Svenskeren
Svenskeren | |
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Current team | |
Team | Evil Geniuses |
Games | League of Legends |
Role | Jungler |
League | LCS |
Personal information | |
Name | Dennis Johnsen |
Born | January 2, 1996 |
Nationality | Danish |
Team history | |
2011 | LoLLeague |
2011 | 3DMAX |
2011 | Leethuanyan |
2011 | Team Mistral |
2012–2013 | Copenhagen Wolves |
2013 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
2013 | Supa Hot Crew |
2013–2015 | SK Gaming |
2015–2017 | Team SoloMid |
2017–2019 | Cloud9 |
2019–present | Evil Geniuses |
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 | |||||
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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 | ![]() |
C9 | 2 : 3 | TL |
August 4, 2019 | LCS 2019 Summer | ![]() |
C9 | 12 - 6 | Round Robin |
July 27, 2019 | NA Academy 2019 | ![]() |
C9 Academy | 15 - 3 | Round Robin |
June 29, 2019 | Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU | ![]() |
C9 | 1 : 3 | LEC |
April 6, 2019 | LCS 2019 Spring Playoffs | ![]() |
C9 | 2 : 3 | TSM |
March 24, 2019 | LCS 2019 Spring | ![]() |
C9 | 14 - 4 | Round Robin |
October 28, 2018 | Worlds 2018 | ![]() |
C9 | 0 : 3 | FNC |
September 9, 2018 | NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs | ![]() |
C9 | 0 : 3 | TL |
August 31, 2018 | NA Academy 2018 Summer Playoffs | ![]() |
C9 Academy | 3 : 1 | CLG Academy |
August 20, 2018 | NA LCS 2018 Summer | ![]() |
C9 | 11 -7 | Round Robin |
August 10, 2018 | NA Academy 2018 Summer | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
TSM | 3 : 1 | IMT |
August 6, 2017 | NA LCS 2017 Summer | ![]() |
TSM | 14 - 4 | Round Robin |
July 8, 2017 | Rift Rivals 2017 NA-EU | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
TSM | 3 : 2 | C9 |
March 26, 2017 | NA LCS 2017 Spring | ![]() |
TSM | 15 - 3 | Round Robin |
November 21, 2016 | IEM Season 11 Oakland | ![]() |
TSM | 1 : 2 | UOL |
October 29, 2016 | Worlds 2016 | 9th - 12th | TSM | 3 - 3 | Round Robin |
August 28, 2016 | NA LCS 2016 Summer Playoffs | ![]() |
TSM | 3 : 1 | C9 |
July 31, 2016 | NA LCS 2016 Summer | ![]() |
TSM | 17 - 1 | Round Robin |
April 17, 2016 | NA LCS 2016 Spring Playoffs | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
TSM | 0 : 2 | SKT |
November 23, 2015 | IEM Season 10 San Jose | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
SK | 1 : 3 | FNC |
April 3, 2014 | EU LCS 2014 Spring | ![]() |
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[]
- ^ Moser, Kelsey; Kulasingham, Nilu. "SK Svenskeren provokes Taiwanese media with offensive summoner name, Fined and Suspended by Riot Games". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24.
- ^ "低級! 歐洲電競選手改名污辱台灣人". Apple Daily. September 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/svenskeren-tsm-h2k/
- ^ Volk, Pete (November 14, 2015). "TSM announces roster additions of Hauntzer, Svenskeren and KaSing". SB Nation. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ Svenskeren (2017-04-29). "Gym with @TSMReginald pic.twitter.com/SCpjnA4aQw". @svenskeren1. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "SK Gaming | Content: Living the Dream: Copenhagen Wolves". www.sk-gaming.com. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "New SK took IEM Qualifier by storm". Intel Extreme Masters. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "SK Svenskeren provokes Taiwanese media with offensive summoner name, Fined and Suspended by Riot Games". GameSpot. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Moser, Kelsey; Kulasingham, Nilu. "SK Svenskeren provokes Taiwanese media with offensive summoner name, Fined and Suspended by Riot Games". onGamers. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2015-08-24.
- ^ "低級!歐洲電競選手改名污辱台灣人". Apple Daily. September 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- ^ "SK Gaming's roller coaster ride". LoL Esports. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ Goslin, Austen (2017-11-27). "Cloud9 picks up Svenskeren as starting jungler". The Rift Herald. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
- ^ "Svenskeren moved to Cloud9 Academy, Blaber in as new jungler". Daily Esports. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
External links[]
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Danish esports players
- League of Legends jungle players
- Cloud9 (esports) players
- Copenhagen Wolves players
- Evil Geniuses players
- Ninjas in Pyjamas players
- SK Gaming players
- Team SoloMid players
- Danish expatriates in the United States