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{{short description|Swedish journalist}}{{distinguish|Lars Bengtsson}} Lars Olov "Lasse" Bengtsson (born 22 December 1951) is a Swedish journalist and television presenter.WEB,weblink Söker ny mening, Karin Thunberg, karin.thunberg@svd.se, August 26, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100926111221weblink">weblink September 26, 2010, live, He has been the presenter of shows such as Nyhetsmorgon Lördag ("Newsmorning Saturday"), TV4 News, Misstänkt ("Suspected"), and he also was a reporter for the Swedish broadcasts of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Career

Bengtsson has worked for Sveriges Radio, TV4 and Viasat. His first journalist work was for a local radio station in Malmfätet during the miners strike there.Hedlund, Ingvar, "Chockar sina vänner", Expressen, p. 34, July 29, 2010. After that he worked for Sveriges Radio; amongst the shows he appeared on was Dagens Eko ("Today's Eccho), and he was also a foreign correspondent, news-presenter, reporter and producer for the same show.Efter Bengt kommer Bengtsson, expressen, 28 July 1992, Page 37 In 1991 he started working for TV4 when he presented the news morning show Nyhetsmorgon Lördag, and TV4 News.WEB,weblink Sanningen om Lasse Bengtsson avhopp, Expressen, August 26, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160828080145weblink">weblink August 28, 2016, live, One of his first jobs for TV4 was travelling to Bosnia to report on the Bosnian war and the refugees there. He also conducted the first televised interview with Mattias Flink in March 2009, about fifteen years after Flink committed mass murder.WEB,weblink Söker ny mening, Karin Thunberg, karin.thunberg@svd.se, Svenska Dagbladet, August 26, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160827091013weblink">weblink August 27, 2016, live, Bengtsson became the presenter of the show Misstänkt ("Suspected") which had its premiere on 2 April 2009.WEB,weblink Lasse Bengtsson leder TV4:s nya kriminalprogram Misstänkt – TV4 – tv4.se, tv4.se, August 26, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160916194049weblink">weblink September 16, 2016, live, The show was a crime show with a journalist angle. Bengtsson left TV4 on 1 September 2010 and started working as the information coordinator for the Swedish Afghanistan committee in Kabul.WEB,weblink Nyheterna – tv4.se, August 26, 2016, In August 2014 he returned to Sveriges Radio where he presented P4 Extra, substituting for Lotta Bromé at times.WEB,weblink Med Lasse Bengtsson – P4 Extra, Sveriges, Radio, Sveriges Radio, August 26, 2016, In his first show on P4 Extra he interviewed the skier Charlotte Kalla.WEB,weblink TV4-profilen Lasse Bengtsson till SR, Aftonbladet, August 30, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160917155014weblink">weblink September 17, 2016, live, In 2016, he was a reporter for Viasat's broadcasting of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.WEB,weblink Här är Viasats nya OS-reporter » Viasatsport.se, viasatsport.se, August 26, 2016, He made a report from a favela called Cidade de Deus.WEB,weblink Leifby: Därför väljer OS-tittarna Sportnytt, Aftonbladet, August 30, 2016,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20160911215044weblink">weblink September 11, 2016, live,

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