Bengt Grive

Bengt Grive
Grive in 1959.
Born
Bengt Edvin Axel Gustafsson

(1921-03-21)21 March 1921
Stockholm, Sweden
Died17 September 2003(2003-09-17) (aged 82)
Lidingö, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Sports commentator, journalist, writer
Spouse
Martha Svensson
​
(m. 1945)​
Children1

Bengt Edvin Axel Grive, né Gustafsson (21 March 1921 – 17 September 2003) was a Swedish sports commentator, journalist and author.[1]

Early life

Grive was born on 21 March 1921 in Stockholm, Sweden, the son of Edvin Gustafsson and Elsa (née Lindström).[2] Grive worked as a firefighter in Stockholm during a few years in the 1940s.[1]

Career

Grive worked at Aftonbladet newspaper from 1951 to 1956, and performed as a variety show artist from 1953 to 1960.[2] In 1960, he became a reporter for Sveriges Television, where he worked until 1990 when he became a freelance journalist.[3] In 1993, he started working for Eurosport when the channel expanded its broadcast to the Nordics.[3] He got to commentate both tennis and ski jumping. He also became a mentor for amongst others Chris Härenstam [sv] and Niklas Holmgren [sv].[1]

He is best known for commentating Björn Borg's tennis finals in Wimbledon during the 1970s and 1980s. He also commentated table tennis, figure skating and football. He was part of the Swedish elite in table tennis, during a few year and won the Swedish championship in the sport in 1951.[4]

Personal life

In 1945, Grive married Marta Svensson (1923–2005), the daughter of Ivar Svensson, a merchant, and Linnéa (née Eriksson). They had one daughter, Madeleine Grive (born 1955), a journalist.[2]

Bibliography

  • Grive, Bengt (1967). Pingis och alla tiders statistik (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. SELIBR 1982658.
  • Swedish tennis: media guide. Gothenburg: Volvo in Sports. 1985–1989. SELIBR 4109602.
  • Grive, Bengt; Tecknar-Anders (1989). Glitter och stänk (in Swedish). Helsingborg: Nordjem. ISBN 9174820192. SELIBR 7644125.
  • Grive, Bengt; Tecknar-Anders (1991). Resor med mål (in Swedish). Helsingborg: Nordjem. ISBN 9174820311. SELIBR 7644134.
  • Grive, Bengt (1995). Blå gula guld: OS 100 år (in Swedish). Helsingborg: Nordjem. ISBN 9174820427. SELIBR 7644144.
  • Grive, Bengt (2001). "Personligt". Röster om Lars Forssell (in Swedish). Stockholm : ABF, 2001: 63–72. SELIBR 3340520.

References

  1. ^ a b c Olsson, Caroline (20 March 2008). "Bengt Grive död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Salander Mortensen, Jill, ed. (1996). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1997 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1997] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 395. ISBN 91-1-960852-7. SELIBR 3681533. Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  3. ^ a b "En svensk mästare har gått ur tiden". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 8 September 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Grive skulle fyllt 87 år". Kristianstadsbladet (in Swedish). 20 March 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2019.[dead link‍]

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