Ingvar Gunnar Oldsberg (31 March 194510 February 2022) was a Swedish television presenter and sports journalist.

Early life

Oldsberg was born on 31 March 1945 in Annedal Parish, Gothenburg. Oldsberg grew up in

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outside Gothenburg. On his mother's side, he had Norwegian roots. He passed ''

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'' in 1965 and then did military basic training in

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(I 15) in

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as a medic.

Career

He is best known for hosting '' På spåret'' between 1987 and 2009. In April 2014, Oldsberg was revealed as the new host of ''

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'' at

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replacing

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Personal life

Oldsberg lived in an apartment in Gothenburg. He also owned a house on

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and an apartment in Costa del Sol, Spain. He has also owned the Baldersnäs manor in

Dalsland Dalsland () is a Swedish traditional province, or ''landskap'', situated in Götaland in southern Sweden. Lying to the west of Lake Vänern, it is bordered by Värmland to the north, Västergötland to the southeast, Bohuslän to the west, and ...

. He has been married to Laila Oldsberg and Monica Oldsberg and cohabits with Gunilla Knutsson and Pauline Wood. From 2016 until her death, Oldsberg was engaged to hotel director Maria Sandeblad. He had three children; Staffan Oldsberg (born 1968), Karolina Oldsberg (born 1975) with Laila and Viktoria Oldsberg (born 1989) with Gunilla.

Death

Oldsberg died on 10 February 2022, at the age of 76.

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