{{Infobox person
|title          = Agnes Larsson
|image          = Agnes Larsson.png 
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|date_of_birth  = {{Birth date and age|1989|6|13}}<ref>{{tweet|dinnerbone|1139282505444446208|It's somehow @_LadyAgnes's birthday today and she doesn't want people to know. Absolutely do not give her a very big hug and the best wishes and a picture of a cute kitten. Nobody tell her I said this, either.|June 13, 2019}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190710133617if_/https://www.forbes.com/profile/agnes-larsson</ref>
|occupation     = Minecraft Game Director<ref>https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits</ref>
|nationality    = Swedish
|languages      = English, Swedish
|website        = 
|known_for      = Designing [[llama]]s, [[turtle]]s, [[panda]]s, [[ocean ruins]], [[iceberg]]s, [[lush caves]], [[tadpole]]s and [[frog]]s<br> Appearances in Minecraft annual votes<br> Conduct Minecraft talks
|also_known_as  = LadyAgnes
|wiki_name      = 
|reddit         = 
|twitter        = _LadyAgnes
|bug_tracker    = FruBasilicum
|minecraft_name = LadyAgnes
}}
'''Agnes Larsson'''<ref>{{tweet|ladyagnes|765828881953726464|@M124367 It's LadyAgnes :)|Aug 17, 2016}}</ref> (born June 13, 1989) is the Minecraft Game Director<ref>https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/credits</ref> at [[Mojang Studios]].

==Biography==
Larsson was born in {{w|Falkenberg}}, a seaside city located in southwest Sweden, and she has enjoyed games since she was three years old. Larsson has a daughter born in 2016,<ref>{{ytl|vJCMpPyaN8Q|Minecraft 1.20: New Blocks and Their Functions!|Minecraft|Feb 24, 2023|t=30s}}</ref><ref name="ted">{{ytl|IBsSUVIwupQ|The Awesome Potential of Many Metaverses|TED|June 3, 2022|t=231s}}</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190710133617if_/https://www.forbes.com/profile/agnes-larsson</ref><ref>{{ytl|f0k7JNFGhms|Growth & Evolution - Part 3: 15 Years of Minecraft|Minecraft|June 5, 2024|t=182s}}</ref> and three cats, named Magnolia, Isacco and Gemina.<ref name="magnolia">{{tweet|ladyagnes|760902213388627968|@AVirtualHuman Thanks! It's my cat Magnolia :D|Aug 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name=isacco/><ref>{{tweet|ladyagnes|763040170677526528|@RealWitherer_ I have three cats ;) ... a purrfect number of cats I guess? ^_^|Aug 9 2016}}</ref><ref name=gemina>{{tweet|_LadyAgnes|1345881184455294980|Awwrr my dear cat Gemina decided to sit in such a cute way today|January 3, 2021}}</ref> 

The public {{w|Linköping University}} is the educational institution in which she has participated since 2008, earning a master's degree in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in 2013. Before joining Mojang Studios, Larsson was employed by two companies: Scania Group, in {{w|Södertälje}}, Sweden, as a summer intern for two months (June - July 2012); and Configura, in {{w|Linköping}}, Sweden, to finish her master thesis (January - June 2013), and then as a core developer for three years (2013 - 2016).<ref name="linkedin">[https://www.linkedin.com/in/agnes-larsson-294a4985/details/experience/ Agnes Larsson on Linkedin]</ref>

Larsson was introduced at Mojang as a gameplay developer for ''Minecraft: [[Java Edition]]'' in August 3, 2016.<ref>{{tweet|jeb_|760736761995812864|At the office again! Happy to get back to work on Minecraft (PC/Java) with our newest team member, @_LadyAgnes \o/|August 3, 2016}}</ref> She led designs of many new additions to ''Minecraft'', such as [[iceberg]]s, [[turtle]]s and [[llama]]s. As her programming experience progressed, Larsson was made development manager and senior gameplay developer in April, 2019, then lead gameplay developer for ''Minecraft'' in April 2020 and, on March 3, 2021, she was promoted to ''Minecraft'' Vanilla Game Director.<ref name="linkedin"/>

Larsson serves as a spokesperson for Mojang Studios as she holds ''Minecraft'' workshops for children, for example.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/profile/agnes-larsson</ref> Her goal as a development manager is to create as much player happiness as possible using ''Minecraft'' Java and Bedrock [[Version history|updates]], encompassing various gameplay styles, whereas keeping the principles of the game's inclusivity and simplicity, which include the dynamic of one block at a time.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/17/minecraft-update-release-date/</ref> With the nickname of ''LadyAgnes'', Agnes Larsson is known for appearing in the [[Minecraft Live 2020|Minecraft Live]] teaser videos that show her and [[Jens Bergensten]] in a two-dimensional type of ''Minecraft''. Nir Vaknin, a ''Minecraft'' gameplay developer,<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/nir-vaknin-06998670/?originalSubdomain=il Nir Vaknin on Linkedin]</ref> trivially told during [[Minecraft Live 2020]] that Agnes likes to make the roofs of her houses with [[wool]]. In ''[[Minecraft Dungeons]]'', a painting of her character on a church seems to be fancier than the other paintings and it has a [[cat]] besides her. Agnes' ''Minecraft'' character also appears in the screenshot of Mojang's blog post about the [[Java Edition 16w43a]] snapshot, where it is pictured [[fishing]] in a [[river]] biome.

In April 2022, Larsson did a {{w|TED Talk}} in Vancouver, Canada, under the topic "The Awesome Potential of Many Metaverses".<ref name="ted"/> In the talk, Larsson demonstrated how ''Minecraft'' worlds act as unique metaverses where players can express their creativity. She also shared screenshots from her ''Minecraft'' world on which she had played for more than 10 years.

==Gallery==
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File:Agnes cat Magnolia.jpg|Larssons' cat, Magnolia.<ref>{{Tweet|_LadyAgnes|1388576631330115591|Today we celebrate this queen turning 13 years old! This cuddly, overall very cool and determined lady has been here with me since I was a teenager}}</ref>
File:Isacco.jpg|Larssons' second cat, Isacco.<ref name=isacco>{{tweet|ladyagnes|762732583725793284|Isacco is celebrating #InternationalCatDay with an always appreciated moment of rest ^_^|Aug 8, 2016}}</ref>
File:Agnes 3rd cat.jpg|Larssons' 3rd cat, Gemina.<ref name=gemina/>
File:Agnes Larsson Mojang avatar.png|Larssons' official [[Mojavatar]] from 2016 to 2021.
File:AgnesLarssonNewMojangAvatar.jpg|Larssons' official Mojavatar from 2021 to present.
File:LadyAgnes-Skin.png|LadyAgnes' skin in ''Minecraft''. 
File:Magnolia.png|Her profile picture on Twitter, featuring her cat named Magnolia.
File:Agnes 'LadyAgnes' Larsson.png|Her photo in 2021.
</gallery>

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