TV4 profile Bengt Frithiofsson is dead, reports the TV channel on its website.
Frithiofsson made himself known as a wine connoisseur and participated as a wine expert in TV4's "Nyhetsmorgon" for 25 years.
He left the channel in 2016, but continued with his wine expertise outside of the TV screen.
Frithiofsson also wrote several books about food and drink. In 2012, he also competed in TV4's program "Lets dance".
"Bengan, thanks for all the laughs and clinks. You enriched life", writes Steffo Törnquist, program host for TV4's Nyhetsmorgon, on Instagram.
Bengt Frithiofsson became 85 years old.