Anna Hiruth Katarina Sandström Borglund (born 20 March 1974 in

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) is a

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and

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. She has several times been nominated for and won awards for best news anchor and for best spoken Swedish on television. She has led the evening news broadcast ''

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'' on SVT since 2000. In parallel with work on ''Rapport'', Sandström also has participated in major events such as the SVT broadcasts from the Nobel Banquet, ''One year with the Royal Family'' (annual broadcast with the Swedish Royal Family on New Year's Eve) and ''National election coverage'' in 2006. She has previously worked on the radio news broadcast

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("Echo of the day") and newspaper ''Västerbotten Folkblad'', a local newspaper for northern Sweden.

Personal life

She grew up in the northern Swedish town of

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with her brother and twin sister, all born in

. In May 2004, she married

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in the Västerbacka chapel in Tavelsjö.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandstrom, Katarina 1974 births Living people Swedish television journalists Swedish women television presenters Swedish women journalists Swedish people of Ethiopian descent Swedish television news anchors Swedish adoptees