Roger Nordin

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Roger Nordin
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Nordin in 2016
Born
Nils Roger Nordin

(1977-04-24) 24 April 1977 (age 48)
Gävle, Sweden
Occupations
  • Radio presenter
  • journalist
Years active1994–present

Nils Roger Nordin (born 24 April 1977) is a Swedish radio presenter and journalist. He has presented several radio shows including Rix Topp 6 and RIX MorronZoo.

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Early life

Nils Roger Nordin was born on 24 April 1977 in Gävle. [1]

Career

Nordin started his career in radio at the age of thirteen in 1991 for Gävle local radio. [2] At the age of seventeen in 1994, he started working as a radio presenter for the radio station RIX 105 Gävle. [2] In late-1994 and early-1995 he started presenting the national broadcasts for Radio Rix. When MTG bought the rights for Rix, he moved to Stockholm to present the daily hit-list Rix Topp 6. [2] In August 2000, Nordin started presenting RIX MorronZoo, along with Titti Schultz and Gert Fylking. [3] He presented the show until 2010. [3] He continued to present daily on the station until 2013 when he left to start working for the radio station NRJ. [4]

Rix FM's morning show had more listeners than Sveriges Radio's morning show. [5] Nordin became "Radio Personality of the Year" at the Radiogala in 2004, and RIX MorronZoo won the viewers' prize Guldhornet at the same gala three years in a row. [6] [7]

Nordin presented the show "Sveriges smartaste barn", which was broadcast on TV3 in 2009. [8] In January 2014, Nordin, along with Titti Schultz and Ola Lustig, started presenting "Vakna med NRJ" on the radio station NRJ. [9]

He returned to present RIX MorronZoo with Laila Bagge at the beginning of 2017. [10]

Personal life

Nordin is openly gay, and he revealed it during a live radio broadcast in 2005. [11] He won the award of Homo of the Year by QX Magazine 's readers at the annual Gaygalan Awards in 2006. [12]

References

  1. Shimoda, Anna; Shimoda, Hans (13 August 2021). "Roger Nordin ska bli sambo – har köpt lägenhet". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 ""Vi är 100 procent ärliga"". Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Populär trio tillbaka i etern". Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  4. "Titti Schultz och Roger Nordin går till NRJ". 9 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. "Rix FM större än P1 och P3". 4 April 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  6. "Vinnare 2004 – Radioakademin" . Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  7. "RIX Morron Zoo bästa program på Radiogalan". Aftonbladet. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  8. "TV3 2009-03-21 – Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)" . Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  9. "Roger, Titti och Ola tillbaka – nu på NRJ – Onair.nu" . Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  10. "Roger Nordin ersätter Adam Alsing i radion". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  11. "Roger på Rix FM har kommit ut". qx.se. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  12. "Roger Nordin på RixFM blev Årets Homo på Gaygalan" . Retrieved 23 November 2016.