Björn Hellberg

Björn Hellberg (born 4 August 1944) is a Swedish sports journalist, author, tennis oracle and TV personality, best known as co-host and referee of the television show "På spåret".

Björn Hellberg
Björn Hellberg at the Gothenburg Book Fair in September 2013
Born (1944-08-04) 4 August 1944
Borås, Sweden
Occupation(s)Sports journalist, writer

He was born in Borås, Sweden, but his family soon moved to Laholm.

Although he participated as a competitor during the early years of "På spåret", later (in the team in which Bengt Grive and Mats Strandberg also participated), he turned out to be an "oracle" in all possible subjects outside tennis, his absolute favorite subject. Together with his friend, the equally esteemed Swedish television celebrity Ingvar Oldsberg, Hellberg has participated in many other television programmes.[1][2] During the Winter Olympics 1992 in Albertville, Hellberg and Oldsberg became a television pair who were so impressed by the Norwegian successes there, that they gave each other Norwegian names and told the viewers that they had to emigrate and become Norwegians, in a playful tone.[3] Oldsberg gave Hellberg the Norwegian name "Hellbakken".[4] Hellberg lives in Laholm[5] and has also become an honorary citizen of this town in Halland, Sweden, where a street has been named after him – Hellbakken, the nickname Oldsberg had given him during the 1992 Winter Olympics.[4]

Hellberg is also an author of several crime novels, initially inspired by Stieg Trenter,[6] some of which have been translated to other languages.

In 2011, Hellberg became a Hall of Fame member at Svenska Tennismuséet, in Båstad[7] He has at several occasions expressed sympathies for Sunderland FC. He is sometimes seen at Örjans Vall watching Halmstad BK (and also Laholm's own small club at home).

Partial bibliography
  • "Gråt i mörker" (1981)
  • "Födde: en dotter" (1988)
  • "Dråpslaget" (1992)
  • "Rovlystnad" (1993)
  • "Inte önskvärd" (1994)
  • "Slutkört" (1995)
  • "Då dagboken dog" (1996)
  • "Gräddhyllan" (1997)
  • "Förhäxad" (1998)
  • "Hedersmord" (1998), (In Dutch, "Eremoord")
  • "Panelhönan" (1999), (In Dutch, "Voyeur")
  • "Misstaget" (2000)
  • "Tacksägelsen" (2000)
  • "Hotelldöd" (2001)
  • "Den grå" (2001)
  • "Funny Fanny" (2002)
  • "Paria" (2003)
  • "Karaoke" (2004)
  • "Dominans" (2005)
  • "Dödslängtan" (2006)
  • "Trofésamlaren" (2007)
  • "Nattvandraren" (2008)
  • "Den flerfaldige mördaren" (2010)
  • "Sankte Per" (2012)[8]
  • "Skarprättaren" (2012)
  • "Skumrask" (2013)
  • "De tysta" (2014)
  • "De hatiska" (2015)
  • "Dödsdrycken" (2016)
  • "Likspett" (2017)
  • "Narrspegel" (2020)
  • "Lastbart" (2021)
  • "Vena amoris" (2022)

References
  1. "Oldsberg och Hellberg planerar comeback ihop".
  2. "Oldsberg och Hellberg i Karlskoga". Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  3. Ingvar Oldsberg Och Björn Hellberg söker Norskt medborgarskap 1992. YouTube. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021.
  4. "Björn Hellberg: Jag har gett namn åt både en gata och en pralin". 5 December 2013.
  5. "Bonusfaktans mästare".
  6. ""Stieg Trenter fick mig att skriva egna deckare" | Attraktiv Media". Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  7. "Hall of Fame – Sveriges Tennismuseum".
  8. "Sammanfattning av Björn Hellbergs böcker".
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