Lars Ivar "Lasse" Granqvist (born 25 October 1967) is a Swedish sports journalist.

It rained and they lined up in a row and the coach threw balls so they could practise headers.

[3] He did though make 38 points in 50 games whilst playing floorball in Division 1 for IBK Solna.

[5] As a child in Solna, Granqvist used to sit with big headphones and listen to Sportextra sports show in Sveriges Radio P4.

With different color pencils he recorded goals, penalties and other important events in the ice hockey matches.

[6] When the kids in the yard had a cycling competition, Granqvist used to jump on a table in the sandbox and comment on the race even though he did not see the cyclists.

They competed in getting the best results on examinations, wore their books in plastic bags, and did not go down to the school lockers between classes.

[3] During the last year at high school, he called Sveriges Radio and asked what was required of him to work there.

[4] Commentators like Robert Perlskog and Lasse Kinch had gone on to other jobs so an opening appeared for Granqvist.

But Granqvist traveled to Finland and Sweden became world champion after Mats Sundin scored the last goal against Andrei Trefilov.

[7] Lasse Granqvist was reported to the Swedish Broadcasting Authority for his commentating of the Sweden-Belarus game in the 2002 Winter Olympics.

During a match between Sweden and Finland in the 2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, he pronounced 118 words in 23 seconds.

[6] As of 2017, Granqvist has commentated 5 FIFA World Cups, 6 UEFA European Championships, 20 Ice Hockey World Championships, 6 Summer Olympic Games, 6 Winter Olympic Games and at least 120 international football fixtures.