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| birth_place = Norrbo, [[Hudiksvall Municipality|Hudiksvall]], [[Gävleborg County]], [[Sweden]]
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| occupation = [[Television presenter|Television host]], [[Author]]
| occupation = [[Television presenter|Television host]], [[Author]]
| known_for = Gladiatorerna, [[Dancing with the Stars#Other countries|Let's Dance]], [[Miss Sweden]], Små Stjärnorna
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'''Agneta Sjödin''' (born 20 July 1967 in Norrbo, [[Hudiksvall Municipality|Hudiksvall]], Sweden) is a [[Swedes|Swedish]] television presenter and personality of the Swedish television channel [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]]. She presented the first two seasons of the popular show ''[[Let's Dance (Swedish TV series)|Let's Dance]]'' with [[David Hellenius]].
'''Agneta Sjödin''' (born 20 July 1967) is a [[Swedes|Swedish]] television presenter and personality of the Swedish television channel [[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]]. She presented the first two seasons of the popular show ''[[Let's Dance (Swedish TV series)|Let's Dance]]'' with [[David Hellenius]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
She was born in a small town in 300 km north of Stockholm. When she was a child she was fond of handball, badminton and track-and-field athletics but most of all she was in love with theatre. She frequented a theatre group ''”Slingerbultarna”'' with her friends and often performed in different revues. And in a while her passion to theatre resulted in her moving to the capital of Sweden, but she returns to her native place in between times because it is the only safe spot for her and because she feels strong connection with her roots there.<ref name="Agneta">[http://agnetasjodin.com/biografi/Agneta Sjödin, mitt live(my life)] Retrieved on 20 Jan 2018</ref>
She was born in a small town, 300 km north of Stockholm. As a child she was fond of handball, badminton and track-and-field athletics but most of all she was in love with theatre. She frequented a theatre group ''”Slingerbultarna”'' with her friends and often performed in different local stage shows. Her passion to theatre resulted in moving to the capital of Sweden, but she returns to her native place at times, because she feels strong connection with her roots there.<ref name="Agneta"> {{cite web |url=http://agnetasjodin.com/biografi/ |title=Agneta Sjödin {{!}} mitt live |trans-title=my life |language=sv |url-status=dead |access-date=2018-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815092634/http://agnetasjodin.com/biografi/ |archive-date=2017-08-15 }}</ref>


In Stockholm in 1985 she studied theatre and worked in the cafe «Nybropaviljongen» which doesn't exist any more. In 1989-1991 she moved in Göteborg where she worked as a specialist in lighting in Stadsteatern. On February 15, 1991 she debuted together with Adam Alsing as a program manager on TV in the first issue of ”Tur i Kärlek”(Happy in love). In 1999, she gave birth to her daughter Maja. They built up a close and hearty relationship between them.<ref name="Agneta"/>
In 1985, she studied theatre in Stockholm and worked in a cafe. In 1989-1991 she moved to Göteborg where she worked in lighting technology at Stadsteatern. In 1991 she debuted together with Adam Alsing as a co-presenter on TV in the first show of ”Tur i Kärlek”(Happy in love). In 1999, she gave birth to her daughter Maja. They have a close and hearty relationship. <ref name="Agneta"/>


== Television work ==
== Television work ==
Sjödin started her career as a light technician; she was fixing lights at TV4 for television shows. [[Adam Alsing]], a presenter for TV4, was looking for a female co-host for a new [[game show]] called ''[[Tur i kärlek]]''. After auditioning several applicants, he asked Sjödin to audition, found her suitable and asked her to co-present the show with him. The show, which started airing in 1992 and became a huge success, was the first game show on the channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agnetasjodin.com/television-tur-i-karlek.htm |title=Agneta Sjödin - programledare & författare - aktuellt, böcker, television |publisher=Agnetasjodin.com |accessdate=2012-08-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909062056/http://www.agnetasjodin.com/television-tur-i-karlek.htm |archivedate=September 9, 2011}}</ref>
Sjödin started her career as a light technician; she was fixing lights at TV4 for television shows. [[Adam Alsing]], a presenter for TV4, was looking for a female co-host for a new [[game show]] called ''[[Tur i kärlek]]''. After auditioning several applicants, he asked Sjödin to audition, found her suitable and asked her to co-present the show with him. The show, which started broadcasting in 1992 and became a huge success, was the first game show on the channel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://agnetasjodin.com/television-tur-i-karlek.htm |title=Agneta Sjödin - programledare & författare - aktuellt, böcker, television |publisher=Agnetasjodin.com |accessdate=2012-08-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909062056/http://www.agnetasjodin.com/television-tur-i-karlek.htm |archivedate=September 9, 2011}}</ref>


Sjödin continued on television, co-presenting the travel game show ''Jakten på den försvunna diamanten'' with [[Bengt Magnusson]] which was broadcast on TV4, but did not receive good reviews and was cancelled soon after.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article11142882.ab |title=Jag var så stressad |work=Aftonbladet |date=2007-07-20 |accessdate=2012-08-09}}</ref> She next co-hosted ''[[Fort Boyard (game show)|Fångarna på fortet]]'' with sport star [[Gunde Svan]]. The show was recorded at [[Fort Boyard (fortification)|Fort Boyard]] in France, and Swedish celebrities performed different tasks in the fort's dungeons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/agneta-sjodin-fann-nya-karleken-pa-fortet/ |title=Agneta Sjödin fann nya kärleken på fortet &#124; Kändisar Hänt i Veckan Skvaller |work=Expressen |date=2010-08-26 |accessdate=2012-08-09}}</ref>
Sjödin continued on television, co-presenting the travel game show ''Jakten på den försvunna diamanten'' with [[Bengt Magnusson]] which was broadcast on TV4, but did not receive good reviews and was cancelled soon after.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article11142882.ab |title=Jag var så stressad |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=2007-07-20 |accessdate=2012-08-09}}</ref> She next co-hosted ''[[Fort Boyard (game show)|Fångarna på fortet]]'' with sport star [[Gunde Svan]]. The show was recorded at [[Fort Boyard (fortification)|Fort Boyard]] in France, and Swedish celebrities performed different tasks in the fort's dungeons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/agneta-sjodin-fann-nya-karleken-pa-fortet/ |title=Agneta Sjödin fann nya kärleken på fortet &#124; Kändisar Hänt i Veckan Skvaller |work=Expressen |date=2010-08-26 |accessdate=2012-08-09}}</ref>


Between 1996 and 1999, she presented ''Små Stjärnorna'' and ''Sikta mot stjärnorna''. In the following years she was the compère for ''[[Gladiatorerna]]''{{mdash}}a Swedish version of [[Gladiators (television franchise)|The Gladiators]]. In her role on "Saknad" she reunited guests with lost relatives and parents they had not met for many years. Sjödin did not appear on TV4 for three years. Sjödin has twice presented the [[Miss Sweden]] beauty contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9803/28/miss.html |title=Aftonbladet nyheter: Vann rätt miss? |work=Aftonbladet |accessdate=2012-08-09}}</ref><ref>[http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9803/28/miss.html Dags att välja ny Fröken Sverige] Aftonbladet Retrieved 20 August 2016</ref>
Between 1996 and 1999, she presented ''Små Stjärnorna'' and ''Sikta mot stjärnorna''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gp.se/livsstil/tv%C3%A5-dagar/festen-f%C3%B6r-dig-som-saknat-sikta-mot-stj%C3%A4rnorna-1.20029443|title=Festen för dig som saknat "Sikta mot stjärnorna"|newspaper=[[Göteborgsposten]]|date=2019-11-11|language=sv|access-date=2024-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521152650/https://www.gp.se/livsstil/tv%C3%A5-dagar/festen-f%C3%B6r-dig-som-saknat-sikta-mot-stj%C3%A4rnorna-1.20029443 |archive-date=2022-05-21}}</ref> In the following years she was the compère for ''[[Gladiatorerna]]''{{mdash}}a Swedish version of [[Gladiators (television franchise)|The Gladiators]]. In her role on "Saknad" she reunited guests with lost relatives and parents they had not met for many years. Sjödin did not appear on TV4 for three years. Sjödin has twice presented the [[Miss Sweden]] beauty contest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9803/28/miss.html |title=Aftonbladet nyheter: Vann rätt miss? |work=Aftonbladet |accessdate=2012-08-09}}</ref><ref>[http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/9803/28/miss.html Dags att välja ny Fröken Sverige] Aftonbladet. Retrieved 20 August 2016.</ref>

In late April 2015, Sjödin was involved in a bicycle accident on [[Djurgården]] in Stockholm and had to have hip surgery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/xRVPnR/agneta-sjodin-i-svar-cykelolycka|title = Agneta Sjödin i svår cykelolycka| date=21 April 2015 }}</ref>


==Other projects==
==Other projects==
Agneta Sjödin pursued a singing career and appeared on the show "[[Allsång på Skansen]]" broadcast on [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]. She was asked to sing in [[Melodifestivalen]], which she declined.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mobil.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article10634781.ab?dxwIndex=3 |title=Aftonbladet: Nu satsar Sjödin på schlager-SM |language=sv |work=Aftonbladet |date=2005-07-24 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130418052548/http://mobil.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article10634781.ab?dxwIndex=3 |archive-date=2013-04-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In early 2006, TV4 realised that Sjödin was about to leave the channel, so they offered her the host job along [[David Hellenius]] on the hit show ''Let's Dance''{{mdash}}the Swedish version of [[Strictly Come Dancing]], which {{As of|2013|alt=as of 2013}} has been aired for two seasons.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
Agneta Sjödin pursued a singing career and appeared on the show "[[Allsång på Skansen]]" broadcast on [[Sveriges Television|SVT]]. She was asked to sing in [[Melodifestivalen]], which she declined.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mobil.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article10634781.ab?dxwIndex=3 |title=Aftonbladet: Nu satsar Sjödin på schlager-SM |language=sv |work=Aftonbladet |date=2005-07-24 |accessdate=2012-08-09 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418052548/http://mobil.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/musik/article10634781.ab?dxwIndex=3 |archive-date=2013-04-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In early 2006, TV4 realised that Sjödin was about to leave the channel, so they offered her the host job along [[David Hellenius]] on the hit show ''Let's Dance''{{mdash}}the Swedish version of [[Strictly Come Dancing]], which {{As of|2013|alt=as of 2013}} has been aired for two seasons.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}


==Shows==
==Shows==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 17:37, 15 September 2024

Agneta Sjödin
Agneta Sjödin (2013)
Born (1967-07-20) 20 July 1967 (age 57)
Hudiksvall, Sweden
Occupation(s)Television host, Author
Known forFångarna på fortet, Gladiatorerna, Let's Dance, Miss Sweden, Småstjärnorna

Agneta Sjödin (born 20 July 1967) is a Swedish television presenter and personality of the Swedish television channel TV4. She presented the first two seasons of the popular show Let's Dance with David Hellenius.

Early life

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She was born in a small town, 300 km north of Stockholm. As a child she was fond of handball, badminton and track-and-field athletics but most of all she was in love with theatre. She frequented a theatre group ”Slingerbultarna” with her friends and often performed in different local stage shows. Her passion to theatre resulted in moving to the capital of Sweden, but she returns to her native place at times, because she feels strong connection with her roots there.[1]

In 1985, she studied theatre in Stockholm and worked in a cafe. In 1989-1991 she moved to Göteborg where she worked in lighting technology at Stadsteatern. In 1991 she debuted together with Adam Alsing as a co-presenter on TV in the first show of ”Tur i Kärlek”(Happy in love). In 1999, she gave birth to her daughter Maja. They have a close and hearty relationship. [1]

Television work

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Sjödin started her career as a light technician; she was fixing lights at TV4 for television shows. Adam Alsing, a presenter for TV4, was looking for a female co-host for a new game show called Tur i kärlek. After auditioning several applicants, he asked Sjödin to audition, found her suitable and asked her to co-present the show with him. The show, which started broadcasting in 1992 and became a huge success, was the first game show on the channel.[2]

Sjödin continued on television, co-presenting the travel game show Jakten på den försvunna diamanten with Bengt Magnusson which was broadcast on TV4, but did not receive good reviews and was cancelled soon after.[3] She next co-hosted Fångarna på fortet with sport star Gunde Svan. The show was recorded at Fort Boyard in France, and Swedish celebrities performed different tasks in the fort's dungeons.[4]

Between 1996 and 1999, she presented Små Stjärnorna and Sikta mot stjärnorna.[5] In the following years she was the compère for Gladiatorerna—a Swedish version of The Gladiators. In her role on "Saknad" she reunited guests with lost relatives and parents they had not met for many years. Sjödin did not appear on TV4 for three years. Sjödin has twice presented the Miss Sweden beauty contest.[6][7]

In late April 2015, Sjödin was involved in a bicycle accident on Djurgården in Stockholm and had to have hip surgery.[8]

Other projects

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Agneta Sjödin pursued a singing career and appeared on the show "Allsång på Skansen" broadcast on SVT. She was asked to sing in Melodifestivalen, which she declined.[9] In early 2006, TV4 realised that Sjödin was about to leave the channel, so they offered her the host job along David Hellenius on the hit show Let's Dance—the Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing, which as of 2013 has been aired for two seasons.[citation needed]

Shows

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Agneta Sjödin | mitt live" [my life] (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2017-08-15. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. ^ "Agneta Sjödin - programledare & författare - aktuellt, böcker, television". Agnetasjodin.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2011. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  3. ^ "Jag var så stressad". Aftonbladet. 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  4. ^ "Agneta Sjödin fann nya kärleken på fortet | Kändisar Hänt i Veckan Skvaller". Expressen. 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  5. ^ "Festen för dig som saknat "Sikta mot stjärnorna"". Göteborgsposten (in Swedish). 2019-11-11. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  6. ^ "Aftonbladet nyheter: Vann rätt miss?". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  7. ^ Dags att välja ny Fröken Sverige Aftonbladet. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Agneta Sjödin i svår cykelolycka". 21 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Aftonbladet: Nu satsar Sjödin på schlager-SM". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 2005-07-24. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2012-08-09.
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