Marcus Sture Vilhelm Oskarsson (born 21 March 1976) is a Swedish political commentator and journalist. He is best known as a political expert commentator for
TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to:
*TV4 (Polish TV channel), a private Polish television station
*TV4 (Swedish TV channel), a Swedish television network
**TV4 AB, owners of the Swedish television station
*SABC TV4, a channel operated by the South African st ...
.
Early life
Marcus Oscarsson studied in Hultsfred, Sweden and then continued his studies in economy at the
Linnaeus University
Linnaeus University (LNU) () is a state university in the Swedish historical province (''landskap'') Småland, with campuses located in Växjö and Kalmar. Linnaeus University was established in 2010 by a merger of former Växjö University a ...
in
Växjö
Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial ce ...
. In 2006, he started working at the
Regeringskansliet for the government, and then became a trainee at the chambers of commerce in Denver.
Career
For five years Oscarsson was a local reporter for the newspaper ''Vimmerby Tidning''; he then worked at ''
Barometern-OT'', a local newspaper in
Oskarshamn
Oskarshamn is a coastal city and the seat of Oskarshamn Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 17,258 inhabitants in 2010.
History
Etymology
Döderhultsvik was the original name before a town charter was granted in 1856. The name was then chan ...
for twelve years. He has since also been a reporter for ''The Times'', ''The Sunday Times'', and the ''Daily Mail'', being the newspapers' reporter for the Nordic region.
He has also been a reporter for ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the news bureau
GlobalPost
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. In Sweden he has been a political commentator for
TT, ''
Aftonbladet
(, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish language, Swedish daily tabloid newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries.
History and profile
The newspaper was founded by Lar ...
'', and ''
Aktuellt
''Aktuellt'' (literally "current; topical" or "actual") is a Swedish nightly news programme produced by Sveriges Television (SVT) and broadcast on its second channel, SVT2 in Sweden.
It was first broadcast on 2 September 1958. With the start of ...
'' at
SVT. He has since 2012 been the political expert for
TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to:
*TV4 (Polish TV channel), a private Polish television station
*TV4 (Swedish TV channel), a Swedish television network
**TV4 AB, owners of the Swedish television station
*SABC TV4, a channel operated by the South African st ...
.
Since 2004, he has been a guest speaker in politics and political science at the
University of Denver
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in
Colorado
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.
Oscarsson has commented on the US presidential election in 2012 and 2016 for TV4,
as well as the Swedish general elections in Sweden for the same channel in 2014 and 2018. In 2015, he was nominated for a
Kristallen
Kristallen () is the official annual Swedish television award, administered by the foundation . It was created in 2005 by television producers SVT, TV3, TV4, Kanal 5 and UR.
The trophy
The award trophy, created by Mårten Claesson, Eero ...
television award for TV personality of the Year.
References
External links
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Living people
1976 births
Swedish journalists
People from Hultsfred Municipality