Josefin Crafoord (born 5 April 1973) is a

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television and radio host. She has hosted the radio show ''VAKNA! med The Voice'' on The Voice Hiphop & RnB Sweden since 2007 with co-hosts Jakob Öqvist och Paul Haukka. The show is also televised on Kanal 5 every morning. With

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as comic relief as well. Before hosting ''VAKNA! med The Voice'', Crafoord had done radio work on

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. Crafoord's television career began in the 1990s at the Swedish music channel ZTV where she presented music videos. In 1998, she turned to

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to host the television show ''Silikon'' with

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. Crafoord then became a

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at TV4 and the host of the Swedish version of ''

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'' in 2005. Crafoord returned to TV3 in 2006 as the host of the dating-show ''Fling''. ''Fling'' turned out to be a ratings-flop and Crafoord moved to

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in 2007 to host ''Snyggast i klassen'' with Erik Ekstrand. Crafoord was one of the contestants in the Swedish version of ''

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'' that aired on

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in Autumn 2008. She had never ice-skated before agreeing to appear on the show and originally declined the offer because of this. In her spare time, Crafoord is a member of the

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group Domenicer that she started in 1999 with Wai Chan and Martin Blix. Their first single, "Disco Dance", was released on 14 June 1999. Crafoord is also a blogger. Crafoord was previously married with musician

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, whom she had one son with, Roderick. She had her second child, Charlie, a few years later with her new partner Martin Aliaga. Crafoord lives in

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with Aliaga, her two children, and her pet

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References

External links

Official blogProfile at The Voice
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