Sören Sommelius

Sören Sommelius (23 October 1941 – 15 November 2025) was a Swedish writer and journalist, who worked as editor of the culture section of the daily Helsingborgs Dagblad.^[1] He was the author of books on India (such as Indiens kämpande Kerala), and former Yugoslavia, among them Sista Resan till Jugoslavien (1992), Kosova utan stjärna (1993), Mediernas krig i forna Jugoslavien (1993), Mot kriget and Liten guide till stort krig (with Jan Öberg).

Sommelius was a member of the TFF Conflict-Mitigation Team and has studied, in particular, the role of media in ex-Yugoslavia and the war reporting by Western media. Numerous visits to all parts of former Yugoslavia, independently and as member of the TFF Conflict-Mitigation team, which he joined in 1992.

Sommelius died on 15 November 2025, at the age of 84.^[2]