
Sverker Olofsson (born April 14, 1947 in
Vännäs
Vännäs () is a locality in Västerbotten County in northern Sweden. Vännäs is the seat of Vännäs Municipality and had 4,466 inhabitants in 2018.
The name of the village is known since 1535 (''Wendenäs'', ‘The place where a person walk ...
,
Västerbotten
Västerbotten (), known in English as West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in the north of Sweden, bordering Ångermanland, Lapland, North Bothnia, and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is known for the cheese named after the pro ...
), is a
Swedish TV-personality. He has led the consumer show ''
Plus'' since 1987 on
SVT,
and is one of their most well-known faces, appearing in a series of advertisements for SVT and was in 2006 a part of the Swedish
election
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
survey called ''Karavanen''.
He has also appeared on the consumer issues program 24 Konsument.
In 2009 he was awarded the
Lukas Bonnier Great Journalist Award.
He is the father of
Linda Olofsson, who also is working for SVT.
Sources
1947 births
Living people
People from Vännäs Municipality
Swedish television personalities
Swedish television journalists
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