Frida Svensson (born Johansson on 5 January 1970) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competed in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. She represented Sweden at the

IAAF World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

on three occasions, qualifying for the semifinals in both Tokyo 1991 and Stuttgart 1993. She also reached the semifinals of the women's 400 metres hurdles at the

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. She later married Swedish tennis player Jonas Svensson.

Singing

Together with Erica Johansson and Maria Akraka, she sang back up for

Nick Borgen Nils Thore "Nick" Borgen, born 5 January 1952 in Andenes, Nordland, is a Norwegian–Swedish musician, singer and writer (debut novel: "Den okända soldaten", 2009). He's famous for songs like ''We Are All the Winners'' and ''Den glider in''. Bet ...

when he competed in

Melodifestivalen 1993 Sweden entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, held in Millstreet, Ireland. At Eurovision, Sweden performed 13th, following France and preceding Ireland. As the close of the voting, they had finished 7th in a field of 25 with 89 points. Befo ...

performing the song "

We Are All the Winners "We Are All the Winners" is a song mixing lyrics in English and Swedish. Written by Nick Borgen, it was and performed by himself at Melodifestivalen 1993, where it ended up second behind Arvingarna's Eloise. With the song, however, Nick Borgen ...

". The song placed second.

International competitions

All results regarding 400 metres hurdles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Svensson, Frida 1970 births Living people Swedish female hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden 21st-century Swedish singers 21st-century Swedish women singers