Eva Frantz (born 5 November 1980) is a Finnish journalist and writer who writes in Swedish.

Biography

Frantz was born on 5 November 1980 in

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, having lived in the subdistrict of

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during her childhood. She studied at the

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's Svenska Social- och Kommunalhögskolan.

Career

Frantz is a journalist for

Yle Vega Yle Vega (prior to 1 September 2016 – Yle Radio Vega) is a Finnish radio channel broadcasting in the Swedish language. It is operated by Finland's national public service broadcaster Yle, and broadcast news, current affairs, culture and musi ...

. She has worked at the channel as a journalist, presenter, music editor and online editor, among other things. She also hosts a podcast about human relationships called Norrena & Frantz with Vega's other editor Hannah Norrena. She has also been

Svenska Yle Svenska Yle ( English: ''Swedish Yle'') is the Swedish-language department of Yle, Finland's public service broadcaster for TV, radio and the web. As Finland is constitutionally bilingual—around 5.5% of the population speaks Swedish as their n ...

's second Eurovision commentator and presenter of the

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...

program since 2012. Her partner in the Eurovision Song Contest is Johan Lindroos. Frantz is also detective and children's writer. Her debut work, Sommarön, was published in 2016. 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. Frantz's fourth work, Kahdeksas neito, received the 2019 Vuoden johtolanka award. She is the first Finnish-Swedish author to receive the award. Her novel Osasto 23 (Hallonbacken) has been adapted into a television series, which was released in December 2023.

Personal life

Frantz is married with three children. They live in Espoo.

Bibliography

* ''Sommarön: Roman.'' Helsinki:

Schildts & Söderströms Schildts & Söderströms is a Finnish book publisher, which was established in February 2012 through a merger between Schildts Förlags Ab and Söderströms Förlags Ab, Söderström & Co. The publisher is based in Helsinki. Its first managing d ...

. 2016. * ''Blå villan: Roman.'' Helsinki: Schildts & Söderströms. 2017. - Anna Glad #1 * ''Den åttonde tärnan: Roman.'' Helsinki: Schildts & Söderströms. 2018. - Anna Glad #2 * ''Hallonbacken: Roman.'' Helsinki: Schildts & Söderströms. 2018. * - Anna Glad #3 * - Anna Glad #4 * - Anna Glad #5

References

External links

Official website
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