Eva Frantz

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Eva Frantz
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Born (1980-11-05) 5 November 1980 (age 44)
Helsinki, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • writer

Eva Frantz (born 5 November 1980) is a Swedish-speaking Finnish journalist and author.

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Biography

Frantz was born on 5 November 1980 in Helsinki, having lived in the subdistrict of Kaarela during her childhood. [1] She studied at the University of Helsinki's Svenska Social- och Kommunalhögskolan. [1]

Career

Frantz is a journalist for Yle Vega. She has worked at the channel as a journalist, presenter, music editor and online editor, among other things. [1] [2] She also hosts a podcast about human relationships called Norrena & Frantz with Vega's other editor Hannah Norrena. [3] She has also been Svenska Yle's second Eurovision commentator and presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest program since 2012. Her partner in the Eurovision Song Contest is Johan Lindroos. [1]

Frantz is also detective and children's writer. Her debut work, Sommarön, was published in 2016. [1] Her later books include the Anna Glad detective stories, which have been published and translated in Estonia and Sweden, and children's books in Sweden, Britain, Denmark and Russia. [4] Frantz's fourth work, Den åttonde tärnan, received the 2019 Vuoden johtolanka award. She is the first Finnish-Swedish author to receive the award. [5] Her novel Hallonbacken has been adapted into a television series, which was released in December 2023. [6] [7]

Personal life

Frantz is married with three children. They live in Espoo. [4]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Frantz, Eva. "Vem tusan är Eva Frantz?" (in Swedish). Eva Frantz. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Eva Frantz" (in Swedish). Svenska Yle. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Norrena & Frantz" (in Swedish). Yle Arenan. Archived from the original on 22 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  4. 1 2 Laari, Susanna (13 May 2021). "Viisutietäjä" (in Finnish). Helsinki: Helsingin Sanomat. p. 1–3. ISSN   0355-2047. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Mankkinen, Jussi (5 March 2019). "Vuoden johtolanka -palkinto Eva Frantzin romaanille Kahdeksas neito" (in Finnish). Yle Uutiset. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Holmberg, Frida (15 December 2023). "Salma Sarkola valdes till huvudrollen bland 650 barn" (in Swedish). Hufvudstadsbladet. p. 24. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Premiär för serien Hallonbacken på Yle under julhelgen". Svenska Yle (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2023-12-10. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
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