Frederik Lauesen
Danish TV presenter (born 1972)
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Career
He is well known in Denmark and France for presenting the sports news, including presenting of the Danish coverage of the Tour de France.[2] He worked on TV 2 Sport from 1998, presenting the magazine show LPS,[1] before becoming editorial director of the news department for a year.[3] He was criticised by a women's handball team, FC Midtjylland, in December 2009 after he called the women's game unexciting.[4][5]
Lauesen decided not to screen the football European Championships in summer 2024 at bars and cafes, for business reasons.[6]
Personal life
He grew up in Kolding. He lives in Odense with his two children.[7] He met his Greenland-born[8] wife Laila Sylvester Grossmann in 2000,[9] and they married in 2006.[10] She died in November 2007 aged 39 from a heart attack.[11] Lauesen and his family received over one million krone in compensation for her death after making a complaint about the three doctors who treated her.[12]
