André Pops (born 7 October 1972) is a Swedish

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and

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at the Swedish television station SVT. He has presented some of Sweden's most notable sporting events and has also won awards for his achievements.

Early years

Pops was born and raised in

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but moved to

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in 1997. He is of

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n descent from his father's side as his grandparents moved from

to Sweden during the

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TV-sporten

Pops studied journalism doing an internship at ''TV-sporten'' at SVT later on becoming a full-time host with them. He presented ''Vinterstudion'' which covered winter sports at SVT during the winter season and he also presented ''Olympiska vinterstudion'' during the

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. During 2012, he presented the broadcasts from the

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held jointly in Poland and Ukraine and a few weeks later the broadcast from the

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in London, England.

Other media

Pops was a sidekick in Melodifestivalen 2007 and was the spokesperson for Sweden during the voting at the

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the same year. He also presented the SVT broadcast from the Swedish national day celebrations in 2009 along with

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. Pops was chosen by SVT to host the Christmas celebrations on the channel in 2010. A majority of ''

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'' newspaper readers voted Pops as the best Swedish Christmas show host of all time. In 2013 he released the children's book ''Vinterkampen'' at Pintxo publishers.

Awards

Pops won the Kristall award for "Best sport television profile of the year" four consecutive time in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 during Kristallen On 5 December 2011 Pops received the award for "Sports journalist of the Year" by Sportjournalistens Klubb Stockholm.

Personal life

Pops is married to Malin Runsten and the couple have four children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pops, Andre Living people 1972 births Swedish television presenters Swedish people of Estonian descent People from Eskilstuna