{{short description|Swedish television presenter and fashion blogger}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Elsa Billgren | image =Elsa Billgren.jpg | caption = Elsa Billgren (2013) | birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1986|2|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden | occupation = Television presenter | known_for = Fashion blogger | height = }}
'''Elsa Billgren''' (born 1 February 1986) is a Swedish television presenter and fashion blogger.<ref name="sverigesradio1">{{cite web |url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/116691?programid=2071 |title=Elsa Billgren |publisher=Sveriges Radio |date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=26 July 2014 |archive-date=1 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901065931/http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/116691?programid=2071 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |url=http://www.svt.se/sommarpratarna/elsa-billgren-kanner-jag-inte-men-jag-vet-att-hon-bloggar |title=Elsa Billgren känner jag inte – men jag vet att hon bloggar |publisher=SVT.se |accessdate=26 July 2014 |archive-date=29 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729074549/http://www.svt.se/sommarpratarna/elsa-billgren-kanner-jag-inte-men-jag-vet-att-hon-bloggar |url-status=live }}</ref> She has presented many television shows on ZTV, SVT and TV4, and has hosted radio shows for Sveriges Radio.<ref name="sverigesradio1"/> Billgren has also written and published a non-fiction book and a novel.<ref name="novellix1">{{cite web|url=http://novellix.se/forfattare/elsa-billgren/ |title=Elsa Billgren |publisher=Novellix.se |date=29 October 2013 |accessdate=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203005023/http://novellix.se/forfattare/elsa-billgren/ |archivedate=3 December 2013}}</ref>
==Career== Billgren began working for the television channel ZTV immediately after high school; she was a reporter and television presenter.<ref>{{cite web |author=Tobias Wetterskog |url=http://www.andersrydell.se/nyhet/96-uppladdat-i-ztv |title=Nyhet: Uppladdat i ZTV |publisher=Andersrydell.se |accessdate=26 July 2014 |archive-date=9 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809100407/http://www.andersrydell.se/nyhet/96-uppladdat-i-ztv |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.resume.se/nyheter/tv/2008/02/25/hon-tar-youtube-till-ztv/ |title=Resumé: Hon tar Youtube till ZTV |publisher=Resume.se |accessdate=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729231439/http://www.resume.se/nyheter/tv/2008/02/25/hon-tar-youtube-till-ztv/ |archivedate=29 July 2014}}</ref> Between 2006 and 2009 she was a presenter there for the entertainment shows ''Uppladdat'' and ''Cocobäng''.<ref name="sverigesradio1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.webfinanser.com/nyheter/?id=146493 |title=Erik Blomqvist försöker nu vinna en annan tävling istället – Cocobäng! |publisher=Webfinanser |accessdate=26 July 2014 |archive-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728123729/http://www.webfinanser.com/nyheter/?id=146493 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2009, she presented ''Mega'' at Barnkanalen and ''Rec'' on SVT1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://urplay.se/Produkter?sab_subjects=Qcaa |title=Relaterade program – UR Play |language=sv |publisher=Urplay.se |accessdate=26 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408132615/http://urplay.se/Produkter?sab_subjects=Qcaa |archivedate=8 April 2014}}</ref> In 2010, she presented ''Antikdeckarna'' at the now defunct channel TV4 Plus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/1.1914012/elsa-billgren-ny-vintageexpert-i-antikdeckarna |title=Elsa Billgren ny vintageexpert i "Antikdeckarna" |work=Expressen |accessdate=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325202414/http://www.expressen.se/noje/1.1914012/elsa-billgren-ny-vintageexpert-i-antikdeckarna |archive-date=25 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Billgren was the presenter for the web broadcasts at SVT's website during Melodifestivalen 2011, and the "After the show" programme ''Melodfestivalen 2011: Eftersnack'' on SVT. Also in 2011, she presented the radio show ''Hallå i P3'' at Sveriges Radio P3 and the SVT comedy show ''Har du hört den förut?''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.svt.se/har-du-hort-den-forut/ |title=Har du hört den förut? |publisher=SVT.se |accessdate=26 July 2014 |archive-date=18 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818153803/http://www.svt.se/har-du-hort-den-forut/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 20 July 2012, she was the host of one episode of ''Sommar i P1'' and later the same year participated in ''Sommarpratarna'' at SVT.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Later in 2012, she became a decorator on the home improvement show ''Äntligen hemma'' at TV4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv4.se/%C3%A4ntligen-hemma/artiklar/ink%C3%B6pslista-f%C3%B6r-elsa-billgrens-lilla-etta-i-%C3%A4ntligen-hemma-25-november-2013-52932721c4594861d000001a |title=Inköpslista för Elsa Billgrens lilla etta i Äntligen hemma 25 november 2013 |publisher=tv4.se |date=25 November 2013 |accessdate=26 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829130109/http://www.tv4.se/%C3%A4ntligen-hemma/artiklar/ink%C3%B6pslista-f%C3%B6r-elsa-billgrens-lilla-etta-i-%C3%A4ntligen-hemma-25-november-2013-52932721c4594861d000001a |archive-date=29 August 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Billgren is a fashion and decoration blogger on the ''Elle'' website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elsa.elle.se/|title=Elsa Billgren|work=Elle|accessdate=26 July 2014|archive-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810004617/http://elsa.elle.se/|url-status=live}}</ref> She has published two books: ''Elsa Billgrens vintage'' (2013) and in November 2013 her first novel, ''Man kan vinka till varandra från balkongerna''.<ref name="novellix1"/>
==Personal life== Billgren is the daughter of artist and writer Ernst Billgren and artist Helene Billgren.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/ernst-billgrens-brollopssnack/ |title=Ernst Billgrens bröllopssnack |work=Expressen |date=16 August 2012 |accessdate=26 July 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121611/http://www.expressen.se/noje/extra/ernst-billgrens-brollopssnack/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category|Elsa Billgren}} *[http://elsa.elle.se/ Official blog]
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