Daniel Olin (born in
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...
) is a
Finland Swedish
Finland Swedish or Fenno-Swedish ( sv, finlandssvenska; fi, suomenruotsi) is a general term for the variety of the Swedish language and a closely related group of Swedish dialects spoken in Finland by the Swedish-speaking population, commonly ...
journalist who has worked at the Finnish public broadcasting company
Yle
Yleisradio Oy ( Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, foun ...
since 2005.
Olin will be Svenska Yle's (English: ''Swedish Yle'') news correspondent in the US from the beginning of August 2022.
He is known as the host presenter of the talk show tv-program
Daniel Olin and as a studio host for the daily TV-program ''
TV-Nytt'' (English: ''TV news'').
Career
Olin grew up in Turku and graduated as a Master of Politics at
Ã…bo Akademi University
Ã…bo Akademi University ( sv, Ã…bo Akademi , ) is the only exclusively Swedish language multi-faculty university in Finland (or anywhere outside Sweden). It is located mainly in Turku (Ã…bo is the Swedish name of the city) but has also activit ...
in 2008.
Olin started his career at Yle as a freelancer at Yle Sporten (English: ''Yle Sports'').
Olin worked at Yle Åboland 2004–2008 that covers news in the Turku region, and then as a news editor, studio host and producer at ''TV-Nytt''.
Olin was a correspondent for ''Svenska Yle'' in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
2015–2018.
Olin was the host of the TV discussion program ''
Daniel Olin'' on Yle from 2019 to 2022. In the TV program series, he interviewed a total of 68 famous and socially significant people for 30 minutes each.
The program was nominated for a
Golden Venla
The Finnish Television Academy (Televisioakatemia RY, which comprises MTV3, Yle, Sanoma and SATU ry) organizes the Golden Venla (Kultainen Venla) competition and gala. The Golden Venla Awards recognize the year's best Finnish television program ...
(in Finnish ''Kultainen Venla'') for best talk show in 2019.
From August 2022, Olin will be Svenska Yle's (English: ''Swedish Yle'') news correspondent in the US.
Daniel Olin is married,
has two children and a dog.
See also
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Daniel Olin (TV-program)
References
External links
Daniel Olin on Svenska YleDaniel Olin's talk show on Yle Arenan
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Finnish journalists
Finnish television journalists
Swedish-speaking Finns