The first time I heard about Linnéa Claeson was many years ago.
I heard about the handball player who got an Instagram account where she posted screenshots of harassment she had to endure online. I remember scrolling many times through the sea of images on comments but also answers from Linnéa that she posted for public viewing.
Linnea Claeson. Image source: Noella Johansson/TT
Claesson was dragged into the morning sofas, she got summer talk, she was a guest on podcasts and TV programs and became a hot potato among Almedalen’s hotshots.
In 2018, the newspapers Dagens Juridik and Legally Yours named “Lawyer of the Year” for the 15th year in a row and the winner – her name was Linnéa Claeson. Without even being a lawyer.
But there was something I felt wasn’t quite one hundred percent. Many of the posts felt…. not entirely truthful. Everything sounded the same. Many posts were written in exactly the same way. And in ways that would make it easy for her to respond a little mockingly to the “mean” receiver. The mean men often misspelled their mean messages so she could correct them and so on.
“You can’t bullshit a bullshitter” they usually say. And to be honest, my suspicions about Linnéa’s post started as it is seriously something I could do myself.
Mia Skäringer shows her support for Linnéa Claeson after the scandal
Linnéa Claeson has been accused of faking sexual harassment and threats against herself. Image source: Beatrice Nordensson/TT Bild
What is true and what is not in Linnéa’s stories on “Assholesonline” is still not clear today. But that there was a bit of vajsing here and there – she has admitted that herself.
And it was certainly not just me who was cautiously skeptical of Linnea. Critical texts popped up everywhere about her and her Instagram account.
But then everything ended up on ice.
The days have passed. Spring has become summer. Summer has turned into autumn and suddenly you saw the headline that “Linnéa Claesson is ready for Superstars”.
I snorted quite properly and thought: “Mmmm ok, it’s going to be hard to trick yourself into winning competitions old lady”.
But I will say this. I’ve had to eat my hat for breakfast, lunch and dinner for almost three weeks straight. Linnéa completely crushes in this program. She’s like a…war goddess who refuses to lose? And it’s not on the hair in the competitions either. SHE SWEEPS THE COURSE WITH THE OTHERS.
In addition to being a machine at the competition, she also seems to be incredible to live with in the house where the participants live wall to wall with each other. Humble, funny, responsive and extremely good for cohesion.
If you have moved away from your family to another country, people like Linnéa, who radiate security, are worth their weight in gold.
During the last competition where the participants have to hold up a plank with their arms, I found myself shouting out loud:
Linnéa stood firm while one by one dropped her planks. Image source: discovery+
“COME ON NOW BRITT-MARIE (read Linnéa) DRIVE FUCK FUCK. HOLD!!!! HOLD!!!!”.
I don’t really know what happened here. But one thing I do know: And it was that it was a stroke of genius on Linnéa Claeson’s part to accept this.
