Kerstin Behrendtz

Kerstin Behrendtz
Born
Clary Kerstin Margareta Behrendtz

(1950-08-18)18 August 1950
Stockholm, Sweden
Died28 March 2020(2020-03-28) (aged 69)
Stockholm, Sweden
SpouseThomas Samuelsson
Career
ShowJukeboxen
StationSveriges Radio
CountrySweden

Clary Kerstin Margareta Behrendtz, for a time Behrendtz Samuelsson[1] (18 August 1950[2] – 28 March 2020)[3] was a Swedish radio presenter and director of music for Sveriges Radio's programmes.

Biography

She worked for Sveriges Radio, where she worked as a director who selected songs to be played in the radio stations programmes. She retired on 31 August 2017.[4] On 7 October 2017, Behrendtz presented Jukeboxen on Sveriges Radio P4.[5] She was part of the selection committee that decided what songs would take part in Melodifestivalen 2014.[6] She was also part of the selection committee for the Swedish Music Hall of Fame from 2014 until her death.[7] On August 31, 2017, she retired.[8]

Behrendtz was between 1972 and 1977, married to film director Thomas Samuelsson and they had two children together.[7]

Behrendtz died on 28 March 2020, after suffering from COVID-19.[7] She is buried in Danderyd's cemetery.[9]

References

  1. ^ Sveriges befolkning 1980, CD-ROM, Version 1.02, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2004).
  2. ^ Sveriges befolkning 1970, CD-ROM, Version 1.04, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (2002).
  3. ^ "Radioprofilen Kerstin Behrendtz död i corona". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 28 March 2020. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  4. ^ "Gör den klassiska listan – för sista gången". Aftonbladet. 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ Radio, Sveriges (7 October 2017). "Kerstin Behrendtz: I 47 år har det varit roligt att gå till jobbet - varje dag - Jukeboxen i P4". sverigesradio.se. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  6. ^ De valde låtarna - här är Melodifestivalens urvalsjury Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine SVT Retrieved 28 March 2020
  7. ^ a b c Lindqvist, Johan (28 March 2020). "Radiolegendaren Kerstin Behrendtz har avlidit i corona". Göteborgs Posten. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Gör den klassiska listan – för sista gången". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 2022-06-29.
  9. ^ AB, Eniac Data. "Sök gravsatt på SvenskaGravar.se". www.svenskagravar.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-06-29.
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