One of the founding fathers of CIRCOM, John Forsberg has died in his 80th year.

John Forsberg’s profession was originally engineer but he became a pioneer in establishing TV production in Sweden outside Stockholm, building the station in Gothenburg to a complete production unit, including drama and entertainment programming.

Later John moved to Stockholm and a central position at the staff of SVT2, where he was active until his retirement.

His love and engagement for CIRCOM is well-known and CIRCOM veterans will always remember him for introducing singing to the meetings.

We will also remember John for his everlasting attempts to keep the fire in his pipe and his passion for national television outside the capitals.

John Forsberg’s interest in CIRCOM lasted long and he visited many conferences together with his wife Inga even after he had left his professional life.

Johan Forssblad & Olle Mannberg