Ametist Azordegan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ametist Azordegan

Date of Birth: 01-Jul-1980

Place of Birth: Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran

Profession: television presenter, music critic

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Ametist Azordegan

  • Ametist Azordegan (born 1 July 1980) is a Swedish journalist, television presenter and radio presenter.
  • She was born in Tehran, Iran, but left (along with her family) in 1986, and studied journalism in Stockholm (with a specialty in music journalism).
  • She presented the Sveriges Radio music show En kärleksattack på svensk hiphop between 2007 and 2014, which was broadcast on P3 and SR Metropol.
  • Since 2013, she has been a reviewer for different cultural events for Sveriges Radios P1, P2 and P3.
  • She is also a member of the Grammis award jury and the Swedish Music Hall of Fame.Azordegan has worked for SVT since 1999 on the music show Kvällstoppen, Pop i fokus along with Per Sinding-Larsen and Fredrik Lindström.
  • She has earlier worked as a reviewer in music for the papers City and Gaffa, and also on and off reviewer for Metro and Sonic, and has also written music articles for Göteborgs-Posten.
  • Azordegan and actor Mikael Tornving were suspended from their work at Sveriges Radio during a period ahead of the 2010 Swedish general election after breaking the station's policy by openly showing their political views.
  • Azordegan participated in a campaign film against far-right parties.
  • After rapper Adam Tensta left TV4's studio show Nyhetsmorgon in protest against perceived racism in 2015, Azordegan wrote a column about her belief that the channel lacks in understanding about racism.Since 2014, she has been writing a history book about Swedish hip hop music.
  • The book was published by Natur & Kultur and released in 2017.
  • At the 2015 Kingsizegala, she won the award of Original of the year, an award that is given to a person or network that works to promote the Swedish hip hop music and scene.

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