Kristin Kaspersen (born 30 September 1969) is a Swedish-Norwegian

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who is working for the Swedish media company

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, which is the owner of the television channel TV4. She is the daughter of

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and Kjell Kaspersen and was raised in Stockholm. Kaspersen began her television career in the early 1990s after completing an internship on one of Robert Aschberg's programs. She has hosted many popular television shows since then, and is "one of Sweden's famous television faces" according to a 2009 article in ''

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''. Kaspersen is one of the hosts of '' Nyhetsmorgon'' on TV4.

Early life

Kaspersen was born in

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, Norway, and is the daughter of Swedish singer and actress

and Norwegian football goalkeeper Kjell Kaspersen. She grew up in

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with her mother, but often visited her father in Oslo during her free time. Kaspersen made her first acting performance when she was eleven years old. She appeared in the musical ''Pippi Långstrump'' (based on ''

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'') at the theater Folkan in Stockholm alongside her older sister Malin Berghagen. Several more appearances in musicals followed in the next few years. In 1988, Kaspersen graduated from a gymnasium in

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. She worked as a bartender and a waitress in Stockholm and Oslo after her school years, as well as a

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Television career

Between 1990 and 1991, Kaspersen was an intern at Robert Aschberg's television show ''Ikväll'' (aired on

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). This led to a career in television, and she soon got a job as a weather girl on

in Norway. Her debut as a television host came in 1992 with the Swedish show ''Station Åre'' (aired on ZTV), which she appeared on until 1993. In 1993, she hosted ''Sommar på

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'' on TV4. As a result, she was awarded the " Lennart Hyland-prize" for "Sweden's most popular TV-personality" (becoming the youngest person to ever receive that award). In the late 1990s, Kaspersen hosted the entertainment show ''Söndagsöppet'' alongside

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. On this program she interviewed famous celebrities such as

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and

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. In 2002, Kaspersen hosted

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(aired on SVT), and in 2003 and 2005, she hosted ''Fortet'' (TV4), a Swedish version of '' Fort Boyard''. Since 2007, Kaspersen has been one of the hosts of TV4's '' Nyhetsmorgon'', the largest

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in Sweden. She also hosted TV4's coverage of the 2010 wedding between Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling. Kaspersen is also a

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for the Swedish lifestyle magazine ''Family Living''. She was the winner of Let's Dance 2019, which was broadcast on TV4Let's Dance 2019 deltagare
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Personal life

In 2000, Kaspersen separated from her boyfriend Martin Lamprecht, whom she had been living in

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with for five years. They had a son named Filip together. Kaspersen married Hans Fahlén, also a Swedish television host, in April 2003. They met when they hosted ''Station Åre'' together in 1993, and remained good friends until 2002 when they began a relationship. They hosted ''Fortet'' together in 2003 and 2005. Ten months after their wedding, in February 2004, they had a son together named Leon. Kaspersen and Fahlén decided to file for divorce in early 2008, although they are still good friends. As of 2010, Kaspersen is living in Sollentuna, outside Stockholm. In her spare time she enjoys photography, golf, exercise, and yoga. In addition to Malin Berghagen, Kaspersen has one sister and two brothers.

References

External links

Official website
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