Johanna Frändén, (born 31 August 1981), is a

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sport journalist particularly specializing in

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(soccer) who files reports from the European football leagues for the sport section of the '' Aftonbladet'' newspaper and for Sveriges Television (SVT). She had the special task of following

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's career for the media.

Career

Early life

Frändén was born on 31 August 1981 in

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near

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. She studied

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during her high school years. During 2005, she got in contact with '' Aftonbladet'' sports editor Simon Bank, which led to her moving to Stockholm in 2006 to do some work for the newspaper's sports section.

Work

Frändén is often invited as an expert commentator during the

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, as she did in

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in South Africa and the

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in Brazil, and during European Football Championships, most notably

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and

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. She has been involved in SVT coverage of two World Cups and two Euro championships so far. During the summer of 2006, Frändén was dispatched to France by ''Aftonbladet'' to cover the aftermath of the ''Euro 2006'' football championship. She also had the special task of following

s career for SVT. She relocated to

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when Ibrahimović started playing for

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, and moved to

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when he started playing in the French Ligue 1. In 2011, Frändén participated in the SVT game show ''

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'' in a team with Carl Johan De Geer. The following year she won the SvenskaFans.com s "Guldskölden" (en:the golden shield) award as Sweden's best

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poster for sports. In May 2013, she won the "Frilanspriset" (en:the freelance award) of the Poppius journalist school.

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