Åke Wihlney (February 27, 1932 - December 15 or 17, 1985) was a Swedish journalist and TV presenter. He had a brother called Lennart Wihlney (1935-2016) who, unlike Åke, played soccer in his youth. Åke Wihlney played water polo in his youth. He also played soccer. He began to work for Kvällsposten when he was seventeen. He later moved to Aftonbladet in Stockholm, where he interviewed, among others, Martin Luther King and Fidel Castro. He co-wrote with Jocke Johansson the famous Lill Lindfors' song Jag tycker inte om dig (AKA Jag tycker inte om dej, 1966). He was a summer presenter on Sveriges Radio between 1966 and 1969. He employed also on SVT, where he was a reporter for the Aktuellt newscasts, he wrote the TV series N.P. Möller - fastighetsskötare (1972) and Olle Blom - reporter (1977). He wrote also the TV musical entitled Åh sole mio (1976) with Inga Gill, which its tape has been wiped by an SVT employee to save money, and it's now considered to be lost, along with the earliest Fönster mot TV-världen episodes (1974-1978). He hosted the TV show Fönster mot TV-världen (1974-1985) until his death in 1985. He played in three movies, two of which were directed by Jan Troell (The Emigrants & The New Land, 1971/1972) and the latter by Peter Schildt and Janne Loffe Carlsson. In his TV show Fönster mot TV-världen, its guests included Alla Pugacheva and Yury Nikulin (the movies directed by Leonid Gaidai, including the 1966 movie Kidnapping Caucasian Style). Fönster mot TV-världen was also aired on KNR TV in Greenland between 1984 and 1985. He appeared in the Lätt och Lagom margarine advert in 1984. He lived with Lillemor Olander in Abbekås and they had two children, including Liza Olander Wihlney. He died on heart attack on December 15 or 17, 1985 during the holiday trip to the Canary Islands. The last ever Fönster mot TV-världen episode was posthumously broadcast on December 21, 1985, six or four days after his death. The Greta Garbo documentary was broadcast between 24 and 25 December 1985, also posthumously.
Music:
Y Blew - Maes B (Field B, 1967)
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