Per Henrik Schyffert (born 23 February 1968) is a

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and radio and television personality.

Career

Schyffert was a VJ for

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in the late 1980s. In 1992 he hosted the comedy TV show ''

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'', also starring

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and

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. The program was later turned into a successful stage show. In 1993 he created the radio show ''

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'' with

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. The show centered on

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s and off-the-wall

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es. 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

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, under the name

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. Whale's first album, ''

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'', was released two years later, and the next album, ''

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'' followed in 1998. The band toured extensively, and supported Blur on their U.S. tour in 1995. Whale disbanded in the late 1990s. He and the rest of the "Killing" gang made three more hugely successful TV series — ''

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'', ''

Percy Tårar ''Percy tårar'' (''Percy’s Tears'') is a Swedish 6-part television show broadcast by Sveriges Television in 1996. It was Killinggänget's follow-up to ''Nilecity 105,6''. It was directed by Walter Söderlund and produced by Magdalena Jangar ...

'' and '' Fyra Små Filmer'' — before hitting the big screen with '' Fyra Nyanser Av Brunt'', which won four

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s in

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, including Best Film and Best Leading Actor. Schyffert co-wrote the film and played the role of Richard. He started doing

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in 2003, and became the third host of the political satire show ''

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'', a Swedish adaptation of ''

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''. In 2005, he made a documentary for Swedish national TV, about humor around the world called Dokument:Humor, in which he interviewed

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and others. He also went to

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to perform stand-up comedy in

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. This eventually led to him creating ''Stor i Japan'' ( en, Big In Japan), an experiment in the form of a reality show in which two of Schyffert's friends, Jens Sjögren and Sebastian Hedin, travel to

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and attempt to achieve fame within 30 days. ''Stor i Japan'' aired in eight one-hour episodes on

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in the fall of 2008. In 2006, he hosted '' Veckans nyheter'' on Kanal 5. In 2008, he invited many of his comedian friends to subject him to a

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in front of a live audience to celebrate his 40th birthday. In 2008 and 2009, he had a very successful run with touring one-man show ''The 90s - Ett Försvarstal''. The very last performance was broadcast live on Swedish television on 23 May 2009. In 2020, he directed his first feature film, '' Run Uje Run'', which won the

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, while Schyffert received a nomination for

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Filmography

*1986 – ''Eldorado'' (radio programme) *

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

– '' PopiTopp'' (TV series) *

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

– '' I manegen med Glenn Killing - Live från Berns'' (televised stage show with

Killinggänget Killinggänget is a Swedish comedy group, started in 1991. It is named after Glenn Killing, a character played by Henrik Schyffert who has appeared in many of their shows. The group is notable for their evolution from straight comedy to comedy/dr ...

) *1994 – ''

'' (radio programme) *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...

– '' Bert: The Last Virgin'' (film) *

– ''

NileCity 105,6 ''NileCity 105.6'' was a Sweden, Swedish 6-part television show broadcast by Sveriges Television in 1995. It was the first major success of the Swedish comedy group Killinggänget. Each episode was titled "Vuxna män gör saker tillsammans" ("Adult ...

'' (TV series with

) *

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

– ''

'' (TV series with

) *1996 – ''

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'' (TV programme) *

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

– '' Fyra små filmer'' (four TV films with

) **'' Gunnar Rehlin - En liten film om att göra någon illa'' **'' Ben & Gunnar - En liten film om manlig vänskap'' **'' På sista versen - En liten film om döden'' **'' Torsk på Tallinn - En liten film om ensamhet'' *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

– '' Glenn Killing på Grand'' (TV series with

) *

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

– '' Kritikerna'' (TV series) *2001 – '' Heja Björn'' (TV series) *

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

– '' Spermaharen'' (only released on DVD and the project website, with

) *2002 – '' Grammisgalan'' (TV gala) *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

– ''

'' (TV series) *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

– '' Fyra nyanser av brunt'' (four TV films with

) *

– ''

'' (TV series, comeback) *2005 – ''

Melodifestivalen 2005 Melodifestivalen 2005 was the selection for the 45th song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 44th time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final, ...

'' (music contest) *2005 – ''Dokument:Humor'' (TV series) *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

– '' Veckans nyheter'' (TV series) *

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

– '' Sverige dansar och ler'' (TV series) *2007 – '' Svenskar är också människor'' (TV series) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– '' Sverige pussas och kramas'' (TV series) *

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

– '' Maskeraden'' *2008 – '' Stor i Japan - ett experiment av Henrik Schyffert'' (TV series) *2009 – ''

Hjälp! ''Hjälp!'' ( sv, Help!) was a Swedish situation comedy television series, broadcast on the TV4 network. It revolved around a psychologist, Jeanette Placzycks, played by Stina Ekblad, who treated patients with a variety of problems. The series h ...

'' (TV series, guest) *2009 – '' Roast på Berns'' *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

– '' Dom kallar oss roliga'' *2010 – '' Landet brunsås'' *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

– ''

Historieätarna ''Historieätarna'' (''The History Eaters'') is an infotainment series that first appeared on Sveriges Television during the fall and winter of 2012, produced by Karin af Klintberg, starring Erik Haag and Lotta Lundgren as the reporters and Fre ...

'' *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

- '' Allt faller'' *2020 – '' Run Uje Run'' (director)

References

External links

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