Ants Robert ''Kristian'' Luuk, (born 14 June 1966) is a

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comedian and television presenter. He has presented several shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He was married to

Carina Berg Carina Lilly Berg, during a time ''Luuk'', (born 11 November 1977) is a Swedish comedian and television presenter. Berg grew up in Åkersberga, studied the aesthetics program at Danderyds gymnasium and then went on to study radio at Kaggeholms f ...

Biography

Early life

Kristian Luuk's parents come from

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, and the first few years in Sweden the family lived in

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in Stockholm, but in 1970 the family moved to

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. His father worked for IBM, and during three years at the end of the 1970s the family lived in California, USA. Luuk studied at Estniska skolan in Stockholm, and his high school studies took place at

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. He studied business and economics at Handelshögskolan in Stockholm, where he started getting involved in the student- and local radio.

Career

For the larger audience he became known for the radio show ''Hassan'' at Sveriges Radio and ''Knesset'' at ZTV. In 1996 he started working in television at

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where he presented his own talk show

. The talk show lasted until 2004. In early 2005, he started presenting ''God natt, Sverige'' along with his then wife

. The show was cancelled after just one season and Luuk left TV4 after that. With the help of Peter Settman Luuk got work at SVT and in late 2007 he presented the show ''Videokväll hos Luuk''. Luuk acted in the film ''Känd från TV'' in 2001 in a supporting role, the film was directed by Fredrik Lindström. He presented

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and

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on SVT, Sweden's pre-selection for the

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. In 2009, Luuk became the presenter of the popular entertainment show ''

'' (along with Fredrik Lindström), after the previous presenter

Ingvar Oldsberg Ingvar Gunnar Oldsberg (31 March 194510 February 2022) was a Swedish television presenter and sports journalist. Early life Oldsberg was born on 31 March 1945 in Annedal Parish, Gothenburg. Oldsberg grew up in Mölnlycke outside Gothenburg. On ...

left the show. He presented the reality series Maestro in 2011 for SVT. In 2012 he presented the podradio show ''Luuk & Lokko'' along with his childhood friend

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Personal life

Luuk was married to fellow television presenter

. The couple has one son. Luuk also has two children from previous relationships. On October 7, 2016, it was announced that Luuk and Berg were getting a divorce.

Radio, TV and Film

Radio

*''Hassan'' i P3, 1993 - 1994,

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* ''

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'', presenter 26 June 1996 and 18 July 2009 *''Luuk & Lokko'', 2012, Sveriges Radio

Talk shows

*''Knesset'', 1995, ZTV *''

'', 1996 - 2004, TV4 *''God natt, Sverige'', 2005, TV4 *''Videokväll hos Luuk'', 2007 - 2008, SVT

Presenter

*''

'' och ''

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'', SVT * ''

'', 2009–present,Klara för tre år till
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Film

*''Känd från TV'', 2001, directed by Fredrik Lindström.

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Luuk, Kristian 1966 births Living people Entertainers from Stockholm Swedish people of Estonian descent Swedish comedians Stockholm School of Economics alumni Swedish television hosts Eurovision commentators