Ulf Strömberg

Ulf Strömberg, sometimes anglicised as Stroemberg, (4 November 1959 – 26 November 2001) was a Swedish cameraman for Sweden's TV4, who was shot and killed by robbers in Taloqan, Takhar Province, Afghanistan while covering the War in Afghanistan in 2001.

Personal Ulf Strömberg was married and the father of three children, two daughters and a son.

Career Strömberg was initially employed for a TV4 affiliate in Uppsala, Sweden and then joined the national network in 1998. Strömberg's last position was as a photojournalist in Paris with correspondent Elisabet Frerot for TV4. At the time, Strömberg was covering the war with TV4 journalist Rolf Porseryd.

Strömberg was an early press casualty, the eighth, in the War in Afghanistan, and one in a series against Western reporters in that region. Journalists were concerned about their safety as the fleeing Taliban left a lawlessness in the north in their wake that was an additional concern in covering warfare. In 1979, Swedish journalists Arne Lemberg and Karl Bergman were killed in Uganda.

Reactions At the time, Sweden's Prime Minister Göran Persson responded to Strömberg's murder.