Adam Alsing

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Adam Alsing (2015)

Rolf Adam Engelbrekt Alsing (born October 12, 1968 in Karlstad ; † April 15, 2020 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish radio and television presenter .

Life

Adam Alsing was the son of Rolf Alsing , the former editor-in-chief of the Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet . He grew up in his hometown Karlstad and in Sollefteå . During his youth he worked as a DJ. After finishing school, he worked as a television presenter at Radio Värmland , a local station for Sveriges Radio .

When the Swedish broadcaster TV4 started its program in 1990, Alsing applied as a possible presenter and was awarded the contract to present the television program Twist & Shout . With his own talk show Adam and the channel change to TV3 , he established himself in the afternoon television program. He founded his own production company with Think Big Productions and thus established a business relationship with the private broadcaster Kanal 5 . From 2000 to 2004 he was the presenter of the Swedish version of Big Brother . In 2014, he again acted as a presenter for a season of Big Brother, this time on Channel 9 .

From 2006 to 2007 he took over the Swedish version of Jeopardy from Magnus Härenstam ! on TV4. From 2009 to 2011 he presented Sveriges värsta bilförare and from September 2011 to April 2012 he again had his own talk show with Adam Live .

On March 25, 2020, he announced that he was in quarantine at home due to a SARS-CoV-2 infection. On April 15, 2020, Alsing died at the age of 51 in Stockholm's Södersjukhuset during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden as a result of his infection. He had been dating his wife since the early 1980s. The couple have two sons.

Web links

Commons : Adam Alsing  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adam Alsing är död - blev 51 år gammal. In: expressen.se . April 15, 2020, accessed April 16, 2020 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Alsing, Adam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alsing, Rolf Adam Engelbrekt (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish radio and television presenter
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlstad , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 2020
Place of death Stockholm , Sweden