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Parlamentet
''Parlamentet'' ( sv, the parliament) is a satirical panel gameshow on TV4, which parodies Swedish political debate. It was first broadcast in 1999 and is currently in its 23rd series. The current presenter is Anders S. Nilsson, who has hosted the show since 2004. Current team members include Babben Larsson, Robin Paulsson, Johan Rheborg and Johan Glans. Kodjo Akolor has also been featured. The program is a Swedish version of the short-run British show If I Ruled the World. The comedians are divided into two teams (''parties''), red and blue, representing traditional political colours. History The show has had many producers over the years including Anders S. Nilsson, Gustaf Skördeman, Stefan Wiik and currently Benjamin Thuresson. The original 1999 panel consisted of Helge Skoog and Johan Wahlström in the blue party with Lasse Eriksson and Annika Lantz in the red party. ''Parlamentet'' was awarded the Kristallen award for best comedy in 2005 and Swedish tabloid newspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Schyffert
Per Henrik Schyffert (born 23 February 1968) is a Swedish comedian, actor, musician and radio and television personality. Career Schyffert was a VJ for MTV Europe in the late 1980s. In 1992 he hosted the comedy TV show ''I Manegen Med Glenn Killing'', also starring Robert Gustafsson and Johan Rheborg. The program was later turned into a successful stage show. In 1993 he created the radio show ''Hassan'' with Kristian Luuk in Stockholm. The show centered on prank phone calls and off-the-wall comedy sketches. He left Hassan as his career with the "Killing" gang took off, and he and Luuk were replaced by Fredrik Lindström. After the show's cancellation in December 1994, ''Hassan'' became a cult phenomenon, and as of October 2008 seven CDs have been released with material from the show. Also in 1993 he released the single "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" with Gordon Cyrus and ex-girlfriend Cia Berg, under the name Whale. Whale's first album, ''We Care'', was released two years later, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
If I Ruled The World (game Show)
''If I Ruled the World'' is a television show aired in the United Kingdom in 1998 and 1999. It was a comedy panel game show, similar to '' Have I Got News for You'' but focused on parodying the behaviour of politicians. Rounds included answering questions without using the words 'Yes' or 'No', and finding reasons to disagree with policies proposed by the other team, no matter how sensible. The winning team was chosen each week by a vote of the studio audience. The show was named after the 1960s theatre song "If I Ruled the World". The show was presented by Clive Anderson. Team captains Graeme Garden and Jeremy Hardy were the Blue and Red Party Leaders, with Anderson quipping that there was no more of an official political difference between these two teams than existed between Britain's major parties of the time. "I was supposed to be a Labour politician, and Graeme was supposed to be a Tory, but we didn't have to stay completely in character if we wanted to sort of shamelessly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pär Lernström
Pär Hugo Gustav Lernström, born 4 September 1980, is a Swedish television presenter, perhaps best known for presenting the Swedish Idol series on TV4. He has worked for SR Stockholm, Utbildningsradion, MTV:s morningshow "Mycket mer än müsli", Aftonbladet TV7 and Mix Megapol. Lernström has been TV-host for the Swedish version of Balls of Steel, (Ballar av stål). In 2011 Lernström started to work for TV4. He was TV-host for Parlamentet in 2011. On 1 March 2011 it was reported that Lernström were going to be the TV-host for Swedish Idol 2011, replacing Peter Jihde. He is presenting Talang 2017 which is broadcast on TV4. In March 2011, he and his wife Linda Öhrn appeared on the TV-show '' Herr och Fru'' on TV4. The couple's first child, a daughter, was born in August 2012. Television Host *2009-2010 - Ballar av stål ''(Balls of Steel)'' *2011 - Parlamentet ''(The Parliament)'' *2011 - Idol Sweden *2012 - Kockarnas kamp ''(Chef Struggle)'' *2013 - Veckans svensk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kodjo Akolor
