Arne Argus

Arne Argus, (born 21 December 1924 in Bodafors, Sweden – 8 November 2008) was a Swedish newspaper journalist and sports executive. He started his 50-year newspaper career as a sports journalist in the area of Nässjö and Eksjö and ended it with 14 years as the CEO for newspaper Östgöta Correspondenten in Linköping.[1]

In the years 1964–1970 he was the chairman of Swedish Bandy Association, and 1967–1971 he was president of the International Bandy Federation.[2] He also served for 20 years on the board of Swedish Sports Confederation and eleven years on the board of Sveriges Television, the Swedish public service broadcasting television company.

Argus has also written books, mainly about bandy, for instance 100 Bandyfinaler (1998), Bandy i 100 år (2002) and Bandy-Jubel (2005). He also produced books for jubilees, like Nässjö IF 50 år (1949), Nässjö IF 100 år (1999), Smålands Idrottsförbund 50 år (1952) and Smålands Idrottsförbund 100 år (2001).[3]

Preceded by
Gösta Ellhammar		 Chairman of Swedish Bandy Association
1964–1970		 Succeeded by
Pontus Widén
Preceded by
Allan Ljungqvist (Finland)		 President of International Bandy Federation
1967–1971		 Succeeded by
Grigory Granaturov (Soviet Union)

Sources

  1. ↑ Svenska Bandyförbundet 10 november 2008 – Arne Argus har avlidit
  2. ↑ "Federation of International Bandy". Archived from the original on 18 October 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Vetlanda BK – Författare och utgivare Archived 24 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
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