Alex Schulman

Carl Magnus Alexander "Alex" Schulman (born 17 February 1976 in Farsta) is a Swedish journalist, blogger and television and radio personality.

Alex Schulman is the son of television producer and journalist Allan Schulman and the television host Lisette Schulman (née Stolpe). Through his father he is a member of the noble Schulman family. He is also a maternal grandson of the author Sven Stolpe. He has two brothers: Calle and Niklas Schulman. Together with his brother Calle he runs the company Schulmangruppen ("The Schulman Group").

From 1999 to 2000, Schulman worked for the celebrity magazine "Se & Hör". He is the former editor-in-chief of the magazine "Stureplan" but left this position in April 2007. He now writes at the entertainment page in "Aftonbladet" and he is also a columnist for the "Aftonbladet"-affiliated free newspaper "Punkt SE". He also participates regularly in the radio show "Äntligen morgon med Adam & Gry" on Mix Megapol, and as sidekick to Lennart Ekdal on the debate show "Kvällsöppet" on TV4.

From 2006 to 2007, he wrote the personal blog "Att vara Alex Schulman" ("Being Alex Schulman"), which was later hosted on "Aftonbladet"'s website and grew in 2007 to became the most widely read blog in Sweden by far with around 285,000 readers per week. On 1 October 2007 he announced the closure of the blog, saying that the "blog has turned into a monster and I don't have the energy to take care of it anymore". [cite news |first=Djeiran |last=Amini |coauthors=Klemming, Sofia |title=Alex Schulman slutar blogga |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=699163 |publisher=Dagens Nyheter |date=2007-10-01 |accessdate=2008-03-01 |language=Swedish] He resumed blogging again on 15 February 2008, this time at the website of the small local newspaper "Värmlands Folkblad" together with his brother Calle. [cite news |first=Alexandra |last=Hernadi |title=Schulman bloggar igen |url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/artikel_874679.svd |publisher=Svenska Dagbladet |date=2008-02-15 |accessdate=2008-03-01 |language=Swedish] On 18 March 2008 their blog was closed down by the newspaper after they had made some harsh comments about a Swedish film reviewer. [cite news |first=Clas |last=Svahn |title=VF stänger bröderna Schulmans blogg |url=http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=2374&a=753083 |publisher=Dagens Nyheter |date=2008-03-18 |accessdate=2008-03-18 |language=Swedish] They continue to blog at their own website at Schulmangruppen.

He was married to Katrin Schulman (née Zytomierska) from 28 July 2007 untiltil the summer of 2008. The couple were never legally married in Sweden and when they broke up Katrin Zytomierska took her maiden name back. Alex confirmed the break-up on his blog 28 of September 2008. [http://www.1000apor.se/blogs/alex]

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External links

* [http://www.schulmangruppen.se/ Schulmangruppen] sv icon, official website and blog
* [http://blogg.aftonbladet.se/14002 "Att vara Alex Schulman"] sv icon, Alex Schulman's former blog at "Aftonbladet"

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NAME=Schulman, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Schulman, Carl Magnus Alexander (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Journalist, blogger, television and radio personality
DATE OF BIRTH=17 February 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH=Farsta, Sweden
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=