Kodjo Akolor (born 15 June 1981) is a Swedish TV/radio personality and comedian. Career He started as a comedian in 2005 and after two years became a regular on contemporary R&B themed radio station ''The Voice''. In 2008 Akolor became a reporter for ''Vakna med the voice'' a TV and radio show multi-cast on TV-channel Kanal 5 and ''The Voice radio network''. He also hosted the TV-show ''Kodjos värld'' (Kodjos world) on ''The Voice TV'' where he combined humor and music videos. During the 2008 spring, he became the co-host of ''Talang'' (Talent) the Swedish version of the ''Got Talent'' series. The producers originally contacted comedian Björn Gustafsson, but his schedule was too busy and recommended his friend Kodjo Akolor. Since 2008, he has also been one of the three regular show hosts on Radio P3's popular morning show ''Morgonpasset''. He is frequently featured on Kanal 5's ''RAW comedy club'' and high-profile comedy show ''Parlamentet''. In the summer of 2010, Akolor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffan Ling
Staffan Ling (born 8 November 1944) is a Swedish actor and television presenter. Ling moved to Umeå to study humanities at the Umeå University during his early years, and became one of the founders of the local student theatre (Umeå Nya Studentteater) in 1964. He was a producer at Sveriges Radio and SVT in Umeå between 1971 and 1987. Amongst the shows he has presented is the quiz show ''Femettan'' broadcast on SVT, the comedy show ''Parlamentet'' and the game show ''Stadskampen'', both on TV4. Along with actor Bengt Andersson he participated in ''Sant och sånt'' from 1972 to 1987, a show for children featuring simple scientific and technical experiments and explanations of how things work. Through this show, the two became well established as the duo Staffan & Bengt. Ling has participated in several of SVTs Julkalendern shows, '' Julkul med Staffan & Bengt'', ''Julstrul med Staffan & Bengt'' and '' Liv i luckan med julkalendern''. He is also known for hosting the cooking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lasse Eriksson
Lars Gunnar "Lasse" Eriksson (1 April 1949 – 3 March 2011) was a Swedish comedian, actor and writer. Eriksson was born in Piteå, Sweden. He took a Bachelor of Arts in economic history before he initiated a theatrical career in the 1970s, when he played at the Panic Theatre in Uppsala. With a brass band in 1983, he did the show ''Vad varje kvinna bör veta om män'' (''What every woman should know about men''). In 1984, he became known to TV audiences with his personal contemplations in ''Dagsedlar'' (''Daily pages''), which were brief five-minute episodes accompanied by the dog Hillman. In 1985–86, he was the presenter of ''Café Luleå'' and in 2002, he was the team commander in ''Snacka om nyheter'' (''News talk''). Eriksson was also part of the original 1999 panel of ''Parlamentet'', where he teamed with Annika Lantz in the red party. Eriksson rose to fame mainly as a stand-up comedian. He also composed and wrote several songs, among the best known is ''Stället'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Tornving
Mikael Tornving, (born 15 February 1961) is a Swedish comedian, actor and television presenter. Tornving was born in Östersund and studied personal and worklife at Uppsala University. He is best known as a comedian in the TV4 panel show Parlamentet, and as the character Rolf Nygård as a travelling reporter in Melodifestivalen 2005 during the semifinals. The character was also seen in the show Godafton Sverige broadcast by SVT. In 2006, Tornving participated in the comedy series '' Playa del Sol'' at SVT. His first film role came in 2006 in a cameo in the film Frostbiten as a police officer that tries to arrest a vampire. He also plays the role of Patrik Agrell in the films about Johan Falk. In 2007, Tornving took part in the musical Little Shop of Horrors which was done at the Halmstad teater. In 2013, he participated in the musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at Göta Lejon in Stockholm. In the summer of 2008, Tornving toured with Rhapsody in Rock, he also presented an ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Hjelt
