Pekka Heino
Pekka Heino in January 2012
Born (1961-07-17) 17 July 1961
Turku, Finland
NationalityFinnish/Swedish
Occupation(s)Continuity announcer and television host

Pekka Heino (born 17 July 1961) is a television host and presenter from Turku (Åbo). He is a Sweden Finn. Heino introduces television programmes as a continuity announcer on the Swedish channel SVT, where he has been working on and off since 1985.[1][2] He has also hosted a number of Swedish television shows, including the popular SVT quiz show Röda tråden,[3] and has commentated on the Eurovision Song Contest several years for Sweden.[4][5][6] During the summer of 2010, Heino hosted the morning show Gomorron Sverige on SVT.[2] It was announced in December 2010 that Heino would host the SVT programme Gokväll together with Inger Ljung.[2][7]

Heino is openly gay.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Det här visste du inte om Pekka Heino Archived 2009-10-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish), Sveriges Television, accessed 2010-05-28
  2. 1 2 3 "Heino och Ljung leder Go'kväll". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). December 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Läsarna väljer "På spåret"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). January 6, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Bland blåbär och fullblodsproffs". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). May 18, 2006. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Swede triumphs in Eurovision". The Local. May 22, 2005. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Pekka Heino rasar mot Luuk". Expressen (in Swedish). May 13, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Pekka Heino tar över "Gokväll"". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). December 1, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Homosexuella kan få adoptera". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). January 31, 2001.
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