Yankho Kamwendo (born 1 November 1978) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

TV personality and

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. Kamwendo is best known for his role as Lennart in the TV show ''Leende guldbruna ögon'' and hosting popular children's television shows '' Bolibompa'' and '' TV-skeppet''. Kamwendo has also been featured in the popular live sing-along television show '' Allsång på Skansen''. He has toured extensively with national theatre company the

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, performing the play ''Elddop''. Kamwendo has also initiated a documentary about

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast ...

an children who became orphans after losing their parents to

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Personal life

Yankho Kamwendo's father was born in

and his mother hails from

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. Kamwendo lives in

Hammarbyhöjden Hammarbyhöjden is a city district in Stockholm, Sweden. The district is split across two boroughs: Most of it is located in Skarpnäck borough, the subdistrict Blåsut is located in the Enskede-Årsta-Vantör borough. As of December 31, 2007, Ha ...

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 ...

. He is an

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enthusiast and has been involved with missionary aid work in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamwendo, Yankho 1978 births Living people Swedish television hosts Swedish Christians Swedish male television actors Swedish male stage actors 21st-century Swedish male actors People from Uppsala Swedish people of Malawian descent