Johanna Frändén (born 31 August 1981) is a Swedish sport journalist particularly specializing in association football who files reports from the European football leagues for the sport section of the ''

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'' newspaper and for

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(SVT). She had the special task of following

Zlatan Ibrahimović Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker. Ibrahimović is known for his acrobatic strikes and Volley (association footba ...

's career for the media.

Career

Early life

Frändén was born on 31 August 1981 in

Lerdala Lerdala is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality situated in Skövde Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 409 inhabitants in 2010. It is located between Skövde and Skara. In the summer there are many more people due to the high number ...

near

Skövde Skövde () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and urban centre in Skövde Municipality and Västra Götaland County, in the Västergötland, Västergötland (Western Gothland region) in central southern Sweden. Skövde is situated around 150 k ...

. She studied Spanish during her high school years. During 2005, she got in contact with ''

'' sports editor Simon Bank, which led to her moving to

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in 2006 to do some work for the newspaper's sports section.

Work

During the summer of 2006, Frändén was dispatched to France by ''Aftonbladet'' to cover the aftermath of the

2006 FIFA World Cup The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts ...

. 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 Paris when he started playing in the French

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club Paris SG. Starting in 2010, Frändén was invited as a studio expert in SVT's coverage of the

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and

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tournaments. She covered the

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and the

2014 World Cup The 2014 FIFA World Cup was the 20th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for men's national football teams organised by FIFA. It took place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014, after the country was awarded the hosting ri ...

, and the European Football Championships, most notably

Euro 2012 The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...

and

Euro 2016 The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2016 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2016) or simply Euro 2016, was the 15th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international men's football championship of Europe o ...

. In 2011, Frändén participated in the SVT game show ''

På spåret ''På spåret'' () 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 an average of 2 ...

'' in a team with

Carl Johan De Geer Baron Carl Johan Louis De Geer af Finspång (born 13 July 1938) is a Swedish artist, writer, musician and '' friherre'' (baron) of the De Geer noble family. De Geer was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He grew up in a castle in Skåne, in s ...

. The following year she won the SvenskaFans.com's "Guldskölden" (The golden shield) award as Sweden's best Twitter poster for sports. In May 2013, she won the "Frilanspriset" (The freelance award) of the Poppius journalist school.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Franden, Johanna 1981 births Living people Swedish sports journalists Swedish sports broadcasters People from Skövde Municipality