Sven Gustaf Lindahl (born 25 June 1937, in Stockholm) is a Swedish journalist, songwriter, radio and television presenter. As a teenager, he played in a

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band. After leaving school, he worked briefly as a welding apprentice in

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and later studied at an

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in Chesterfield, but eventually came to study journalism at Poppius Journalistskola before he started working at the local newspaper Västerort. Lindahl has presented the radio show

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for Sveriges Radio. Lindahl has hosted

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, twice in 1963 and 1966. In addition Lindahl commented for Sweden at the

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and the

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. Since 1969 Lindahl has been a member of SKAP (Swedish composers of popular music).Grattis Mora Nisse...Ur Spår Sven Lindahl...
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1937 births Living people Musicians from Stockholm Swedish television personalities Swedish radio personalities Swedish songwriters Swedish journalists {{sweden-tv-stub