Bo Holmström

Bo Eric Holmström (18 October 1938 – 12 October 2017[1]) was a Swedish journalist, reporter and author. He worked as a reporter both for SVT and TV4. He was the Swedish reporter covering the Norrmalmstorg robbery in 1973 and the West German Embassy siege in 1975.[2] On 11 September 2003 he was the first reporter to announce in media that Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh had died from injuries sustained after an attack earlier that same day.[3] He was reporting from Karolinska hospital for TV4. In 2007 he was awarded the Stora journalistpriset for his journalism work.[4] In 2015, he was awarded an honorary Kristallen at the Kristallen awards.[5]

Bo Holmström
Bo Holmström reports during the Reinfeldt Cabinet taking office in October 2006.
Born	(1938-10-18)18 October 1938 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	12 October 2017(2017-10-12) (aged 78)
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Journalist

In 2016, gangrene in his leg led to its amputation. He spent his last year at a nursing home in Vagnhärad and died on 12 October 2017,[6] 6 days before his 79th birthday.

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Bo Holmström tackar för sig Archived 14 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Svenska Dagbladet Retrieved 13 October 2017. (in Swedish)
3. "Bo Holmberg hade svårt att gå vidare efter mordet" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
4. "Stora Journalistpriset". storajournalistpriset.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 May 2012.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
5. "Bo Holmström prisad på Kristallengalan – Journalisten". journalisten.se (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
6. Bo Holmström död Archived 13 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Svenska Dagbladet Retrieved 13 October 2017. (in Swedish)

External links

Media related to Bo Holmström at Wikimedia Commons