Bengt Grive
Bengt Grive | |
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 Grive in 1959. | |
| Born | Bengt Edvin Axel Gustafsson 21 March 1921 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 17 September 2003 (aged 82) Lidingö, Sweden |
| Occupations | Sports commentator, journalist, writer |
| Spouse |
Martha Svensson (m. 1945) |
| Children | 1 |
Bengt Edvin Axel Grive (born Gustafsson, 21 March 1921 – 17 September 2003) was a Swedish sports commentator, journalist and author.[1]
Early life
[edit]Grive was born on 21 March 1921 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Edvin Gustafsson and Elsa (née Lindström).[2] Grive worked as a firefighter in Stockholm during a few years in the 1940s.[1]
Career
[edit]In his youth, he was part of the Swedish elite in table tennis, during a few years and won the Swedish championship in the sport in 1951.[3]
Grive worked at Aftonbladet newspaper from 1951 to 1956, and performed as a variety show artist from 1953 to 1960.[2] In 1960, he became a reporter for Sveriges Television, where he worked until 1990 when he became a freelance journalist.[4] In 1993, he started working for Eurosport when the channel expanded its broadcast to the Nordics.[4] He got to commentate both tennis and ski jumping. He also became a mentor for among others Chris Härenstam and Niklas Holmgren.[1]
He is best known for commentating Björn Borg's tennis finals in Wimbledon during the 1970s and 1980s. He also commentated table tennis, figure skating and football.
Personal life
[edit]In 1945, Grive married Marta Svensson (1923–2005), the daughter of Ivar Svensson, a merchant, and Linnéa (née Eriksson). They had one daughter, Madeleine Grive (born 1955), a journalist.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]- Grive, Bengt (1967). Pingis och alla tiders statistik [Ping pong and all-time statistics] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 1982658.
- Swedish tennis: media guide. Gothenburg: Volvo in Sports. 1985–1989. SELIBR 4109602.
- Grive, Bengt; Tecknar-Anders (1989). Glitter och stänk [Glitter and splashes] (in Swedish). Helsingborg: Nordjem. ISBN 9174820192. SELIBR 7644125.
- Grive, Bengt; Tecknar-Anders (1991). Resor med mål [Travel with purpose] (in Swedish). Helsingborg: Nordjem. ISBN 9174820311. SELIBR 7644134.
- Grive, Bengt (1995). Blå gula guld: OS 100 år [Blue yellow gold: 100 years of the Olympics] (in Swedish). Helsingborg: Nordjem. ISBN 9174820427. SELIBR 7644144.
- Grive, Bengt (2001). "Personligt" [Personal]. Röster om Lars Forssell (in Swedish). Stockholm : ABF, 2001: 63–72. SELIBR 3340520.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Olsson, Caroline (20 March 2008). "Bengt Grive död" [Bengt Grive dies]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- 1 2 3 Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 395. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
- ↑ "Grive skulle fyllt 87 år" [Grive would have turned 87 years old]. Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). 20 March 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2019.[dead link]
- 1 2 "En svensk mästare har gått ur tiden" [A Swedish champion has passed away]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 8 September 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
External links
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Media related to Bengt Grive at Wikimedia Commons
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