Kent Finell

{{Short description|Swedish radio presenter and producer}}

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| name = Kent Finell

| image = Kent Finell 2011.jpg

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| caption = Kent Finell

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|7|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Karlstad, Sweden

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|8|27|1944|7|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| nationality = Swedish

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| occupation = radio presenter, producer

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Kent Finell (12 July 1944 – 27 August 2013) was a Swedish radio presenter and producer."Finell, Kent", Nationalencyklopedin bibliographical entry, retrieved 24 March 2014 He is best known for hosting the Sveriges Radio programme Svensktoppen between 1973 until 1975, from 1979 until 1980, and again from 1987 until 2002.[http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=2023&grupp=9655&artikel=4903674 Profile], sverigesradio.se; accessed 3 January 2016.{{in lang|sv}}

Born in Karlstad in 1944, he joined Sveriges Radio in 1965 as a reporter. In 1969, he moved to Stockholm, where he was hired by SR as producer of the entertainment department for the radio.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

Since 1973, he was known for hosting radio programmes such as Svensktoppen which he hosted for 21 years between 1973 until 2002. He provided SR radio commentary for the Eurovision Song Contest between 1978 until 1980 and from 1982 until 1983 and again in 1989. {{Citation needed|date=September 2013}}