Ewonne Winblad

Ewonne Elisabet Winblad (née Callert; 1 April 1937 – 9 June 2022) was a Swedish journalist, author, television reporter, and director.

Early life Winblad was born as Ewonne Elisabet Callert on 1 April 1937 at Katarina Parish, Stockholm, Sweden, the daughter of David Callert and his wife Ruth (née Nästegård).

Career Winblad worked as a secretary at Saint Göran Hospital in Stockholm from 1959 to 1960, and at Karolinska Hospital from 1960 to 1962. She worked as a program assistant at Sveriges Radio from 1962 to 1968 and as general reporter at Aftonbladet from 1968 to 1976. Winblad was correspondent in London from 1968 to 1972, deputy local radio manager in Stockholm from 1977 to 1980, and an employee at Rapport in TV2 from 1980 to 1986. Winblad worked as program manager of Kanal 1 from 1986 to 1988, as editorial manager Rapport in 1988, and as channel manager of Sveriges Radio P1 in from 1992 to 1997.

She has also been a board member of Dagens Nyheter and a member of the government's commission on the events in the Hallandsås Tunnel (Tunnel Commission) from 1997 to 1998, Winblad was a board member of the Gullers Grupp from 1998.

Personal life and death In 1965, Winblad married the journalist (1938–2022), the son of Wilhelm Winblad and Rut (née Sundin). On 9 June 2022, it was announced that Winblad died.