Ekdal turned down offers from other clubs including Chelsea and Inter when he was just 16 and 17 years old because his father, the journalist Lennart Ekdal, said he had to finish high school first.
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He is the son of Lennart Ekdal, an award-winning Swedish journalist, TV personality and newscaster known for his work for the newspaper Dagens Nyheter and the financial magazine Veckans Affärer, as well as hosting TV shows such as Kalla fakta, Halvtid för Reinfeldt, Kvällsöppet med Ekdal & Hakelius and Hetluft.
Lennart Ekdal (born 1953), Swedish journalist and television host
He is the father of international midfield footballer Albin Ekdal (born 1989).
Lennart Ekdal | Lennart Åberg | Isobel Lennart | Albin Ekdal | Lennart Poettering | Lennart Nilsson | Lennart Jähkel | Lennart Hyland | Lennart Hansson | Lennart Ekdahl | Lennart Carleson | Lennart Augustsson |