Svante Stockselius

Stig Svante Stockselius (born December 31, 1955) is a Swedish journalist and television executive, currently the Head of Song Contests at the European Broadcasting Union, and the executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) and the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.

Svante Stockselius grew up in Ockelbo, a small town in central Sweden. [cite web|author=Dagens Nyheter|url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1159&a=174363&maNo=-1|title=Prinsessan och pojken av folket|accessdate=2007-01-29] He started his career as a journalist. For 16 years, he worked for the Stockholm-based evening newspaper Expressen. [cite web|author=TV4.se|url=http://www.tv4.se/245058.html|title=Svante Stockselius till TV4|accessdate=2007-01-29]

As head of the entertainment division of the Swedish public service television company Sveriges Television from the late 1990s, he worked with the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest, held in Stockholm. [cite web|author=YLE|url=http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242|title=Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC|accessdate=2007-01-29] He was also the architect of a major revamp of the Swedish ESC qualification competition, Melodifestivalen, in 2002, introducing four semi-finals and a Second Chance round preceding the finals. [cite web|author=Gylleneskor.se|url=http://www.gylleneskor.se/history/logged/mf_year.php?mf_year=2002|title=Melodifestivalen 2002|accessdate=2007-01-29]

After Estonia's ESC victory in 2001, Stockselius was asked by the Estonian television channel ETV to take part in the preparations for the 2002 event. [cite web|author=YLE|url=http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242|title=Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC|accessdate=2007-01-29] In 2002 he went on to work for the commercial Swedish television channel TV4. [cite web|author=TV4.se|url=http://www.tv4.se/245058.html|title=Svante Stockselius till TV4|accessdate=2007-01-29] In 2003 he was offered the job as ESC Executive Supervisor, a job he has held since then. [cite web|author=Sundsvalls Tidning|url=http://www.st.nu/noje/index.php?action=visa_artikel&id=313912|title=Stockselius blir schlagerchef|accessdate=2007-01-29]

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* [http://www.esctoday.com/specials/read/5445 Interview with Svante Stockselius] on [http://www.esctoday.com/ esctoday.com] (2006)
* [http://www.yle.fi/eurovision/main_lite.php?id=1242 "Svante Stockselius är chef för hela ESC"] - Interview with Finnish television company YLE (2007)