What is Gun Hägglund?
[[File:Gun-Hägglund-1958.jpg|thumb|Gun Hägglund in 1958 speaking the news for Aktuellt.]] '''Karin Gunvor Sjöblom Hägglund''' (2 March 1932–19 August 2011) was [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[television]] star. She is better known as '''Gun Hägglund'''. Hägglund is the first [[female]] in Sweden who presented [[news]] on television.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2537879/varldens-forsta-kvinnliga-nyhetsupplasare-dod |title=Världens första kvinnliga nyhetsuppläsare död - Nyheter - Senaste nytt &#124; Expressen - Nyheter Sport Ekonomi Nöje |first= |last= |work=expressen.se |year=2011 |accessdate=29 August 2011}} {{in lang|sv}}</ref> She was the news presenter of [[Aktuellt]] in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/tv-profilen-gun-hagglund-ar-dod |title=Tv-profilen Gun Hägglund är död - DN.SE |first= |last= |work=dn.se |year=2011 |accessdate=29 August 2011}} {{in lang|sv}}</ref> Hägglund was born in [[Örnsköldsvik]], Sweden and died in [[Visby]]. She was married to the Swedish news editor Karl-Axel Sjöblom. Both hosted and moderated the popular Swedish TV show ''Halv sju''. Her husband died in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hd.se/familj/2007/02/26/gun-haegglund-hon-gillar-livet/ |title=Gun Hägglund: Hon gillar livet - hd.se |first= |last= |work=hd.se |year=2011 |accessdate=29 August 2011 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102175638/http://hd.se/familj/2007/02/26/gun-haegglund-hon-gillar-livet/ |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|sv}}</ref> Hägglund died in 2011 after a short illness.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.nt.se/nyheter/artikel.aspx?articleid=7064704 |title=Första kvinnliga nyhetsuppläsaren - Norrköping Lokala nyheter - Norrköpings Tidningar |first= |last= |work=nt.se |year=2011 |accessdate=29 August 2011}} {{in lang|sv}}</ref> Her career started in 1955 when she started working for the Swedish [[radio]]. She was a [[secretary]] and program [[wikt:announcement|announcer]]. In 1958, she moved to television shows and became the first femal