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Swedish journalist (born 1955)

Svante Stockselius Born Stig Svante Stockselius (1955-12-31) 31 December 1955 (age 70) Hudiksvall, Sweden Occupations Television executive, journalist Spouse Kajsa Glansén Children 2 Executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest In office 4 June 2003 – 31 December 2010 Preceded by Christine Marchal-Ortiz Sarah Yuen (acting) Succeeded by Jon Ola Sand Executive supervisor of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest In office 4 June 2003 – 31 December 2010 Succeeded by Sietse Bakker [nl]

**Stig Svante Stockselius** (Swedish: [\[ˈsvânːtɛ stɔkˈsěːlɪɵs\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Swedish); born 31 December 1955) is a [Swedish](/source/Swedes) [journalist](/source/Journalist) and television executive. He was the executive supervisor of the [Eurovision Song Contest](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest) from [2004](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2004) to [2010](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010) and the [Junior Eurovision Song Contest](/source/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest) from [2003](/source/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2003) to [2010](/source/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010).

## Early life and career

Svante Stockselius grew up in [Ockelbo](/source/Ockelbo_Municipality), a small town in central Sweden.[1] He started his career as a journalist. For 16 years, he worked for the [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm)-based evening newspaper *[Expressen](/source/Expressen)*.[2]

As head of the entertainment division of the Swedish [public service](/source/Public_broadcasting) [television](/source/Television) company [Sveriges Television](/source/Sveriges_Television) from the late 1990s, he worked for the [Eurovision Song Contest 2000](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2000), held in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm).[3] He was also the architect of a major revamp of the Swedish ESC qualification competition, [Melodifestivalen](/source/Melodifestivalen), in [2002](/source/Melodifestivalen_2002), introducing four semi-finals and a Second Chance round preceding the finals.[4] That same year, he went on to work for the commercial Swedish television channel [TV4](/source/TV4_(Sweden)).[5]

After [Estonia's ESC victory](/source/Estonia_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001) in [2001](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2001), Stockselius was asked by the Estonian television channel [ETV](/source/Eesti_Televisioon) to take part in the preparations for the [2002 event](/source/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2002).[6] In 2003 he was offered the job as executive supervisor for the Eurovision Song Contest,[7] 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](/source/Junior_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2010) to "give others the opportunity to take the event to the next level".[8] In November 2010, Norwegian television executive [Jon Ola Sand](/source/Jon_Ola_Sand) was appointed his successor in the role.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Dagens Nyheter. ["Prinsessan och pojken av folket"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071001145600/http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1159&a=174363&maNo=-1). Archived from [the original](http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1159&a=174363&maNo=-1) on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** TV4.se. ["Svante Stockselius till TV4"](http://www.tv4.se/245058.html). Retrieved 2007-01-29.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** YLE. ["Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC"](http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242). Retrieved 2007-01-29.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Gylleneskor.se. ["Melodifestivalen 2002"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050514231204/http://www.gylleneskor.se/history/logged/mf_year.php?mf_year=2002). Archived from [the original](http://www.gylleneskor.se/history/logged/mf_year.php?mf_year=2002) on 2005-05-14. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** TV4.se. ["Svante Stockselius till TV4"](http://www.tv4.se/245058.html). Retrieved 2007-01-29.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** YLE. ["Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC"](http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242). Retrieved 2007-01-29.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Sundsvalls Tidning. ["Stockselius blir schlagerchef"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070926234832/http://www.st.nu/noje/index.php?action=visa_artikel&id=313912). Archived from [the original](http://www.st.nu/noje/index.php?action=visa_artikel&id=313912) on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Bakker, Sietse (30 August 2010). ["Svante Stockselius says Eurovision farewell"](http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=19923&_t=Svante+Stockselius+says+Eurovision+farewell). [Eurovision](/source/Eurovision) website. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100901105304/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=19923&_t=Svante+Stockselius+says+Eurovision+farewell) from the original on 1 September 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.

## External links

- (in English) [Interview with Svante Stockselius](http://www.esctoday.com/specials/read/5445) on [esctoday.com](http://www.esctoday.com/) (2006)

- (in Swedish) ["Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC"](https://archive.today/20121208225706/http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242) - Interview with Finnish television company [YLE](/source/YLE) (2007)

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