Natasja Crone Back

{{short description|Danish journalist and TV show presenter|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_name = Natasja Crone

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| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

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| education = Danish School of Media and Journalism

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| occupation = Journalist and television presenter

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| parents = Nina and Erik Crone

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Natasja Crone Back (born 12 June 1970) is a Danish journalist and TV show presenter. She is well known from several big shows on Danish television.{{cite book |last=Schepelern |first=P. |title=Filmleksikon |publisher=Gyldendal |year=2010 |isbn=978-87-02-04523-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32ruU_YjxlwC&pg=PA174 |language=da |access-date=2 November 2024 |page=174}}

Early life and career

Crone was raised in Holte north of Copenhagen and is of Danish and Belarusian Jewish parentage.{{cite web |url=http://www.goldberg.nu/Artikler/?member5id=5 |title=Artikler {{!}} goldberg.nu |website=www.goldberg.nu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606001525/http://www.goldberg.nu/Artikler/?member5id=5 |archive-date=2008-06-06}} 8 In 1996 she finished journalist school. During her studies, she was involved in the debating programme Planet Danmark. She did the practical part of her studies at the newspaper Berlingske Tidende.

After her studies Back became a journalist for Danmarks Radio (DR). She hosted a sports programme from 1998 to 2000. In 2000 she started working at DR's Light Entertainment Division. Later, she was attached to DR Event, a division catering to major events ranging from award shows to elections.

Natasja Crone Back hosted the millennium New Year's Eve show, the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (Danish Song Contest) in both 2000 and 2004, and the Eurovision Song Contest 2001.

She featured on Johnny Logan's cover version of "Let's Make Love". The song was released as a single in 2001 and featured on his ninth studio album, Reach for Me.

Since December 2006 she has been part of the TV 2 News staff.