Thomas Petersson (born August 24, 1962) is a

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and

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from

Halmstad Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational city A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Socia ...

. Petersson grew up on a farm and after finishing high school he worked as a

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technician, while doing amateur

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Peter Wahlbeck Let's Dance 2010 was the fifth season of the Let's Dance (Swedish TV series), Swedish version of ''Strictly Come Dancing.'' It was broadcast on the Swedish television channel TV4 (Sweden), TV4 starting on 8 January 2010 and ending on 26 March 2010 ...

noticed Petersson's comic talent and talked him into starting with

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. Petersson's breakthrough came with the TV show '' Släng dig i brunnen'', which was broadcast from the comedy club Norra Brunn in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

. Petersson has appeared in many gameshows and panelshows on TV. He has competed twice in the popular show ''

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''. As an actor, he has mainly appeared in

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