Arne Weise

Arne Georg Fredrik Weise (28 February 1930 – 25 September 2019) 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.

Early life Born in Malmö, Arne Georg Fredrik Weise'

Career

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. 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. The protests led to additional seven years as presenter for Weise. He also presented the music show Svensktoppen'' at Sveriges Radio. In 1982, Weise acted in the TV-series Skulden which was broadcast on SVT, there he acted against Gösta Ekman. Liseberg has also used Weise's voice for radio commercials and TV-commercials for Christmas at Liseberg.

In 2013, Weise won a Kristallen award in the honor category for his work in television.

Personal life Weise was married and divorced three times and had five children. From his first marriage he had Mikael (born 1959), Madeleine (born 1962), and Marie-Louise (born 1963).

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.