Johanna Frändén (born 31 August 1981) is a Swedish sport journalist particularly specializing in association football who files reports from the European football leagues for the sport section of the Aftonbladet newspaper and for Sveriges Television (SVT).[1] She had the special task of following Zlatan Ibrahimović's career for the media.[2]
Johanna Frändén | |
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 Johanna Frändén (2013) | |
| Born | 31 August 1981 Lerdala, Sweden |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
Career
editEarly life
editFrändén was born on 31 August 1981 in Lerdala near Skövde. She studied Spanish during her high school years.[3] During 2005, she got in contact with Aftonbladet sports editor Simon Bank,[4] which led to her moving to Stockholm in 2006 to do some work for the newspaper's sports section.[2]
Work
editDuring the summer of 2006, Frändén was dispatched to France by Aftonbladet to cover the aftermath of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[5] She also had the special task of following Zlatan Ibrahimović's career for SVT.[2] She relocated to Barcelona when Ibrahimović started playing for FC Barcelona, and moved to Paris when he started playing in the French Ligue 1 club Paris SG.[6]
Starting in 2010, Frändén was invited as a studio expert in SVT's coverage of the FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro tournaments.[1] She covered the 2010 World Cup and the 2014 World Cup, and the European Football Championships, most notably Euro 2012 and Euro 2016.
In 2011, Frändén participated in the SVT game show På spåret in a team with Carl Johan De Geer.[7] The following year she won the SvenskaFans.com's "Guldskölden" (The golden shield) award as Sweden's best Twitter poster for sports.[8] In May 2013, she won the "Frilanspriset" (The freelance award) of the Poppius journalist school.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b Albertsson, Stefan. "Karriären går som på räls för Johanna" (in Swedish). Skovdenyheter.se. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ a b c Jenny Modin. ""Ingen hemlighet att Zlatan och jag haft en frostig relation"". SVT.se. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ Producent: Sujay Dutt (2 August 2013). "Johanna Frändén 2 augusti 2013 kl 13:00 - Sommar & Vinter i P1". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Storslam för Erik Niva igen och Johanna Frändén första kvinna att vinna Guldskölden". SvenskaFans.com. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Resumé: "Zlatan kom billigt undan väldigt många gånger"". Resume.se. 11 November 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Johanna Frändén: Fotboll är både roligt och slitigt". Frilansdagen.se. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Ett ögonblick Johanna Frändén, 30, Sportbladet..." Aftonbladet. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Guldskölden 2012: Johanna Frändén årets twittrare". SvenskaFans. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Frilanspriset till Johanna Frändén". Resume.se. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
External links
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Media related to Johanna Frändén at Wikimedia Commons