met during filming of ''Adam Live''. From 2013 until 2017, Alsing, along with Marko "Markoolio" Lehtosalo and

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, hosted the morning show ''Rix MorronZoo'' on Rix FM.

Personal life

Alsing was the son of the former editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper ''

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'', Rolf Alsing. He had a wife, Anette, and the couple had two sons together. Alsing died on 15 April 2020, at the age of 51, from

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Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alsing, Adam 1968 births 2020 deaths Swedish game show hosts Swedish radio presenters People from Karlstad Swedish television personalities Swedish television hosts Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden