Frederik Lauesen

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. 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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