Lena Sundström

Lena Sundström

Lena Sundström in 2015

Lena Sundström in 2015.
Born Lena Amalia Kyoung Ran Åkesson
(1972-03-08) 8 March 1972
Seoul, South Korea
Nationality Swedish
Occupation Journalist, author, television presenter
Spouse(s) Bo Sundström (divorced)
Children 2

Lena Amalia Kyoung Ran Sundström (born 8 March 1972) is a Swedish journalist and author. She writes news chronicles and writes for Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter. She has also had her own column at Aftonbladet newspaper, Metro newspaper's Swedish editions, Mersmak and Dagens Arbete.

Early life

Sundström was born in Seoul, South Korea, to an unknown mother and was found outside an orphanage on 8 April 1972. She was estimated to be about one month old at the time, and her birthdate was arbitrarily set at 8 March 1972 (one month earlier).[1][2] She was adopted by a Swedish family when she was 6 months old.[2] She studied in Kristianstad, and also continued to study media and communications in Lund and Copenhagen and journalism at Poppius journalistskola.[3]

Career

She started her career as a journalist at Piteå-Tidningen newspaper,[2] and made her debut as an author in 2005 with the release of the book Saker jag inte förstår och personer jag inte gillar (Things I don't understand and people I don't like).[4]

Her second book, Känns det fint att finnas en dag till? (Does it feel good to exist for one more day?), was released in 2007.[5] She has been a television presenter as well, presenting the TV4 investigative show Kalla fakta after Lennart Ekdal chose to leave the show.[6]

In August 2009, she authored her third book, Världens lyckligaste folk, about Denmark's tough policy concerning immigrants.[7] In the same year, a documentary with the same name as the book aired on TV4; it was created by Sundström.[7]

In 2013, her second documentary, called Dom kallas rasister, was broadcast on TV4. In the same year her next book called Spår was published; this book is about two asylum seekers who in 2001 were deported by Sweden to Egypt where they were tortured by the regime.[8]

Sundström won a number of prizes for her work including Guldspaden journalism award in 2009, the Gleerups literary award also in 2009, the Swedish Publicists' Association Publicistklubben award in 2010, the Torgny Segerstedts frihetspenna (Freedom pen) award in 2014 and the Jolopriset literary award in 2016.[9][10][11]

Personal life

Sundström married Swedish singer Bo Sundström[12] and has two daughters.[13] In 2010, they competed together in the TV show På spåret where they were placed fifth.[13] The couple divorced in 2016.[12]

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Man måste våga trampa folk på tårna" [You Must dare to trample people's toes]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 22 September 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Mer skånsk än utlandsadopterad" [More Skånish than foreign adoptee]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 May 2002. Archived from the original on 6 August 2010.
  3. ↑ "Jag vill göra slut med Persson". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Saker jag inte förstår – och personer jag inte gillar" (in Swedish). Adlibris. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lena Sundström: Känns det fint att finnas en dag till?" [Lena Sundström: Does it feel good to be a day?]. Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lennart Ekdal lämnar 'Kalla fakta' i TV4" [Lennart Ekdal leaves the 'hard facts' on TV4]. Expressen (in Swedish). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Lena Sundström nominerad till Augustpriset" [Lena Sundström nominated for the August Prize]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 19 October 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ett mästerverk av Sundström" [A masterpiece of Sundström]. Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 31 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Jolopriset till Lena Sundström" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "Lena Sundström vann Guldspaden" (in Swedish). hd.se. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "Lena Sundström – Medverkande personer – Sigtuna Litteraturfestival" (in Swedish). sigtunalitteraturfestival.se. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Bo och Lena Sundström skiljer sig" [Bo and Lena Sundström differ]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 10 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  13. 1 2 "Årets modiga mama 2010: Lena Sundström" [Year brave mama 2010: Lena Sundström]. Mama (in Swedish). 15 December 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
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