Jan Sandquist

Jan Olov Ferdinand Sandquist (born 6 August 1932) is a Swedish journalist.

Career

Sandquist was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of Ferdinand Sandquist and Anna (née Hjort). He was a journalist at Mariestads-Tidningen in Mariestad in 1949, Västergötlands Annonsblad in 1953 and Göteborgs-Tidningen in 1955. Sandqvist worked in the press office at Vattenfall in 1960 and was a freelance journalist in South America from 1964 to 1967. He was foreign correspondent in South America for Sveriges Radio from 1968 to 1974.[1]

On 29 June 1973 Sandquist and his colleague Leonardo Henrichsen were in Santiago de Chile to do a report on the risk of a coup d'état known as the Tanquetazo, a prelude to the coup on September 11 the same year. Sandqvist and Henrichsen had together covered 16 coups in Latin America and had been shot at several times. While filming the events outside La Moneda Palace, Henrichsen and Sandquist were fired at and Henrichsen was fatally shot by a soldier before collapsing in the arms of Sandquist.[2] Sandqvist later said that the tragic event in Santiago de Chile was the most shocking of his career.[3]

Sandquist returned to Sweden in 1974 to be the host of Rapport in TV2, a position he stayed in until 1979. Sandquist was then foreign correspondent in United States from 1979 to 1982 and employee of the Rapport editorial team from 1982 to 1983. He was district manager in Örebro from 1983 to 1986 and communications manager at SIDA from 1986.[1]

Sandquist, good friend with ambassador Harald Edelstam, has written two books about Edelstam's life together with Germán Perotti.

Personal life

Sandquist was married 1954-69 to journalist Marianne Sandberg (born 1931), the daughter of skipper Gustaf Lindgren and Hilma (née Almroth).[4] He remarried in 1971 to Kerstin Ahlström (born 1937), the daughter of captain Sven Ahlström and the artist Lena (née Malmberg).[1]

Bibliography

  • Perotti, Germán; Sandquist, Jan (2013). Harald Edelstam: héroe del humanismo, defensor de la vida [Harald Edelstam: humanism hero, defender of life] (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Santiago: LOM. ISBN 9789560004116. SELIBR 16235396.
  • Perotti, Germán; Sandquist, Jan (2011). Harald Edelstam: la vida por sobre todo : ensayo biográfico [Harald Edelstam: life above all : biographical essay] (in Spanish). Stockholm: Ediciones Taller Estocolmo. ISBN 978-91-979451-1-0. SELIBR 12277403.

References

  1. ^ a b c Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, eds. (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1993] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 965. ISBN 91-1-914072-X.
  2. ^ "Leonardo filmade ända in i döden" [Leonardo filmed up until his death] (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ^ Svensson, Marcus (30 October 2005). "Militär stäms 32 år efter mordet på svensk fotograf" [Military sued 32 years after the murder of Swedish photographer]. Sydsvenskan (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. ^ Öhrström, Kerstin; Andersson, Sigrid, eds. (1988). Vem är hon: kvinnor i Sverige: biografisk uppslagsbok [1988] [Who is she: women in Sweden: biographical reference book [1988]] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. pp. 401–402. ISBN 91-1-863422-2.