Lars Ove "Lasse" Kronér (born 15 November 1962) is a Swedish television presenter and musician, who resides in

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. Between 1985 and 1999 he became famous as a member of the music and show group

Triple & Touch Triple & Touch is a Swedish pop duo formed in Gothenburg in 1983. Earlier, Lasse Kronér (born 1962 in Gothenburg) was also a member until 1999, when he succeeded Leif Olsson for the leadership for the TV gameshow ''Bingolotto''. History 198 ...

. Since then, he has mostly appeared as a presenter of various game shows on TV.

Biography

Music career

Kronér first became known as one of the members of the group show

, where he was a member between 1985 and 1999. He participated in ''

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'', along with

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, Janne Bark and

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with the song "Gör någon glad", but they were knocked out after the first round. In 2000 he released his first

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, with the title ''Lasse Kronér''. The album has sold over 30,000 copies.

Television career

In 1997 he appeared as the presenter of '' Zesam Lotto'', ''

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's'' first live summer program on

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. In 1999 he took over as host for the entire ''Bingolotto'', after

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decided to leave the show, and ended up leading it until 2004. In autumn 2005 he began to host a new program, the music quiz ''

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'' in

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, a program for which he developed the idea ''Doobidoo'' has been ongoing since 2005, and, as of summer of 2012, had produced programs for the eighth season which aired on TV in autumn the same year. In 2008, Kronér was SVT's yearly Christmas host on Christmas Eve. Since the spring of 2011, he is the TV presenter of the game show '' Smartare än en femteklassare'', which is the Swedish version of the format '' Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?''. In 2011 he was a participant, along with

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, in the music game show ''

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'', where they competed against

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and

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Other works

In 1996, he did the voice of the character Hugo in the Swedish language version of the

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film ''

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''. He also published a book of recipes for

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es in 2003, titled ''80 väldigt goda mackor''. In 2000 he released the board game ''Wall Street'', which for some years were very successful.

Discography

Albums

*2001: ''Lasse Kronér'' (peaked at #13 on

Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish R ...

) *2015: ''Nu'' (peaked at #40 on

)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kroner, Lasse Swedish television hosts Swedish game show hosts Swedish male singers 1962 births Living people People from Gothenburg Musicians from Gothenburg