Hannes Råstam

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Hannes Råstam (1955–12 January 2012) was a Swedish journalist. He hosted SVT's investigative program Uppdrag granskning. He won several awards for his work: the Prix Italia in 2001, the Golden Nymph in 2006, and the FIPA d'Or in 2006. He joined SVT as a journalist in 1993 after working as a musician in the 1970s. He started on Uppdrag granskning in the early 2000s. His reports about the serial killer Thomas Quick, including questions about his confessions, helped lead to eight murder convictions being overturned. He died of liver and pancreatic cancer on 12 January 2012, at the age of 56.