André Wickström (born 11 February 1976 in

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) is a

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and

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, performing in both the

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and the

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. Wickström was born in Paipis in

east of

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. His debut as a

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a comedy, comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up. Stand-up comedy consists of One-line joke ...

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

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. In 2008 he was a frequent guest in the Swedish TV comedy Morgonsoffan. Helsinki

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s '' Club Viirus'' and '' The Comedy Kitchen'' are both launched by Wickström.

References

External links

Stand Up Comedy Klubben - André Wickström
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André Wickström's homepage
1976 births Living people People from Sipoo Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish male actors Finnish stand-up comedians {{Finland-comedian-stub