Ingela Agardh

Ingela Agardh (27 October 1948 – 17 June 2008) was a Swedish journalist and television presenter.^[4][5]

Ingela Agardh
Agardh in the mid-80s
Born	Ingela Gunnel Elisabeth[1] Mothander 27 October 1948[1] Sundsvall, Sweden[1]
Died	17 June 2008(2008-06-17) (aged 59)[1] Malmköping, Sweden
Resting place	Lilla Malma Skogskyrkogård [citation needed] 59.134453°N 16.726564°E / 59.134453; 16.726564
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation(s)	Journalist television presenter, personality
Employer	Sveriges Television
Notable work	Aktuellt
Spouse	Veijo Agardh (1982–2008)[2]
Children	1[3]

Biography

She was born Ingela Gunnel Elisabeth Mothander on 27 October 1948 in Sundsvall, Sweden.^[3] Before becoming a journalist, she worked at a mental hospital.^[2] She graduated 1970 from journalism school in Gothenburg^[3][2] and became a journalist in 1971 for Sveriges Radio in Sundsvall, 1979 at Radio Göteborg and Sundsvall again in 1979.

In 1980 she became a studio reporter and news anchor for Sveriges Televisions Aktuellt. She was a presenter for Hemma and made frequent appearances as a host for Gomorron Sverige (on Sveriges Television), and participated as a contestant in the quiz show På spåret where she and Stefan Holm won in 2003.^[3][2][6] In her book Den största nyheten (2008) she wrote about her newfound Christian beliefs.^[2][7]

Death

During the summer of 1987 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.^[8] She died of the disease on 17 June 2008 in Malmköping at age 59.^[3]

Personal life

The daughter of civil engineer Arne Mothander and his wife, Gunnel (née Markstrom),^[9] she married Veijo Agardh on 15 April 1982.^[1] They had one child, a daughter named Charlotta.^[3][2]

Filmography

• 1995 – Som krossat glas i en hårt knuten hand (as herself)
• 2001 – Reuter & Skoog (TV-series; as herself; one episode)

Bibliography

• Agardh, Ingela (2008). Den största nyheten. ISBN 9789173870320.

References

This article is completely or partly based on material from the Swedish Wikipedia, Ingela Agardh (from 20 March 2014).