Thomas Sjöberg (journalist)

This article is about the Swedish writer. For the Swedish soccer player, see Thomas Sjöberg.

Thomas Sjöberg, born 1958 in Sweden, is a journalist and author based in Stockholm.

He began his career as a journalist in the late 1970s and for several years filled in for others in contributing articles to newspapers such as Expressen, [[Aftonbladet, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, and Dagens Nyheter. In the mid-1980s he switched to freelance employment and worked for, among others, Nöjesguiden and Elle. He made himself above all known as a writer of personal profiles and wrote a number of notable articles on people such as Berth Milton, Ingmar Bergman, Pierre Schori, Sven-Göran Eriksson, och Lennart Hyland.

Sjöberg has taught biographical journalism and contributed to Swedish television. In the first decade of the 21st century Sjöberg was editor for Scanorama, the in-flight magazine published by the Scandinavian Airline SAS.

Sjöberg has also written several books (see below), the most controversial of which was Carl XVI Gustaf: Den motvillige monarken (Carl XVI Gustaf: The Unwilling Monarch), which alleged that, as a young man, the reigning Swedish king had frequented stripclubs managed by the Mafia.

Books

Sjöberg, Thomas. (1996). Tommy Lindström: Mitt liv som snut (Tommy Lindström: My Life as a Cop). ISBN 91-7964-230-6.
Sjöberg, Thomas. (1998). Ingvar Kamprad och hans IKEA: en svensk saga (Ingvar and His IKEA: A Swedish Story]] ISBN 91-7964-251-9.
Sjöberg, Thomas. (2002). Private med Milton och Milton (Private with Milton and Milton). ISBN 91-7054-887-0.
Sjöberg, Thomas. (2005). Barnflickan i Knutby: dramadokumentär (Girlhood in Knutby: A Documentary Drama). ISBN 91-46-21146-2.
Sjöberg, Thomas. (2010). Carl XVI Gustaf: Den motvillige monarken (Carl XVI Gustaf: The Unwilling Monarch). ISBN 978-91-7461-016-1.