Pekka Heino (television presenter)
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Born17 July 1961
Occupation(s)Continuity announcer and television host
Pekka Heino | |
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 Pekka Heino in January 2012 | |
| Born | 17 July 1961 |
| Occupation(s) | Continuity announcer and television host |
Pekka Heino (born 17 July 1961) is a television host and presenter from Åbo (Turku). He is a Sweden Finn. Heino introduces television programmes as a continuity announcer on the Swedish channel SVT, where he has been working on and off since 1985.[1][2] He has also hosted a number of Swedish television shows, including the popular SVT quiz show Röda tråden,[3] and has commentated on the Eurovision Song Contest several years for Sweden.[4][5][6] During the summer of 2010, Heino hosted the morning show Gomorron Sverige on SVT.[2] It was announced in December 2010 that Heino would host the SVT programme Gokväll together with Inger Ljung.[2][7]
Heino is openly gay.[8]
