Lars-Gunnar Björklund

Lars-Gunnar Björklund (24 February 1937 – 30 November 2012) was a Swedish radio and TV journalist. He was famous as a sports reporter, especially reporting from Vasaloppet and the Ice Hockey World Championships.

Early life
Björklund was born on 24 February 1937 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Oscar Björklund, a tram driver, and his wife Gerda. He passed studentexamen in 1957 and conducted university studies in Stockholm in 1962 and studied television at New York University in New York City in 1963. Björklund also attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. He played handball for Djurgårdens IF.

Career
Björklund worked as an editor at Sveriges Radio from 1958 to 1979, and as marketing director at AB Tipstjänst from 1979 to 1995. He was then Director Corporate Affairs at Tipstjänst/Svenska Spel from 1996 to 1998, and at LGB Publicity AB.

He was an important part of Sweden's first TV sports editorial team, where he recruited employees such as Arne Hegerfors, Fredrik Belfrage and Ingvar Oldsberg. During the 1970s, he then became a well-known face for Tipsextra, and was awarded, among other things, as the first sports journalist the Stora Journalistpriset in radio and television.

Björklund hosted the TV show Supersvararna in Sveriges Television from 1988.

Personal life
In 1964, Björklund married secretary/script supervisor Lena Ekvall (born 1942), the daughter of Einar Ekvall and Brita (née Nygren). They had two sons.