Background
Pops was born and raised in Eskilstuna but moved to Stockholm in 1997. He is of Estonian descent from his father"s side as his grandparents moved from Estonia to Sweden during the Second World War.
Pops was born and raised in Eskilstuna but moved to Stockholm in 1997. He is of Estonian descent from his father"s side as his grandparents moved from Estonia to Sweden during the Second World War.
Pops studied journalism doing an internship at at SVT later on becoming a full-time host with them.
He presented Vinterstudion which covered winter sports at SVT during the winter season and he also presented Olympiska vinterstudion during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. During 2012 he presented the broadcasts from the Union of European Football Associations Euro 2012 held jointly in Poland and the Ukraine and a few weeks later the broadcast from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. Pops was a sidekick in Melodifestivalen 2007 and was the spokesperson for Sweden during the voting at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Serbia the same year.
He also presented the SVT broadcast from the Swedish national day celebrations in 2009 along with Marie Serneholt.
Pops was chosen by SVT to host the Christmas celebrations on the channel in 2010. A majority of Expressen newspaper readers voted Pops as the best Swedish Christmas show host of all time.
In 2013 he released the children"s book Vinterkampen at Pinxto publishers.