Pekka Heino (television presenter)

{{Short description|Swedish television presenter}}

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| name = Pekka Heino

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| caption = Pekka Heino in January 2012

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|07|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Turku, Finland

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| occupation = Continuity announcer and television host

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Pekka Heino (born 17 July 1961) is a television host and presenter from Turku. He is a Sweden Finn. Heino introduces television programmes as a continuity announcer on the Swedish channel SVT, where he has been working on and off since 1985.[http://svt.se/2.60175/1.707850/det_har_visste_du_inte_om_pekka_heino?lid=puff_698195&lpos=extra_0 Det här visste du inte om Pekka Heino] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021122231/http://svt.se/2.60175/1.707850/det_har_visste_du_inte_om_pekka_heino?lid=puff_698195&lpos=extra_0 |date=2009-10-21 }} (in Swedish), Sveriges Television, accessed 2010-05-28 He has also hosted a number of Swedish television shows, including the popular SVT quiz show Röda tråden,{{cite news|title=Läsarna väljer "På spåret"|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article472506.ab?service=print|newspaper=Aftonbladet|date=January 6, 2007|language=Swedish}} and has commentated on the Eurovision Song Contest several years for Sweden.{{cite news|title=Bland blåbär och fullblodsproffs |url=http://mobil.hd.se/noje/2006/05/18/trist_program_men_carola_vidare/ |newspaper=Helsingborgs Dagblad |date=May 18, 2006 |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612113800/http://mobil.hd.se/noje/2006/05/18/trist_program_men_carola_vidare/ |archive-date=June 12, 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Swede triumphs in Eurovision |url=http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1474&date=20050522 |newspaper=The Local |date=May 22, 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008003918/http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=1474&date=20050522 |archive-date=October 8, 2012 }}{{cite news|title=Pekka Heino rasar mot Luuk|url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/1.677050/pekka-heino-rasar-mot-luuk|newspaper=Expressen|date=May 13, 2007|language=Swedish}} During the summer of 2010, Heino hosted the morning show Gomorron Sverige on SVT. It was announced in December 2010 that Heino would host the SVT programme Gokväll together with Inger Ljung.{{cite news|title=Heino och Ljung leder Go'kväll|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article12685493.ab|newspaper=Aftonbladet|date=December 1, 2010|language=Swedish}}{{cite news|title=Pekka Heino tar över "Gokväll"|url=http://www.svd.se/kultur/pekka-heino-tar-over-gokvall_5760993.svd#after-ad|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|date=December 1, 2010|language=Swedish}}

Heino is openly gay.{{cite news|title=Homosexuella kan få adoptera|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article9554.ab?service=print|newspaper=Aftonbladet|date=January 31, 2001|language=Swedish}}