Suzanne Axell, (born 27December 1955) is a Swedish

journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

and

television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces or hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. It is common for people ...

. She has presented SVTs ''Fråga doktorn'' and she has worked as a journalist for ''

Expressen (''The Express'') is one of two nationwide evening newspapers in Sweden. Describing itself as independent liberal, was founded in 1944; its symbol is a wasp and its slogans are "it stings" or " to your rescue". The newspaper awards the cultu ...

'', ''

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 ''

Arbetet ''Arbetet'' () was a Swedish-language social democrat newspaper published in Malmö, Sweden, from 1887 to 2000. History and profile ''Arbetet'' was first published in Malmö on 6 August 1887. Axel Danielsson was the founder and served as the e ...

''. She has also worked for local radio in

Uppland Uppland is a historical province or ' on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The name literally ...

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

and for

Sveriges Radio Sveriges Radio Aktiebolag, AB (; "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio programming, radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a television ...

s P4 station.

Career

In 1980, she started her career in media. For ten years she worked as a crime reporter for ''Expressen'' and as an entertainment reporter for ''Arbetet''. In 1990, she turned down a job at ''Aftonbladet'' to start working for local radio stations. She presented ''Parasollet'' at Radio Uppland, and she continued to work at that station for five years. After working at Radio Stockholm in her hometown Stockholm and Sveriges Radio, she started presenting the SVT daily show '' Go'kväll'' in 1999, recorded in

Norrköping Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...

. She presented over 300 shows. Since 2003, she is the presenter of the health facts show ''Fråga doktorn'' on the same channel. Axel co-wrote the book ''Fråga doktorn'' which was published in 2005. In it she also interviewed

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre (, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The theatre has been at its present lo ...

actress

Marie Göranzon Britt-Marie Elisabeth Göranzon Malmsjö (born 27 October 1942) is a Swedish actress. Marie Göranzon has been part of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre-ensemble since 1967. She trained at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1964 to 1967. ...

. Axell has received an award from the

Chernobyl Chernobyl, officially called Chornobyl, is a partially abandoned city in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, to the north of Kyiv and to the southwest of Gomel in neighbouring Belarus. ...

foundation in Russia, for her reports about Natasha Andersson and her work for children from the

radiation damage Radiation damage is the effect of ionizing radiation on physical objects including non-living structural materials. It can be either detrimental or beneficial for materials. Radiobiology is the study of the action of ionizing radiation on living ...

d area surrounding Chernobyl. Axell has competed three times in the SVT quiz show ''

På spåret ''På spåret'' () is a popular Swedish TV game show series broadcast on SVT since 5 September 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting an average of 2 ...

'' in 2004, 2005 and 2006. On the first two occasions she reached the semifinals along with her teammate Peder Lamm.

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