What is Åke Ortmark?
[[File:Åke Ortmark.JPG|right|200px]] '''Åke Helge Ortmark''' (14 May 1929 – 18 October 2018) was a Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://runeberg.org/vemardet/1993/0859.html |title=Åke Ortmark |work=[[Vem är det]] |pages=859–860 |year=1993 |language=sv}}</ref> During a long career he worked for both television and radio. He was born in [[Stockholm]]. He started working at [[Sveriges Radio]] in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/ddeJ9q/journalisten-ake-ortmark-ar-dod|title=Journalisten Åke Ortmark är död|work=Aftonbladet|access-date=19 October 2018 |language=sv}}</ref> Ortmark became the editor-in-chief of the weekly newspaper ''[[Veckans Affärer]]'' between 1974 and 1976.<ref name=death>{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/sv-se/nyheter/inrikes/åke-ortmark-är-död-–-blev-89-år-gammal/ar-BBOAEeT |title=Åke Ortmark död blev 89 år gammal |publisher=MSN |access-date=19 October 2018 |language=sv}}</ref> In 1997 he was the television presenter for his own interview show ''O som i Ortmark'' which was broadcast on [[TV8 (Sweden)|TV8]] until 2006. Ortmark died on 18 October 2018 in Stockholm of [[pneumonia]] at the age of 89.<ref name=death/> ==References== {{commonscat}} {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ortmark, Åke}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Swedish journalists]] [[Category:Swedish radio personalities]] [[Category:Swedish television presenters]] [[Category:Writers from Stockholm]] {{bio-stub}}