Daniel Öhman, Date of Birth

    

Daniel Öhman

Swedish journalist

Date of Birth: 20-May-1973

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Daniel Öhman

  • Daniel Öhman, born 20 May 1973, is a Swedish investigative journalist with the Swedish Radio.
  • He has been a member of the investigative team since 2004 and has won several national and international awards. With his colleague Bo-Göran Bodin, Daniel Öhman 2012 revealed how a Swedish Government agency helped Saudi Arabia to plan a weapons factory.
  • To conceal the cooperation from the public a dummy corporation was set up with the help of the Military Secret service.
  • Project Simoom, as the investigation was called, led to the resignation of Defence minister Sten Tolgfors and the cancellation of the military cooperation with Saudi Arabia.
  • The investigation won several national and international awards including, Prix Europa for Best European Radio Investigation and the American investigative reporters and editors (IRE) finest award "IRE medal".
  • It was later turned into a book "Saudivapen" The movie rights are sold to Götafilm.In 2014 Daniel Öhman again in cooperation with Bo-Göran Bodin was awarded The Prix Europa for their documentary "The Insider", which revealed that the Ericsson corporation had used bribery to secure a defense contract in Greece.
  • Before that Daniel Öhman worked on a three year long investigation of the Food Industry and the environment called "The price of food" (Matens Pris).
  • The investigation received several awards and was later turned into a book: "Matens Pris".

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