John Chrispinsson

John Knut Chrispinsson (born 13 December 1956 in Enskede parish, Stockholm, died 3 April 2017 in Stockholm) was a Swedish journalist, author and television presenter. He worked mostly in TV and radio with news programmes and historical programmes. Chrispinsson also wrote several books on Swedish history.

Biography
Chrispinsson started to work as a journalist for Strengnäs Tidning, Expressen and Sveriges Radio. In 1988, he started to work for SVT, and presented programmes including Svepet; Gomorron Sverige; the Wedding of Prince Carl Philip and Sofia Hellqvist; Melodifestivalen 1989 with Yvonne Ryding; Röda rummet and Bokbussen. He co-hosted eight live broadcasts from the Nobel Prize festivities in Stockholm between 2001 and 2011.

In 1990, he started working for Sveriges Radio P1 where he presented Förmiddag i P1 and Direkt. He then spent most of the 1990s, presenting the news show Kanalen. He also was producer of the radio show Historiska klubben.

Outside the TV house, he often worked as a debate leader at conferences and hearings on politics, economics, science and community planning.

Chrispinsson collapsed suddenly from a heart attack outside a gym and died on 3 April 2017. Previously, he had suffered from borrelia.