Lennart Ekdal (born 19 November 1953) is a Swedish journalist and television presenter.

Career

Born in

Linköping Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...

, he began his career in financial journalism in the 1980s and is best known for his work on several

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programs, starting in 1990, before leaving in 2013. Before his success with TV4, Ekdal worked for the national public television broadcaster

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(SVT), the daily newspaper ''

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'' and the weekly business journal ''

Veckans Affärer ''Veckans Affärer'' (, lit. "the week's business") was a Swedish business magazine published on a weekly basis in Stockholm, dealing in all business-related matters both within and outside Sweden. It was in circulation between 1965 and 2019. ...

''.

Personal life

Ekdal is the father of the professional

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Albin Ekdal Albin Ekdal (; born 28 July 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Allsvenskan club Djurgårdens IF. Formed at IF Brommapojkarna, Ekdal has spent most of his career in Italy, where he has made over 300 ...

(born 1989) and

Hjalmar Ekdal Hjalmar Ekdal (; born 21 October 1998) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Burnley and the Sweden national team. Beginning his professional career with IK Frej in 2018, Ekdal briefly represented Assyriska ...

(born 1998).

References

1953 births Living people People from Linköping Swedish journalists Swedish television presenters {{Sweden-journalist-stub