She was born in a small town in 300 km north of Stockholm. When she was a child she was fond of handball, badminton and track-and-field athletics but most of all she was in love with theatre. She frequented a theatre group ”Slingerbultarna” with her friends and often performed in different revues. And in a while her passion to theatre resulted in her moving to the capital of Sweden, but she returns to her native place in between times because it is the only safe spot for her and because she feels strong connection with her roots there. In Stockholm in 1985 she studied theatre and worked in the cafe «Nybropaviljongen» which doesn't exist any more. In 1989-1991 she moved in Göteborg where she worked as a specialist in lighting in Stadsteatern. On February 15, 1991 she debuted together with Adam Alsing as a program manager on TV in the first issue of ”Tur i Kärlek”. In 1999, she gave birth to her daughter Maja. They built up a close and hearty relationship between them.
Television work
Sjödin started her career as a light technician; she was fixing lights at TV4 for television shows. Adam Alsing, a presenter for TV4, was looking for a female co-host for a new game show called Tur i kärlek. After auditioning several applicants, he asked Sjödin to audition, found her suitable and asked her to co-present the show with him. The show, which started airing in 1992 and became a huge success, was the first game show on the channel. Sjödin continued on television, co-presenting the travel game show Jakten på den försvunna diamanten with Bengt Magnusson which was broadcast on TV4, but did not receive good reviews and was cancelled soon after. She next co-hosted Fångarna på fortet with sport starGunde Svan. The show was recorded at Fort Boyard in France, and Swedish celebrities performed different tasks in the fort's dungeons. Between 1996 and 1999, she presented Små Stjärnorna and Sikta mot stjärnorna. In the following years she was the compère for Gladiatorernaa Swedish version of The Gladiators. In her role on "Saknad" she reunited guests with lost relatives and parents they had not met for many years. Sjödin did not appear on TV4 for three years. Sjödin has twice presented the Miss Swedenbeauty contest.
Other projects
Agneta Sjödin pursued a singing career and appeared on the show "Allsång på Skansen" broadcast on SVT. She was asked to sing in Melodifestivalen, which she declined. In early 2006, TV4 realised that Sjödin was about to leave the channel, so they offered her the host job along David Hellenius on the hit show Let's Dancethe Swedish version of Strictly Come Dancing, which has been aired for two seasons.
