Erik Magnus Niva, (born 28 November 1978) is a Swedish sportsjournalist for
Sportbladet
''Sportbladet'' is a Swedish newspaper about sport, mainly Swedish sport.
It is distributed together with ''Aftonbladet''. The color of the newspaper is a variant of pink, often referred to as "baby pink". Braviken Paper Mill, Sweden is one of ...
. He also is a studio expert for VIASAT Fotboll.
Career
Nivas first journalistic work was to cover the sled dog races for the Swedish championships for Norrbottens-Kuriren. His career as a football journalist started for the football magazine FourFourTwo in
London
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. He studied journalism at Umeå University and also at Mitthögskolan and in 2003 he started working for Sportbladet.
In 2008, Niva published the book ''Den nya världsfotbollen'', in 2010 he published the book ''Liven längs linjen''.
Since 2010, Niva works for VIASAT Fotboll and is a studio expert for football matches such as in the
Premier League
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.
In 2016, Niva participated in the
SVT show ''
På spåret
''På spåret'' (''On the Track'') is a popular Swedish TV game show series broadcast on SVT since 5 September 1987. The show, which is intended to be humorous yet educational, has remained one of the most popular TV shows in Sweden, attracting ...
'' in team with
Charlotte Gyllenhammar
Eva Charlotte Gyllenhammar (born 16 December 1963) is a fine artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. She began her career as a painter, but swiftly moved on to sculpture and installation after completing her studies at the Royal College of Art in Londo ...
.
In 2001, Niva participated in the first season of the reality series ''
The Farm'' which was broadcast on
TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to:
*TV4 (Poland), a private Polish television station
*TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network
**TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station
*South African Broadcasting Corporation TV4, a channel operated by the st ...
.
In 2019, Niva started the swedish football-history podcast ”When we were kings” together with Håkan Andreasson.
Bibliography
* ''Den nya världsfotbollen'' – 2008
* ''Liven längs linjen'' – 2010
* ''Utväg: Fotboll'' – 2014
* Känner ni vibbarna? : fotbollen och det nya Sverige - 2016
References
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Niva, Erik
Living people
1979 births