Kjell Albin Abrahamson (23 June 1945 – 22 September 2016) was a Swedish journalist and author. He served as Swedish National Radio's senior correspondent to Warsaw, Poland, a position he previously held in Moscow, USSR (1986–1990); twice in Vienna, Austria (1990–1994 and 2001–2004); and once before in Warsaw (1994–1997). He also wrote for Sydsvenska Dagbladet and op-ed pieces for Länstidningen of Östersund.[1]
Kjell Albin Abrahamson | |
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 Kjell Albin Abrahamson during the Göteborg Book Fair in October 2007 | |
| Born | 23 June 1945  Östersunds församling |
| Children | Emmy Abrahamson |
Abrahamson has written a number of initiated books about the transitional characteristics of Eastern Europe and Russia. After the assassination of the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, Abrahamson blamed the Russian President Vladimir Putin, naming him "Gasputin" (an obvious mockery of the president, Gazprom, and the Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin), concluding: "With oil and gas, (Putin) has succeeded, where the Soviet Union - despite having nuclear weapons - failed".[2]
Abrahamson suffered a stroke and died in Gdynia, Poland on 22 September 2016.[3]
Selected bibliography
edit- Munkavlen och ordet : [Polen 81] = [Knebel i slowo] : [Polska 81], Göteborg : Maneten, 1981. ISBN 978-91-7576-002-5
- Från stormakt till Big Mac : oväsentligheter om Sovjetunionen, Stockholm : Norstedt, 1991. ISBN 978-91-1-911772-4
- Fakta om Tjeckien och Slovakien, Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell, 1994. ISBN 978-91-21-15202-7
- Balkan betyder berg : [reporter i krigets Jugoslavien], Stockholm : Fischer, 1995. ISBN 978-91-7054-770-6
- Fakta om Österrike och Schweiz, Stockholm : Almqvist & Wiksell, 1996. ISBN 978-91-21-14561-6
- Polen - diamant i aska (Polska - diament w popiele), Stockholm : Fischer, 1997. ISBN 978-91-7054-850-5
- Sverige och Polen : Szwecja i Polska, Stockholm : Svenska institutet, 2000. ISBN 978-91-520-0642-9
- Den harmynte humoristen, Stockholm : Fischer, 2002. ISBN 978-91-7054-954-0
- Enkel biljett till Polen, Rimbo : Fischer & Co, 2004. ISBN 978-91-85183-04-3
References
edit- ^ "Gräv 06" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
- ^ Kjell Albin Abrahamson: I'm trying to understand what's wrong with Russia[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kjell Albin Abrahamson död - DN.SE" (in Swedish). 23 September 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2016.