Simo Frangén

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Simo Frangén
Birth name	Simo Juhani Frangén
Born	(1963-09-06) 6 September 1963 (age 58) Ulvila, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Spouse	Rosa Meriläinen
Notable works and roles	Alivaltiosihteeri, Maailman ympäri, SF-Studio

Simo Juhani Frangén (born 6 September 1963 in Ulvila, Finland) is a Finnish TV presenter and humourist,^[1] living in Tampere.

History[]

Frangén matriculated in 1982 and graduated as a Master of Social Sciences at the University of Tampere in 1990. His jobs include Nakkila city dump watchman in 1982, University of Tampere students' union journalist (on the magazine ) in 1987, journalist on the Tampere City magazine in 1988, assistant journalist on the humour magazine Pahkasika from 1983 to 1990 and assistant journalist on the magazine in 1985.

TV and radio work[]

Since 1990, Frangén has worked with Pasi Heikura and on the show Alivaltiosihteeri on the YLE radio stations. He has also directed and written the Radiomafia show , appeared on the show on YLE TV2 in "Master Frangén's tip shop" and most recently, on two Finnish TV quiz shows:

• Maailman ympäri from 2000 to 2004
• SF-Studio from 2004 to 2006

Frangén has received the following awards:

• Venla for best TV performer in 2001
• Telvis for best male TV performer in 2002
• for TV personality of the year in 2001
• in 2001

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Simo Frangén at Wikimedia Commons