Ina Bäckström

Ina Bäckström is a Swedish video game developer and the program leader and founder of Barcraft, Sweden's first e-sports pub. Bäckström was born on March 27, 1987, in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ina Bäckström
Born27 March 1987
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationE-Sports reporter
Game developer
Awards2012 Microsoft "IT Girl of the Year"

She was named the IT Girl of the Year by Microsoft in 2012.[1][2]

Education

In 2009, Bäckström attended the Uppsala University in Gotland, Sweden for the introduction to game design and analysis.[3]

Bäckström attended Stockholm University from 2010–2011 to represent design students at the university.[3] In 2011, she attended the FutureGames Academy for two years to study game design.[3]

Career

In 2010, Bäckström became an E-Sports reporter for Sveriges Television (SVT). A year later in 2011, she founded BarCraft STHLM.[4]

Bäckström was the program leader for SVT's E-sports broadcast at Dreamhack Summer 2012 and Dreamhack Winter 2012. She was the program manager at Dreamhack Summer 2013.[5]

In 2014, Bäckström worked for Paradox Interactive as a game developer and associate producer.[3] She is credited with being on the development teams for Cities: Skylines, Warlock II: The Exiled, and Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham.[6][7]

In 2015, Bäckström worked for Wikimedia Sverige as its first Communications Strategist.[3][8]

Bäckström left her job at SVT in 2016 to focus on developing video games at Avanade.[3]

Frizon Gaming Guild

In July 2011, Ina Bäckström and Monika Nilimaa founded the Frizon Gaming Guild, an organization designed to help get girls interested in gaming and game design. The guild hosts workshops, lectures, and meetings to assist new developers with their own projects.[3]

References
  1. Bohlin, Stefan (14 March 2012). "Hon är årets it-tjej". ComputerSweden (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. Dent, Stu (16 March 2012). "FG-11 student named IT-girl of the year". Future Games. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. "Ina Bäckström". LinkedIn. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. Wiklund, Samson (31 January 2012). "Ina Bäckström about BarCraft". Svampriket (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. "SVT to broadcast both Starcraft II & League of Legends from Dreamhack Summer 2013". Dreamhack Summer 2013. 2013. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  6. "Ina Backstrom". Giant Bomb. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  7. "Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham Manual" (PDF). Paradox Interactive. 2013. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. "Författare: Ina Bäckström". Wikimedia Sverige (in Swedish). 2015. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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