Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Franzén ya fara wasan hockey kan kankara a Boro / Vetlanda HC, Landsbro kusa da Vetlanda a Sweden. An dakatar da shi har tsawon shekara guda bayan ya buga alkalin wasa, amma sai aka koma ya buga wasa tare da Tranås AIF a cikin Allsvenskan na Sweden a 1999. Bayan kakar wasa daya tare da kulob din, ya koma Linköpings HC, inda ya zauna na tsawon shekaru biyar, yana taimakawa kulob din ya sami ci gaba don taka leda a gasar Elitserien ta Sweden a shekara ta 2001. Wanda ɗan leƙen asirin Turai Håkan Andersson ya ba da shawarar, Red Wings ne suka zaɓa Franzén a 2004
a zagaye na uku, na 97.