Grotesco is a Swedish comedy group and the name of a comedy series that the group recorded three seasons for, under SVT, it aired between Autumn of 2007 and 2017. As well as this, the group also participated as break entertainment in Melodifestivalen 2009 (The Melody Festival - A Swedish festival to determine the 49th song to represent Sweden in the

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), and released a CD with different variants of the hit song

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, which headlined in the break entertainment. The group was formed in the 90's in Lidingö but got its current form and members in 2006. On 15 January 2015, they had the premiere for their first stage performance "Grotesco på Scala - en näradödenrevy" (Grotesco at Scala - a near-death revue) in the

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. On 3 September 2015, it was confirmed that Grotesco would do a third season of their TV series.

Group members

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 ...

Michael Lindgren DJ Trexx is a pseudonym of Swedish actor, producer and writer Michael Lindgren (born 14 March 1978 in Stockholm), who is a part of the Grotesco comedy collective. DJ Trexx is a satirical figure who was initially portrayed as a Croatian disc jockey ...

* Per Andersson * Rikard Ulvshammar * Per Gavatin *

Emma Molin Emma Matilda Molin (born 16 May 1979) is a Swedish actress, comedian and director. She is best known for presenting the Grammis Awards, Gulbaggegalan and for being part of the comedy group Grotesco. Career Molin has been a member of the comedy g ...

* Hanna Löfqvist Dorsin *

Emma Peters Emma Karin Peters (born 10 February 1978) is a Swedish actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan in Stockholm between 2000 and 2004. She has worked as an actress at Backa teater, Östgötateatern, Uppsala stadsteater and toured with the Dramat ...

Jakob Setterberg Måns ''Jakob'' Setterberg, (born 22 July 1974) is a Swedish actor, television presenter and comedian. He made his film debut in the Jan Troells film ''Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd'' in 1982. He is also a member of the comedy group Grotesco, he ...

* Jonas Kahnlund * Linus Eklund Adolphson * Anna Vnuk

References

External links

Official website
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