Svenskeren

Dennis Johnsen (born January 2, 1996), better known by his in-game name Svenskeren, is a Danish professional League of Legends player who is the jungler for Evil Geniuses of the LCS. He has also played for SK Gaming, Supa Hot Crew, Ninjas in Pyjamas, Copenhagen Wolves, Team SoloMid and Cloud9.

During the 2014 League of Legends World Championship group stage in Taiwan, Svenskeren registered an account by the name TaipeiChingChong on the Garena servers and was subsequently fined and suspended by Riot Games for racism.^[1] The incident was also criticized by the Taiwanese version of the newspaper Apple Daily.^[2] SK Gaming ultimately finished 9–11th.

TSM was involved in a dispute with H2k-Gaming over Svenskeren's contract as both sides claimed they had signed him first.^[3] Eventually he signed with TSM, replacing Lucas "Santorin" Larsen as their jungler.^[4] At his first tournament with the team, they finished 3rd-4th at Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose.

Personal life[]

Dennis was born on January 2, 1996, and grew up in Denmark.

Dennis has gone through quite the fitness transformation throughout his journey as a professional League of Legends player, which has brought attention to the stereotype of balancing health and fitness with gaming in each respective community.^[5]

As of 2019, Svenskeren's estimated net worth over the course of being a professional League of Legends player is approximately $19,235.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

Season 1 (2011)[]

Svenskeren started his competitive League of Legends career with LoLLeague, (Known as today's SK Gaming) before he joined 3DMAX. After a few gaming scrims, he eventually left and joined Leethuanyan's roster, which was also picked up by Team Mistral soon after. They managed to place 3rd at the Kings of Europe tournament, however, just before the third-place match, Svenskeren was replaced by Kottenx, leaving him team-less at the end of the season.^[6]

Season 2 (2012)[]

After taking the majority of his down time away from the competitive scene, Svenskeren was picked up by the Copenhagen Wolves near the end of season two. His debut with the wolves took place at the DreamHack Winter 2012 tournament, where they went on undefeated, only losing to CLG Europe in the semifinals. He and the team also competed at the THOR Open 2012, coming in 2nd behind Fnatic. Svenskeren and the team followed up these tournaments with more success, placing 1st at NorthCon eSport Arena 2012 and in the Eclypsia Christmas Cup.^[6]

Season 3 (2013)[]

Svenskeren moved around throughout this season from the Copenhagen Wolves, in the spring split to joining Ninjas in Pyjamas in the summer split. Towards the end of Season 3, Svenskeren went on to join SK Gaming, where they lost to his former team, the Copenhagen Wolves, in the first round of the amateur tournament at IEM Cologne.^[7]

Season 4 (2014)[]

Svenskeren performed well in the fresh SK Gaming roster in the Spring split. Adjustments in playstyle allowed for improvements in SK's results as they placed 3rd, securing them a spot in the spring playoffs. They placed 2nd, losing to Fnatic in the finals. In the Summer split, SK placed 4th in the regular summer split and subsequently 3rd, in the playoffs. They qualified for Worlds after defeating Team ROCCAT in the 3rd place match.^[8]

On September 17, 2014, Svenskeren was fined up to $2,500 and was suspended from competing at worlds with SK for violating the World Championship Event rules by using racially insensitive language while interacting with players in Taiwan.^[8] Svenskeren had registered an account by the name TaipeiChingChong on the Garena servers and was subsequently fined and suspended by Riot Games.^[9] The incident was also criticized by the Taiwanese version of the newspaper Apple Daily.^[10]

Season 5 (2015)[]

In response to poor behavior, Svenskeren honed in on his gaming capabilities, helping SK finish 1st in the Spring split. However, they finished 9th in the Summer split, after the exhaustive IEM Season IX - World Championship, where SK Gaming lost in the 2nd round of the winners bracket against the GE Tigers. Consequently, SK's lack in results resulted in the team's disbandment as they lost their place in the EU LCS at the end of the 2015 season.^[11]

Season 6 (2016)[]

In the 2016 preseason, Svenskeren had the choices to join either NA's TSM or EU's H2k. After initially turning down TSM's offer, Svenskeren was set to join H2k, however, the founder of TSM, Reginald, personally offered him a starting spot on the roster, and Svenskeren accepted. This created tensions between the teams as H2k claimed the transfer to be illegal due to having Svenskeren's agreement to join H2k in paper. TSM eventually won both Spring and Summer titles, ensuring their second NA LCS title in a row.

