Olle Helander
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Olle Helander born 2 August 1919, died 15 April 1976, born in Stockholm
, Swedish
music journalist, author
, producer
and presenter
of radio
and TV. From 1950 he was head of jazz at Sveriges Radio
and 1956 took the initiative to Radiobandet. Material from the radio series Blueskvarter has since been released on CD. From 1965 he was hired as a TV producer responsible for the Swedish outtakes to Melodifestivalen
during the end of the 60s.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
music journalist, author
Author
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, producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and presenter
Presenter
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of radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and TV. From 1950 he was head of jazz at Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio AB – Swedish Radio Ltd – is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster. The Swedish public-broadcasting system is in many respects modelled after the one used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Radio - like Sveriges Television - shares many characteristics with...
and 1956 took the initiative to Radiobandet. Material from the radio series Blueskvarter has since been released on CD. From 1965 he was hired as a TV producer responsible for the Swedish outtakes to Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen is an annual music competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio . It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, and has been staged almost every year since 1959...
during the end of the 60s.