Elisabet Höglund

Elisabet Höglund (born 29 August 1944) is a Swedish author and political journalist, working in Swedish television and radio as a reporter. She started her career at SVT, later becoming a freelance journalist. She has written a number of books including an autobiography, and has organised many exhibitions of her own paintings; she is also a former road bicycle racer. She competed in Let's Dance during 2009 on TV4, teaming up with professional dancer Tobias Karlsson. Höglund and Karlsson placed fourth in the competition.

Career

Early life On 12 October 2010, Höglund's biography En kvinna med det håret kan väl aldrig tas på allvar ("Surely a woman with that hairstyle can't be taken seriously") was released. When Höglund was four, her mother became very sick and had to be hospitalised. She could no longer take care of Höglund and her sister; her father worked late-night shifts at the post office so he could not take care of the children full-time. Both were placed in an orphanage, where she was severely bullied. After a year at the orphanage, the two girls were returned to their parents.

Journalist Höglund began her journalism career in 1970 at Västgöta-demokraten, the local newspaper in Borås. In 1977, she moved to Stockholm, where she worked as a press ombudsman for the Swedish Trade Union Confederation. Between 1981 and 1983, she worked at Veckans Affärer as a business reporter until she was hired by Sveriges Television (SVT), also as a business reporter. In 2000, Höglund returned to Sweden, where she continued to work with Rapport and also Aktuellt, SVT's other major news programme. During her years as a European correspondent for Rapport, she and her husband lived in Waterloo, Belgium. Höglund has also worked on other SVT programmes such as Uppdrag granskning, Reportrarna and Studio 24, all of which have more of a focus on investigative journalism. During late 2009 and early 2010, Höglund hosted the TV4 show Förkväll. She was fired from the job by TV4 in the winter of 2010 for unspecified reasons.

Artist and author In addition to her journalistic work, Höglund is also an artist and author. She cycled for IF Ymer in Borås, for whom she won the Swedish championships in team cycling in 1971, 1972 and 1973.

Awards During her career in journalism Höglund has received a number of awards and honours. In 1986, she was awarded the Best Business Reporter by the Swedish local council.

In November 2009, Höglund was awarded Guldkrattan (The Golden Rake) by Resumé magazine and in February 2010 she was named "2009 Mappie of the Year" by Amelia Adamo's magazine M–Magasin.