Frederik Lauesen (born 10 November 1972) is a Danish TV presenter, who has been head of sport for the Danish channel TV 2 since September 2008.[1]

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]

Personal life

He grew up in Kolding. He lives in Odense with his two children.[6] He met his Greenland-born[7] wife Laila Sylvester Grossmann in 2000,[8] and they married in 2006.[9] She died in November 2007 aged 39 from a heart attack.[10] 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.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Hansen, Michael (28 August 2008). "Frederik Lauesen ny sportschef". TV2. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Sportschefens private kamp". Fyens. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Godsk, Stine (28 August 2008). "Studievært er ny chef for TV2 Sporten". Børsen. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "FCM kritiserer TV2's sportschef". P4 Midt & Vest. DR. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Bitsch, Ole (18 December 2009). "FCM-direktør raser mod TV2's sportschef". AOIB. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Portræt af Frederik Lauesen". Info-Huset. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Millionerstatning til grønlandsk kvindes efterladte". KNR. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  8. ↑ Kingod, Jette (21 August 2009). "Hjertesygdom afvist som stress". DR om Sundhed. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  9. ↑ Kolby, Maiken (9 July 2008). "TV 2-vært: Læger slog min kone ihjel". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Frederik Lauesens kone pludselig død". Starlounge. MTV.dk. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Millionerstatning til tv-chef efter hans kones tragiske død". Fyens. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010.


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