Born
in Mariestad, Sweden, 1958. Studies at the High School for
Journalism (Journalisthögskolan), Gothenburg.
Present
occupation: Journalist with
Dagens Nyheter (Stockholm),
Sweden's largest morning newspaper, since 1990. Works
as a reviewer for UFO,
science fiction and other related books for the Swedish
libraries.
Founded
the local group UFO-Mariestad in 1974, member of UFO-Sweden's
board since 1988 and chairman of that national group since
1991. Vice chairman of Archives
of UFO Research. Co-editor of UFO-Sweden's
magazine UFO-Aktuellt.
Publications
(UFO books): Domstensfallet -
en svensk närkontakt 1958with Anders Liljegren
(The Domsten case - a Swedish
close encounter in 1958, AFU 1989), Mötet
i gläntan with Gösta Carlsson (The
encounter in the clearing, NTB Parthenon, 1995),
UFO-Mysteriet - från flygande
tefat till cirklar i sädesfälten
(The UFO mystery,
Parthenon 1998), Fakta om UFO
(Facts about UFOs,
Parthenon 1998) with Göran Norlén, and by
himself UFO - möte med det
okända (UFO -
encounter with the unknown, Semic 2000). In
2002 he was the main contributor to the book Världens
största konspirationer (The
world's largest conspiracies, Semic). In 2006,
he published Det okända
(The Unknown, Semic)
about the paranormal, strange events and UFOs and has
contracted for a follow-up book on the same themes.
Contributions
to other books:
One
chapter in UFOs 1947-1987 - The
40 Year Search for an Explanation with Anders
Liljegren (Fortean Tomes 1987, ed. Evans/Spencer); One
chapter in Phenomenon
(Futura 1988, ed. Spencer/Evans); One chapter, "Sweden's
Ghost Rocket Delusion of 1946" with Robert
Bartholomew and Anders Liljegren (in UFOs
& Alien Contact, Prometheus Books 1998);
One chapter, "The Swedish
Ghost Rocket Delusion of 1946" with Robert
Bartholomew, Glenn Dawes and Anders Liljegren (Fortean
Studies Volume 6, John Brown Publ. 1999, ed.
Steve Moore).
Other
media:
Svahn
has co-produced several domestic TV-programs in Sweden
as well as SciFi Channel's Earthscan
and Sweden special.
He has contributed with articles in many Swedish and foreign
UFO magazines. Svahn's pictures have been published in
many books and magazines, such as: Evans/Spencer, ed:
UFOs 1947-1987 (1987),
Stone: UFO Investigation
(1993), Moran: Alien art
(1998), Clark: The UFO Encyclopedia
(1998) and Bord: The World of
the Unexplained (1998).
Special
interests: UFO research, amateur astronomy.
Source:
http://www.afu.info/peoplecs.htm
