Sven Alfred Teodor Jerring, was a Swedish radio man that during almost 50 years worked as a presenter sports journalist and commentator at AB Radiotjänst and Sveriges Radio. Jerring was married between 1929 and 1937 to book illustrator Yvonne Millde, and from 1972 until his death with the nurse Barbo Wessel Barbro Wessel. He was the brother of actor and director Nils Jerring. on 3 July 1942. Sven Jerring was born in Malung but the family moved a lot during Jerrings childhood. When he turned eleven the family started residing in Vadstena, Sweden. The young Jerring has been described as a silent reclusive person that mostly liked to play. When he got older he graduated and did military service, he got stationed at Petrograd in current Saint Petersburg, Russia between 1917 and 1918. During his service the Russian October revolution happened. After the return to Sweden from Petrograd Jerring became a freelance journalist and wrote for the "Vadstena Läns Tidning" and after that in 1921 he moved to "Östgöta-bladet" where he wrote articles under the pseudonym Jerker Ring. In 1923 Jerring started working at Åhlén & Åkerlunds förlag, during the same year he also started working at the publishings radioshow and made his radio debut on 2 December 1923. When Radiotjänst (these days known as Sveriges Radio started its broadcastings on 1 January 1925, Jerring became the radios for presenter and announcer. He became that times most popular radio personality also known as "Fabror Sven" to the Swedish public. His skillful reporting and knowledgeble reporting and sports reports became known and he commentated Vasaloppet annually from 1925.
At Sven Jerring 60th birthday in 1955 a collection amongst friends and colleagues was made. With this money Jerring created the "Stiftelsen Sven Jerrings Fond för fysiskt och psykiskt missgynnade barn", today known as Jerringfonden. Through the years the fond has been given so much money that it can yearly give away five million kronor in forms of scholarships and research money. Radiosportens Jerringpris is an annual award in the memory of Jerring given to a sportman or woman who has exceeded in their sport, this through a public voting.
