Uppdrag Granskning = Assignment Review

Uppdrag Granskning is an investigative journalism show, revealing scandals etc.

Part 1 of a two-show investigation was sub-titled Munipality investigators: Västervik. They devoted an entire episode to investigating the political background leading to Björn being given the permission to erect an apartment building when the original permission for building something on a site at Slottsholmen  (near Västervik where Björn grew up), stipulated that the building couldn’t be residential, and yet it ended up being an apartment building. Björn and the real estate company he’s in partnership with (Alm Equity), ended up making an estimated SEK 43 million (over £3M GBP) on the deal.

Björn gave an interview in the summer house of his island home at Djursholm - presumably to defend his position and said, "If I ever earn a single crown on this project, I promise to donate everything to Västervik's municipality. I will give my word." He called the inferences in Uppdrag Granskning "fake news".

View the whole programme here

When Björn spoke at the EBU Media Summit 2018 a month or so later, he mentioned that he had been misrepresented recently in a programme called Mission Scrutiny - he was referring to Uppdrag Granskning.

Following the previous episode of Uppdrag Granskning, the first half of the next  episode, Part 2 of Munipality investigators: Västervik, discussed the airfield in Västervik. Some people, Björn among them, would like to see a commercial airport in Västervik, because it’s not easy to get there by train etc. The city invested several million SEK in extending the landing strip so that it would work for commercial traffic, but the landing strip still isn’t long enough, and there are a number of other issues. Millions have been invested in an airfield but without achieving very much – at least that’s what the programme argues.

View the whole programme here (first half only relevant - but no new Björn footage).

Thanks to Carl Magnus Palm and Nina Rios.
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