Erik Niva
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Erik Niva | |
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 Niva celebrating the Sweden U21 team in Kungsträdgården (2015) | |
| Born | 28 November 1978 Malmberget, Sweden |
| Occupation | sports journalist |
Erik Magnus Niva (born 28 November 1978) is a Swedish football journalist for Sportbladet. He also is a studio expert for Viasat Fotboll.
Nivas first journalistic work was to cover the Swedish championships in sled dog racing for Norrbottens-Kuriren. His career as a football journalist started for the football magazine FourFourTwo in London. He studied journalism at Umeå University and also at Mitthögskolan and in 2003 he started working for Sportbladet.[1]
In 2008, Niva published the book Den nya världsfotbollen, in 2010 he published the book Liven längs linjen.[2] Since 2010, Niva works for Viasat Fotboll and is a studio expert for football matches such as in the Premier League.[3]
In 2016, Niva participated in the SVT show På spåret in team with Charlotte Gyllenhammar.[4]
In 2001, Niva participated in the first season of the reality series The Farm which was broadcast on TV4.[5]
In 2019, Niva started the Swedish football-history podcast When We Were Kings together with Håkan Andreasson.
