Karin Frick
| Karin Frick | |
|---|---|
 Frick in 2013. | |
| Born |
Karin Anna Maria Frick 24 March 1980 Jönköping, Sweden |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Known for | Sports programmes |
Karin Anna Maria Frick (born 24 March 1980) is a Swedish sports journalist and television presenter at Kanal 5 and TV4.[1]
Biography
Frick grew up in Hovslätt outside of Jönköping. She had an interest in sports since an early age and participated in several, including tennis.[2] In Sweden she was ranked in the Top 10 of the best women in tennis in her age group.[2] She won a scholarship, which she used to play tennis at a college in Miami, Florida.[3] After a year at the college, she returned to Sweden and changed direction in her life. Journalism became an interest and she applied to Kaggeholms folkhögskola and their course in journalism with an emphasis on television production.[2]
Between 2005 and 2007, she worked as a presenter and reporter for Sport-Expressen's television station. After that, she worked as a presenter for TV4 Sport and Nyhetsmorgon for seven years.[4][5] In 2014 she moved to SBS Discovery Media to become the face of Kanal 5's new sports programmes.[4][3] She presents sports shows on Kanal 5, Kanal 9 and Eurosport.[1][3]
Besides presenting television programmes, she and her co-presenters Anna Brolin, Maud Bernhagen and Suzanne Sjögren produce the podcast "Off Air", a project which describes "behind the scenes" at TV4.[6] She also owns and runs a company called Karin Frick AB as a moderator and conferencier.[7][8] In August 2014, Frick was a guest in the podcast called Agendasättarna presented by Anders Cedhamre.[9] In the podcast she talked about the sport broadcasts that she presents, and why she chose to leave TV4.[9] In September 2015, Frick and David Sundin presented the ”Barncancergalan – det svenska humorpriset” (Child cancer gala – The Swedish comedian awards) an award show which celebrates comedian achievements and also raises the issue of child cancer.[10] It which was broadcast on Kanal5 and Aftonbladets website.[10] In the summer of 2015 she presented the web-TV broadcast Sommarkväll i Gränna hamn, live from Gränna.[11] Frick is married, has two children, and lives in Stockholm.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Winberg, Yasmine (4 May 2014). "Skadan som förändrade hennes liv". Resumé (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 Pileby, Axel (25 January 2013). "Frick: "Vi är många som varit irriterade"" [Frick: "We are many who have been irritated"]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Karin Frick" (in Swedish). Kvinnligatalare.se. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- 1 2 Friberg, Anna (25 April 2014). "Karin Frick lämnar TV4 – för konkurrenten" [Karin Frick leaves TV4 - for the competitor]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Karin Frick direkt från tennisproffsens lounge i Båstad" [Karin Frick directly from the tennis pros lounge in Båstad] (in Swedish). TV4. 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ Gustafsson, Peter (2013-09-05). "TV4-Karin tar med tittarna bakom kulisserna" [TV4-Karin brings the viewers behind the scenes]. Jnytt (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Karin Frick Media AB" (in Swedish). Allabolag.se. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ↑ "Karin Frick Media AB". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- 1 2 Cedhamre, Anders (20 August 2014). "Karin Frick gästar "Agendasättarna"" [Karin Frick visits "Agendasättarna"]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- 1 2 Demirian, Natalie (2015-09-28). "Nu ska Sveriges humorelit tävla" [Now will Sweden's humor elite compete]. Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "Karin Frick inför Sommarkväll i Gränna hamn" [Karin Frick prior to Sommarkväll in Gränna port]. Hallpressen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 14 October 2015.
External links
Media related to Karin Frick at Wikimedia Commons