Allan Schulman

Who was Allan Schulman?

Allan Schulman was a Swedish-Finnish journalist and television producer. He was the son of the propaganda director Morgan Schulman and the author Tyyni Schulman and a member of the noble family Schulman

Schulman was born on 15 September 1919 in Helsinki, Finland.

He worked as journalist and managing editor at different Swedish newspapers and local radio stations in Finland between 1941 and 1951, and as producer at YLE between 1950 and 1953. In the year 1953 he moved to Stockholm to work at Radiotjänst, where he first served as producer and from 1958 as managing producer. As producer he produced Frukostklubben with Sigge Fürst as host. Between 1962 and 1965 he worked as TV producer. During the following years he worked as director of communications at the Swedish Red Cross. Between 1967 and 1984 he worked at Sveriges Radio/Sveriges Television as producer for Kvitt eller dubbelt, Hylands hörna and more.

Schulman also a played a role in the 1982 film Flight of the Eagle directed by Jan Troell. He was editor in chief for the Jewish magazine Menorah.