Arne Georg Fredrik Weise (28 February 1930 – 25 September 2019)[2] was a Swedish journalist and television personality, one of the presenters for Sveriges Television (SVT). He worked at Sveriges Radio from 1952 and started working for SVT in 1979.[3]
Arne Weise
Arne Weise after winning a Kristallen-award in 2013
During four decades, 1972–2002, with interruptions in 1978–1979 and 1988–1990, Weise was the presenter of the SVT Christmas Eve broadcast throughout the day.[6] When he became 65 years old in 1995, Weise announced that he was about to quit his job as presenter on Christmas Eve, the announcement was met with large protests.[7] The protests led to additional seven years as presenter for Weise.[7] He also presented the nature show Ett med naturen and Minnenas television in SVT.[5]
In 2002, Weise released the music album Minnen, drömmar och lite till, containing thirteen songs he wrote himself.[8] He also presented the music show Svensktoppen at Sveriges Radio.[9] In 1982, Weise acted in the TV-series Skulden which was broadcast on SVT, there he acted against Gösta Ekman.[2]
Arne Weise also worked as a moderator, speaker, and conferencier. In August 2010, Weise voiced a character in the film Sveket mot minkarna, which revealed the hard conditions of minks in minkfarms in Sweden.[10]Liseberg has also used Weise's voice for radio commercials and TV-commercials for Christmas at Liseberg.[11]
In 2013, Weise won a Kristallen award in the honor category for his work in television.[2][12]
Personal lifeedit
Weise was married and divorced three times and had five children.[13] From his first marriage he had Mikael (born 1959), Madeleine (born 1962), and Marie-Louise (born 1963).[13] From his third marriage he has a son Andreas Weise (born 1986), a singer who participated in Idol 2010 where he placed fifth; a daughter Anna (born 1988) also was born from the same marriage.[14]
In 2007, while televising the opening of a wolf enclosure at Kolmården Wildlife Park, Weise was attacked by a wolf, but survived the attack.
On 25 September 2019, Weise died of natural causes at the age of 89.[9]
1965 – Detta med ungdom: skisser. Stockholm: Gummesson. Libris 713320[16]
1992 – Det bästa ur Ett med naturen. Stockholm: Sveriges radio. Libris 7409661. ISBN 9152217280[17]
1995 – I blickpunkten. Stockholm: Forum. Libris 7256434. ISBN 9137107402[18]
2011 – Boberg, Lars; Weise Arne. Våra 100 år med radio och TV. Västerås: Ica. Libris 12134956. ISBN 978-91-534-3638-6[19]
Referencesedit
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^"Detta med ungdom : skisser - Weise, Arne". www.bokstugan.se. Archived from the original on 22 April 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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