Season 7 (2017)[]

On TSM, Svenskeren assisted the team in finishing 1st with a 15–3 record in the regular spring split. Following in the spring playoffs, TSM defeated Cloud9, 3–2 in a close series, winning Svenskeren and TSM the 2017 Spring LCS title. This qualified them for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational, however, TSM failed to live up to the occasion and placed 5th, with a record of 4–6. Following this performance loss, Doublelift was added, in place of WildTurtle for the 2017 Summer Split. They finished 1st again with a 14–4 record in the regular summer split and subsequently defeated Immortals, 3–1 in the summer playoffs, qualifying TSM for the 2017 World Championship. This cemented history as TSM was the first team in NA LCS history to ever achieve three titles in a row. After a poor performance at Worlds, Svenskeren left TSM in November and joined Cloud9.^[12]

Season 8 (2018)[]

One of Svenskeren's most pivoting seasons in his League of Legends career was in the 2018 season. Specifically, Cloud9 added Licorice and Svenskeren for the 2018 Spring Season. They placed 5th overall despite holding the 2nd place title for the majority of the season. In the 2018 Summer season, Cloud9 added Goldenglue, Keith and Zeyzal to their roster and brought back Jensen and Sneaky into the main roster. Due to poor performance, in these season splits, Svenskeren was moved to Cloud9 Academy while bringing Blaber in as the new roster for the remainder of the 2018 Summer Season.^[13] This likely foreshadowed his transition into Evil Geniuses as he remained a Jungle Substitute.

Tournament results[]

Career Tournament Results
Date	Event	Placement	Team	Result	Opponent
October 18, 2019	Worlds 2019	9th - 12th	C9	2 - 4	Round Robin
August 25, 2019	LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	2nd	C9	2 : 3	TL
August 4, 2019	LCS 2019 Summer	2nd	C9	12 - 6	Round Robin
July 27, 2019	NA Academy 2019	1st	C9 Academy	15 - 3	Round Robin
June 29, 2019	Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU	2nd	C9	1 : 3	LEC
April 6, 2019	LCS 2019 Spring Playoffs	3rd	C9	2 : 3	TSM
March 24, 2019	LCS 2019 Spring	2nd	C9	14 - 4	Round Robin
October 28, 2018	Worlds 2018	3rd - 4th	C9	0 : 3	FNC
September 9, 2018	NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs	2nd	C9	0 : 3	TL
August 31, 2018	NA Academy 2018 Summer Playoffs	1st	C9 Academy	3 : 1	CLG Academy
August 20, 2018	NA LCS 2018 Summer	2nd	C9	11 -7	Round Robin
August 10, 2018	NA Academy 2018 Summer	1st	C9 Academy	16 - 2	Round Robin
March 24, 2018	NA LCS 2018 Spring Playoffs	5th - 6th	C9	0 : 3	TL
March 18, 2018	NA LCS 2018 Spring	5th	C9	11 - 7	Round Robin
November 4, 2017	Worlds 2017	9th - 11th	TSM	3 - 3	Round Robin
September 3, 2017	NA LCS 2017 Summer Playoffs	1st	TSM	3 : 1	IMT
August 6, 2017	NA LCS 2017 Summer	1st	TSM	14 - 4	Round Robin
July 8, 2017	Rift Rivals 2017 NA-EU	1st	TSM	3 : 0	UOL
May 21, 2017	Mid-Season Invitational 2017	5th	TSM	4 - 6	Round Robin
April 23, 2017	NA LCS 2017 Spring Playoffs	1st	TSM	3 : 2	C9
March 26, 2017	NA LCS 2017 Spring	1st	TSM	15 - 3	Round Robin
November 21, 2016	IEM Season 11 Oakland	3rd - 4th	TSM	1 : 2	UOL
October 29, 2016	Worlds 2016	9th - 12th	TSM	3 - 3	Round Robin
August 28, 2016	NA LCS 2016 Summer Playoffs	1st	TSM	3 : 1	C9
July 31, 2016	NA LCS 2016 Summer	1st	TSM	17 - 1	Round Robin
April 17, 2016	NA LCS 2016 Spring Playoffs	2nd	TSM	2 : 3	CLG
March 20, 2016	NA LCS 2016 Spring	6th	TSM	9 - 9	Round Robin
March 6, 2016	IEM Season 10 World Championship	3rd - 4th	TSM	0 : 2	SKT
November 23, 2015	IEM Season 10 San Jose	3rd - 4th	TSM	0 : 2	OG
September 9, 2015	EU LCS 2016 Spring Promotion	NQ	SK	2 : 3	Gamers2
July 24, 2015	EU LCS 2015 Summer	9th	SK	6 - 12	Round Robin
April 19, 2015	EU LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs	4th	SK	2 : 3	H2k
March 27, 2015	EU LCS 2015 Spring	1st	SK	15 - 3	Round Robin
March 14, 2015	IEM Season 9 World Championship	5th - 6th	SK	0 : 1	yoeFW
October 19, 2014	Worlds 2014	9th - 11th	SK	2 -4	Round Robin
August 17, 2014	EU LCS 2014 Summer Playoffs	3rd	SK	3 : 0	ROC
July 31, 2014	EU LCS 2014 Summer	4th	SK	15 - 13	Round Robin
April 17, 2014	EU LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs	2nd	SK	1 : 3	FNC
April 3, 2014	EU LCS 2014 Spring	1st	SK	18 - 10	Round Robin

• 5th–8th — Intel Extreme Masters Season X - San Jose (Team SoloMid)
• 2nd — 2016 NA LCS Spring regular season (Team SoloMid)
• 1st — 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season
• 1st — 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs
• 9th–12th — 2016 World Championship

References[]

External links[]

• Svenskeren on Twitter