Simo Juhani Frangén (born 6 September 1963 in

Ulvila Ulvila (; ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is one of the six medieval cities of Finland, as well as the third oldest city in the country. Ulvila was granted charter as a ...

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) is a Finnish

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and humourist, living in

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History

Frangén

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in 1982 and graduated as a Master of

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at the

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in 1990. His jobs include

Nakkila Nakkila () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region, southeast of Pori. The Kokemäki River flows along the center of Nakkila. The municipality has a population of () an ...

city dump watchman in 1982, University of Tampere students' union journalist (on the magazine Aviisi) in 1987, journalist on the Tampere

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magazine in 1988, assistant journalist on the humour magazine Pahkasika from 1983 to 1990 and assistant journalist on the magazine

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in 1985.

TV and radio work

Since 1990, Frangén has worked with Pasi Heikura and Jyrki Liikka on the show Alivaltiosihteeri on the

YLE Yleisradio Oy (; ), abbreviated as Yle () (formerly styled in all uppercase until 2012), translated into English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock comp ...

radio stations. He has also directed and written the

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show Kaupparatsu Frangén, appeared on the show Ekoisti on YLE TV2 in "Master Frangén's tip shop" and most recently, on two Finnish TV

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s: * '' Maailman ympäri'' from 2000 to 2004 * ''

SF-Studio ''SF-studio'' is a Finnish quiz show hosted by Simo Frangén. It replaced Frangén's earlier show in 2004 and ran until 2006. Like , ''SF-studio'' was a themed show. This time the theme was news. The questions concerned people and events in ...

'' from 2004 to 2006 Frangén has received the following awards: * Venla for best TV performer in 2001 *

Telvis Telvis is a Finnish television award presented by the ''Katso'' magazine. The recipient is chosen by a vote by ''Katso'' readers. As of 2006, Telvis has been awarded 44 times (from 1962), making it the oldest television award in Finland. The Telvi ...

for best male TV performer in 2002 * Musiikki & Media for TV personality of the year in 2001 * Tamperean of the year in 2001

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frangen, Simo 1963 births Living people People from Ulvila Finnish male comedians 21st-century Finnish comedians