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
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. Oldsberg grew up in
Mölnlycke outside Gothenburg. On his mother's side, he had Norwegian roots. He passed ''
studentexamen'' in 1965 and then did military basic training in
Älvsborg Regiment
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(I 15) in
Borås
Borås ( , , ) is a city (officially, a locality) and the seat of Borås Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 114,556 inhabitants in 2024. It is widely known for being a textile city, home to worldwide brands and companie ...
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 ''
Bingolotto'' at
Sjuan replacing
Marie Serneholt
Marie Eleonor Serneholt (; born 11 July 1983) is a Swedes, Swedish singer and model. She is a member of the Swedish pop band A-Teens, A*Teens which reunited in 2024, and briefly pursued a solo recording career after the band disbanded in 2004.
...
.
Personal life
Oldsberg lived in an apartment in Gothenburg. He also owned a house on
Orust and an apartment in
Costa del Sol
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, 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, ...
. 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 of a heart attack on 10 February 2022, at the age of 76.
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1945 births
2022 deaths
20th-century Swedish journalists
21st-century Swedish journalists
Swedish television presenters
Mass media people from Gothenburg
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