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