‘Åke Blomström Award’ Winners 2019

The three lucky Ake Blomstrom Award 2019 winners are:
(left to right)

• Vivien Schütz – Germany
• Marta Medvesek – Croatia
• Claudia Gschweitl – Austria

 

Vivien Schütz – Germany

Marta Medvesek – Croatia

Claudia Gschweitl – Austria

• Coordinator training – Edwin Brys, Belgium
• Chairwoman ABA – Gabriela Hermer (RBB- Germany)

 

Åke Blomström, Head of Features of Sveriges Radio, was born in December 1931 and died abruptly (age 54 years) on 31 May 1985 (kidney failure). As a man of reputation in SR (Swedish Press: “Radio Personality of the Year”) as well as internationally respected and loved he got a great funeral ceremony. At the end of the ceremony and still on the graveyard the SR Director of Radio and I agreed to establish an Åke Blomström Memorial Prize.