Kitty Jutbring

Kitty Jutbring
Kitty Jutbring in 2012
Born
Anna Maria Kitty Skura Jutbring

(1977-05-08) 8 May 1977 (age 47)
Gothenburg, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Occupation(s)Radio host, television host, singer

Anna Maria Kitty Skura Jutbring (born 8 April 1977) is a Swedish reality television contestant, radio and television host, singer and DJ. She became known in Sweden after being a housemate on Big Brother in 2002, and has since become a radio and television host by hosting shows on Sveriges Radio P3 and SVT. Jutbring has hosted shows like Musikhjälpen on television and Christer on radio.

Career

In 1999, Jutbring won VeckoRevyns competition "Plus Size Model of the Year".[1] Jutbring became known in Sweden when she was a housemate in the second series of the Swedish version of the reality show Big Brother which was broadcast on Kanal5 in 2002.[2] After that Jutbring participated in Fort Boyard on TV4 and Club Goa on TV3.[3] Jutbring is also a member of her own band Kitty & The K who performed in the Hultsfredsfestival in Hultsfred in 2005.[4]

Jutbring is a radio host and has given relationship advice in the Sveriges Radio show Christer.[5] She has hosted the show several times when the usual host was on vacation or on other radio duties. She is the host of the teen television show Hasses brorsas låtsassyrras kompis ("Hasse's brother's stepsister's friend") on SVT and she has also hosted Bobster which is broadcast on Barnkanalen.[6]

In 2008, Jutbring participated in the radio and television charity show Musikhjälpen, in the show's very first broadcast, with Henrik Torehammar and Ehsan Noroozi.[7] For the show, Jutbring was locked inside a glasshouse and broadcast live radio for six days.[7] Jutbring also participated as a celebrity dancer in Let's Dance 2009 on TV4.[8]

In 2010, she participated in the winter game show Vinterspelen Åre 2010 on Kanal5, and in 2011 she was the host for the P3 Guld Awards on SVT.[9][10] Since 2000, she has been a DJ and nightclub proprietor and owns several nightclubs around Sweden, mostly in Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm.[4]

Jutbring has been an active proponent of feminism and equal opportunities for women.[11] She has been particularly vocal regarding the situation of adolescent girls in Sweden regarding issues of body consciousness and sex.[12] Jutbring has also been an active proponent of the new and controversial[according to whom?] gender neutral personal pronoun hen.[13]

Personal life

At the end of 2012, Jutbring and her boyfriend Per Störby had their first child, a daughter.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Kitty Jutbring bilder och nyheter | Allt om Kitty Jutbring!". Posh24.se. 8 April 1977. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Kitty Jutbring om törsten efter uppmärksamhet och vägen ut – Efter tio". tv4.se. 12 October 2012. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Kitty vågar inte komma till Goa-festen | Expressen Nöje | Nöjesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter". Expressen. 21 April 2005. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  4. ^ a b Åsa Brolin (25 March 2013). "Kitty Jutbring: "Jag pendlar mellan eufori och panik" – Mama". Mama.nu. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Kitty Jutbring i Relationsrådet – Christer | Sveriges Radio". Sveriges Radio. Sverigesradio.se. 27 April 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Hasses brorsas låtsassyrras kompis | Nöjesguiden" (in Swedish). Nojesguiden.se. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  7. ^ a b Tweet Följ @SvD Stockholm TT Spektra (19 November 2008). "Kitty Jutbring i Musikhjälpen | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  8. ^ "Kitty Jutbring rusade iväg och grät under "Let's dance"-repetitionerna | Let's Dance | Nöjesbladet". Aftonbladet. 9 January 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  9. ^ Anna-Karin Pernevill (18 January 2010). "Här kommer kändisarna som ska göra upp i Vinterspelen – Kulturartiklar" (in Swedish). op.se. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  10. ^ Stockholm TT Spektra (15 November 2010). "Kitty Jutbring leder P3 Guld-galan | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  11. ^ "Mer Belinda. | Kitty Jutbring". Blogg.mama.nu. 18 January 2014. Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  12. ^ Harry Amster (21 January 2011). "Färgstark Kitty | Kultur | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  13. ^ "Nytt avsnitt! | Kitty Jutbring". Blogg.mama.nu. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  14. ^ "Kitty Jutbring är orolig för sin framtida dotter | Kändisar Hänt i Veckan Skvaller". Expressen. 21 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
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