Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986) is a

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and

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. He is known from TV shows such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Early and personal life

Gustafsson was born in

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, Sweden. He studied at the

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in Stockholm to become an actor. His film debut came in 2006 with the Swedish movie ''

Beck – Flickan i jordkällaren ''Beck'' is a Swedish crime drama movie series, based on characters featured in the Martin Beck novels of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, starring Peter Haber as the titular character. The first three series and two specials were released direct- ...

''. But before his debut as an actor, he had already debuted in 2005 as a stand-up comedian at

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, a Swedish club for stand-up beginners. In 2006 he enrolled at Standup Star, a stand-up school, where among others,

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and

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, two of the most well-known comedians in Sweden, have attended.

Career

In 2008, he appeared on Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish selections for the

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. He sang a song to Kristian Luuk's (the host) girlfriend Carina Berg. In his song he declared his love for her. Afterward, Berg said that she had to hide her cheeks so people couldn't see that she was blushing. Gustafsson gained a certain degree of international fame following a World of Warcraft (WoW) joke in

, talking about people wasting time on the internet and not contributing to their party's effort by playing inefficiently, using so much internal WoW terminology himself that he was incomprehensible to non-players. The scene was spread over the Internet, mainly on YouTube, where translations into other languages could also be found. In 2008, Björn received big media attention by great efforts in

and as an entertainer in the intervals of

Melodifestivalen Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...

. He also got voted as Sweden's funniest man by

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's readers on 6 March 2008. He also read the Swedish votes at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. He continued his "stand-up" shows at the big stage, in the

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in 2009 together with Johan Glans, and with Robert Gustafsson in the

Svenska idrottsgalan The Swedish Sports Awards ''( sv, Svenska idrottsgalan) ''is a show to honor the past year's Swedish sports and athletes' achievements. It is hosted annually at Ericsson Globe in Stockholm in mid or late January. The event was first held in the ye ...

2009 (Swedish athletics awards) where he also presented the nominations for rookie of the year. Since 2016, he plays the role of Don in the American comedy television series ''

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''.

Films

*'' Beck – Flickan i jordkällaren'' (2006) *'' Les Grandes Personnes'' (2008) *'' Kenny Begins'' (2009) *'' Björn Gustafsson: A life's Work'' *'' Tina og Betina The Movie'' *''

Kronjuvelerna ''The Crown Jewels'' ( sv, Kronjuvelerna) is a 2011 Swedish drama film directed by Ella Lemhagen based upon a story by Carina Dahl. It stars Alicia Vikander and Bill Skarsgård. Plot Fragancia is arrested for the attempted murder of Richard Pers ...

'' (2011) *''

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'' (2012) *'' Spy'' (2015) * '' Kung Fury'' (2015) * ''

Becoming Astrid ''Becoming Astrid'' ( sv, Unga Astrid, da, Unge Astrid) is a 2018 biographical drama film about the early life of Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. An international co-production between Sweden and Denmark, the film is directed by Pernille Fischer ...

'' (2018)

Television shows

*'' Eurovision Song Contest 2008'' *'' Melodifestivalen 2008'' (pause act) *''

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'' *'' Morgonsoffan'' *''

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'' *'' Idol'' *'' Hål i väggen'' *'' Kontoret'' *'' Julkalendern: Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen'' *'' Söder om Folkungagatan'' *'' The Comedians'' (one episode as Jonas) *''

'' (Don)

Awards

* Swedish Funniest Man 2008 by the newspaper ''

''.

References

External links

Official website (Swedish)
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Björn 1986 births Swedish male comedians Living people Swedish male television actors Swedish male film actors Swedish expatriates in Norway 21st-century Swedish male actors 21st-century Swedish comedians