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.

She was named the IT Girl of the Year by Microsoft in 2012.

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

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

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.

In 2014, Bäckström worked for Paradox Interactive as a game developer and associate producer.

In 2015, Bäckström worked for Wikimedia Sverige as its first Communications Strategist.

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

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.