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Leif Olsson

148 Municipalities Without a Bookstore

Since the millennium shift, every third bookstore in Sweden has been closed down and 148 municipalities now lack their own bookstore. The municipalities that do not have any bookstore are now more numerous than the 142 that have at least one bookstore.

148 Municipalities Without a Bookstore

Kroner about "The Lock": "Had total popularity"

A straightforward person, who said exactly what he thought and meant. This is how Lasse Kronér describes his colleague Leif "Loket" Olsson, whom he succeeded in "Bingolotto".

Kroner about "The Lock": "Had total popularity"

"Loket" is dead - got Sweden to "dut" in front of the TV

He was the handball referee who got almost half of the Swedish people to stay at home on Saturday evenings and mark their bingo tickets. Leif "Loket" Olsson has passed away, 82 years old.

"Loket" is dead - got Sweden to "dut" in front of the TV

Agneta Sjödin on "Loket": "He gathered Sweden"

The program host Leif "Loket" Olsson is dead, reports his friend Pelle Johannisson to Aftonbladet. He became 82 years old.

Agneta Sjödin on "Loket": "He gathered Sweden"