Jan Lorentzon dies – SVT Sport icon turned 82

Jan Lorentzon, a famous SVT sports reporter, has died.

Arne Hegerforce mourns for a colleague who always wanted to highlight athletes – but himself was rarely seen.

– It’s sad to hear what happened, says Arne.

maybe add Mats Nystrom His former colleague’s work is better.

– If one of Håkan Mild’s pants leg was seen in a photo during an agency broadcast, you can imagine she appeared on Sportnytt in the evening. Janne Lorentzon has been incredibly active when it comes to finding things from all over the world, especially soccer in Europe. It took a little work to discover everything the folks at Sportnytt and Sportspegeln found.

Weren’t they just goals we had to see?

– number. The Swede never needed to score a goal or even get one pass. It was enough that he was visible in the picture and Jean caught him.

Lorentzon has been seriously ill lately

Jan Lorentzon was born in 1940 in Nyköping and became a sports reporter in the 1960s SVT. He commented on athletics, fencing and boxing, but is best known for his summaries of international football. Today, highlights and dream goals spread from the big arenas the very second they happened on the pitch, but in the ’80s and ’90s, it took diligence to sort everything that matters to Sweden from the unsorted broadcasts that managed articles Sports opener of access.

Recently, 82-year-old Jan Laurentson became seriously ill. But that didn’t stop him from calling his younger teammates when an extraordinarily successful feature was broadcast on SVT.

– He was friendly. A year ago he suddenly called and said “Good sports mirror over there”. When I asked how it was, he just said “Thank you, thank you, have a good time, hello”. It was so. Nystrom says he hasn’t made much of himself.

Seems old fashioned in a good way?

– yes. He was a very generous person who raised the flag of televised sports very high. An important cog in the wheel.

Arne Hegerfors has worked for a long time with Janne Lorentzon and is grieving the death of his friend.

– He’s so sad. He was a good companion and sort of a stabilizer in the editorial office with his cheerful expressions. I remember that there was a lot of the phrase “Listen to the dodo, hear the dododo.”

“One of the rocks in the little gang”

Doesn’t he seem to have sought the limelight?

– No, he was happy with the position he had. He didn’t seem to be fighting for any top positions but he loved the sport and didn’t mind working with the tasks he was given. And then he had a very good voice on radio and television, and was good at reading news telegrams. This was his strongest point.

Jens Lind began playing televised sports in 1986 and remembers a warm colleague.

Jean is one of the rocks in the little gang. He was a very kind man and fellow who found his place in an editorial office with many powerful individuals. He loved boxing and English football. I think he knew all the heavyweight matches with his five fingers.

– From various meetings, I remember that he was especially involved in matters of unauthorized advertising. And he didn’t hesitate to cancel matches at Sportnet if he discovered something was wrong.

Jan Lorentzon is survived by his wife Ewa, sons Jacob and Daniel, and grandchildren.

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