Henrik Olov August Hjelt (born 6 March 1968, on Lidingö), is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is also a reserve officer in the Swedish Amphibious Corps and a lawyer. Selected filmography *1999-:Parlamentet (The Parliament) *2001: Känd från TV (Known From TV) *2002: Klassfesten (The Class Reunion) *2002: Utanför din dörr (Right Outside Your Door) *2004: Treasure Planet (Swedish voice for B.E.N.) *2005: Robots "\n\n\n\n\nThe robots exclusion standard, also known as the robots exclusion protocol or simply robots.txt, is a standard used by websites to indicate to visiting web crawlers and other web robots which portions of the site they are allowed to visi ... (Swedish voice for Crank) *2007: Playa del Sol (TV-series) References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hjelt, Henrik 1968 births Swedish male actors Swedish comedians Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Wickström
André Wickström (born 11 February 1976 in Sipoo, Eastern Uusimaa, Finland) is a Finland Swedish comedian and actor, performing in both the Swedish and the Finnish language. Wickström was born in Paipis in Sipoo east of Helsinki. His debut as a stand-up comedian came in 1995 and he got his degree from the Theatre Academy in 1999. In 2003, thanks to the TV show '' W-Tyyli'', Wickström reached a broad audience in Finland. In W-Tyyli Wickström portrayed a fictional talk-show host in a documentary fashion preparing the evenings show by welcoming and pre-pepping actual celebrities for the evenings show. The format of ''W-tyyli'' was sold to multiple countries including Britain and Belgium. Wickström has later appeared more and more on Swedish television instead. In 2006, Wickström was one of the hosts of the TV show '' Veckans nyheter'' on Kanal 5 in Sweden. Since 2007 he is also a panelist in the popular Swedish TV-program Parlamentet. In 2008 he was a frequent guest in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helge Skoog
Helge Skoog (born 6 August 1938 in Borås, Sweden) is a Swedish actor and comedian, who became well known during the 1980s appearing on the TV series '' Teatersport''. During the 2000s (decade), he took part in the TV program ''Parlamentet''. Skog was married to Busk Margit Jonsson from 1964-1977. In February–March 2015, he acted as the narrator voice in the TV programme '' Klockan nio hos stjärnorna''. Filmography *1970 - '' Baltutlämningen'' *1976 - '' Near and Far Away'' *1981 - Babels hus (TV) *1981 - ''Beteendelek'' (TV play) *1984 - ''Pengarna gör mannen'' (TV film) *1985 - '' Skrotnisse och hans vänner'' (voice actor) *1986 - '' Fläskfarmen'' *1986 - ''Bröderna Mozart'' *1988 - '' Allra käraste syster'' *1989 - '' T. Sventon praktiserande privatdetektiv'' *2000 - ''Jönssonligan spelar högt'' *2005 - ''Kommissionen'' (TV series) *2008–2013 - ''Halv åtta hos mig ''Halv åtta hos mig'' (''Swedish'' for ''Half past seven in my home'') is a TV4 television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Rosenfeldt
Hans Rosenfeldt (born Hans Petersson on 13 July 1964) is a Swedish screenwriter, radio presenter, novelist and actor. He co-created the Swedish series ''De drabbade'' (2003) and ''Oskyldigt dömd'' (2008–09), and created the Scandinavian series '' The Bridge'' (2011–2018) and the ITV/Netflix series ''Marcella'' (2016–). Early life Hans Petersson was born in 1964 in Borås, Västergötland. He grew particularly tall during puberty and was treated with growth hormone at fourteen years old to limit his growth. He reached his full height of at fourteen. He considered a career as a basketball player, and briefly worked as a sea lion trainer at Borås djurpark. He also had jobs as a chauffeur and a teacher before deciding to become an actor. He took on the surname Rosenfeldt – his mother's maiden name – during school, replacing his birth name. Career Rosenfeldt began acting in the late 1980s. In addition to small television roles, he acted with the Gothenburg National Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Dorsin
Per ''Henrik'' Dorsin (born 20 November 1977, Lidingö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, comedian, singer and revue-artist. Dorsin started his career as an extra in the 1995, film Vinterviken. He started his television career in the satire-show ''Detta har hänt'' in 1998. He then worked as a revue-artist and dramatist, he produced the revue ''Slängar av sleven'', and has participated in shows with the theatre group Stockholms blodbad. He also worked with the SVT entertainment show Säpop, and he has been part of the TV4 comedy show ''Parlamentet''. In 2007, he won the Karamelodiktstipendiet by Povel Ramel. In 2014, Dorsin toured with the comedy play ''Henrik Dorsin – näktergalen från Holavedsvägen''. And since 2014, Dorsin runs the theater Scalateatern in Stockholm Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
