Bengt Bedrup

Bengt Erik Helge Bedrup (né Nilsson) (10 June 1928 – 27 March 2005) was a Swedish journalist and television personality.

Career Bedrup was born on 10 June 1928 at Maria Prästgårdsgata in Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden, the son of managing director Helge Nilsson and his wife Karin (née Nygren). He attended Viggbyholmsskolan in Viggbyholm in 1945. Bedrup became employed by the Swedish Radio in 1956 and by the Sveriges Television (SVT) in 1958. During the TV's breakthrough as a medium in the early 1960s, he became nationally famous as a sports journalist. Along with Bengt Grive and Sven "Plex" Pettersson, Bedrup was the first to be hired at SVT's sports editorial office, when it was started in 1960. which later founded his extensive work in these matters, including his TV series about alcoholism, Torra fakta (Dry facts) and Beska droppar (Bitter drops). Bedrup made himself also known as an alcohol informant where he wanted parents to teach their children how to drink properly. He was also a member of the Lions Clubs International

Death Bedrup died on 27 March 2005. By then, he had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for several years. He lived the last years of his life in a nursing home in Järfälla.