Karolina Lassbo

Karolina Charlotte Lassbo (born 31 March 1980) is a Swedish blogger, internet personality and lawyer.

Karolina Lassbo
Karolina Lassbo (2005)
Born (1980-03-31) 31 March 1980
OccupationLawyer, blogger

Early life and education

Lassbo was born and grew up in Falun, Sweden. In 1999 she studied Psychology at Högskolan Dalarna in Borlänge, but in 2002 she moved to Uppsala and studied law at the Uppsala University. She earned her degree in 2007.[1][2]

Career

Lassbo became known for her blog En glamourprinsessas dagbok (A Glamour Princess Diary) which she started in August 2006.[3] She earned a living income by selling ads and banner space on her blog.[4][5] She was awarded the prize "Årets Bloggare" (Blogger of the Year) in December 2006 by Computer Sweden.[6] In late 2006 the publications Att:ention and Expressen named her one of the fifteen "media elite" people in Sweden.[7] Veckans Affärer placed her 22nd on their list of Sweden's supertalents in early 2007.[8]

Lassbo participated in the Miss Sweden (Fröken Sverige in Swedish) beauty pageant in 2006.[9][10] The eventual winner was actress Josephine Alhanko.[11][12]

In 2007 she was commissioned to write a blog for the Metro paper.[13] In late 2007 she started working for the law firm Advokatfirman Cederquist in Stockholm, and later at the Svenska Förläggareföreningen.[14][15]

In late 2009 Lassbo became a contestant on the reality television dating show Dagens Man which was hosted by Carolina Gynning on TV4 Plus.[16]

References
  1. Realtid - Karolina Lassbo
  2. Anna Lagerblad, "Glamour botar tristess", Svenska Dagbladet, 24 januari 2006
  3. "Glife bemöter attacken från Karolina Lassbo". Dagens Media. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  4. "Glamourprinsessa gör god förtjänst". DN.SE. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  5. "Karolina Lassbo lever på sitt bloggande". Expressen. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. Martin Wallström, "Glamourprinsessa årets bloggare", Computer Sweden, 29 December 2006
  7. Lena Gunnars, "De är Sveriges nya mediaelit", Expressen, 26 September 2006
  8. Veckans Affärer, 22 februari 2007
  9. Finalister Fröken Sverige, 22 February 2006,pg 15, Expressen
  10. "DANIEL SWEDIN: Åttiosex, nollsex". Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  11. Josephine Alhanko: Nya Fröken Sverige Retrieved 28 September 2014
  12. "Ingen miss, Fröken!". Aftonbladet. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  13. "Succé för metrobloggen – 700 har redan anslutit sig". Metro. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  14. "På nya jobb - Svensk Bokhandel". Svensk Bokhandel. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  15. "Sverigeplats.se - Lassbo". SverigePlats. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  16. "Bjud mig på champagne". dt.se. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
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