{{Short description|Swedish journalist (born 1955)}} {{Infobox person | name = Svante Stockselius | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Stig Svante Stockselius | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|12|31|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Hudiksvall]], Sweden | occupation = Television executive, journalist | years_active = | website = | spouse = Kajsa Glansén | children = 2 | module = {{infobox officeholder| embed = yes | office = Executive supervisor of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] | term_start = 4 June 2003 | term_end = 31 December 2010 | successor = [[Jon Ola Sand]] | predecessor = [[Christine Marchal-Ortiz]]<br>[[Sarah Yuen]] (acting) | office2 = Executive supervisor of the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] | term_start2 = 4 June 2003 | term_end2 = 31 December 2010 | successor2 = {{ill|Sietse Bakker|nl}} }} }}
'''Stig Svante Stockselius''' ({{IPA|sv|ˈsvânːtɛ stɔkˈsěːlɪɵs|lang}}; born 31 December 1955) is a [[Swedes|Swedish]] [[journalist]] and television executive. He was the executive supervisor of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] from {{escyr|2004}} to {{escyr|2010}} and the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest]] from {{escyr|2003|Junior}} to {{escyr|2010|Junior}}.
==Early life and career== Svante Stockselius grew up in [[Ockelbo Municipality|Ockelbo]], a small town in central Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dagens Nyheter |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1159&a=174363&maNo=-1 |title=Prinsessan och pojken av folket |access-date=2007-01-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001145600/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1159&a=174363&maNo=-1 |archive-date=2007-10-01 |df= }}</ref> He started his career as a journalist. For 16 years, he worked for the [[Stockholm]]-based evening newspaper ''[[Expressen]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=TV4.se|url=http://www.tv4.se/245058.html|title=Svante Stockselius till TV4|access-date=2007-01-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224231601/http://www.tv4.se/245058.html|archive-date=2012-12-24|df=}}</ref>
As head of the entertainment division of the Swedish [[Public broadcasting|public service]] [[television]] company [[Sveriges Television]] from the late 1990s, he worked for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2000]], held in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web|author=YLE|url=http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242|title=Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC|access-date=2007-01-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208225706/http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242|archive-date=2012-12-08|df=}}</ref> He was also the architect of a major revamp of the Swedish ESC qualification competition, [[Melodifestivalen]], in [[Melodifestivalen 2002|2002]], introducing four semi-finals and a Second Chance round preceding the finals.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gylleneskor.se|url=http://www.gylleneskor.se/history/logged/mf_year.php?mf_year=2002|title=Melodifestivalen 2002|accessdate=2007-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514231204/http://www.gylleneskor.se/history/logged/mf_year.php?mf_year=2002|archive-date=2005-05-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> That same year, he went on to work for the commercial Swedish television channel [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]].<ref>{{cite web|author=TV4.se|url=http://www.tv4.se/245058.html|title=Svante Stockselius till TV4|access-date=2007-01-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121224231601/http://www.tv4.se/245058.html|archive-date=2012-12-24|df=}}</ref>
After {{esccnty|Estonia|y=2001|t=Estonia's ESC victory}} in {{escyr|2001}}, Stockselius was asked by the Estonian television channel [[Eesti Televisioon|ETV]] to take part in the preparations for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2002|2002 event]].<ref>{{cite web|author=YLE|url=http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242|title=Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC|access-date=2007-01-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208225706/http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242|archive-date=2012-12-08|df=}}</ref> In 2003 he was offered the job as executive supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest,<ref>{{cite web|author=Sundsvalls Tidning|url=http://www.st.nu/noje/index.php?action=visa_artikel&id=313912|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234832/http://www.st.nu/noje/index.php?action=visa_artikel&id=313912|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-26|title=Stockselius blir schlagerchef|access-date=2007-01-29}}</ref> a position he would hold until 30 August 2010, when it was announced that he would be resigning after the [[Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010]] to "give others the opportunity to take the event to the next level".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=19923&_t=Svante+Stockselius+says+Eurovision+farewell|title=Svante Stockselius says Eurovision farewell|date=30 August 2010|accessdate=30 August 2010|last=Bakker|first=Sietse|publisher=[[Eurovision]] website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901105304/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=19923&_t=Svante+Stockselius+says+Eurovision+farewell|archive-date=1 September 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2010, Norwegian television executive [[Jon Ola Sand]] was appointed his successor in the role.
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==External links== *{{in lang|en}} [http://www.esctoday.com/specials/read/5445 Interview with Svante Stockselius] on [http://www.esctoday.com/ esctoday.com] (2006) *{{in lang|sv}} [https://archive.today/20121208225706/http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242 "Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC"] - Interview with Finnish television company [[YLE]] (2007)
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