Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson

picture info	Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson (born 8 September 1958) is a Swedish fashion designer and drag artist. Mostly known for his performances as the character Babsan (), he was educated as a typographist and art director. Biography Wilhelmsson was a successful ballroom dancer in his youth. In 1979, he formed a group of drag artists called ''Surprise Sisters'' along with friends. During the 1980s, he was often hired as a male striptease dancer, mostly at the nightclub Bacchi Wapen in Stockholm. He has been awarded the Guldmasken award several times for his work as a designer due to his work with costumes for the musicals ''Rent'', '' Wizard of Oz'', '' Pippi Långstrump'', ''Stars'', '' Karlsson på taket'' and '' Grease''. Wilhelmsson presented the bingo show ''Söndagsbingo'' at TV4 in 2002. In 2007, he created the costumes for Nanne Grönvall in her role in the musical ''Sweet Charity''. In the summer of 2007, he drew and designed the costumes for the musical '' Pippi Långstrump'', direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	UNICEF UNICEF ( ), originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, officially United Nations Children's Fund since 1953, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Development aid, developmental aid to children worldwide. The organization is one of the most widely known and visible social welfare entities globally, operating in 192 countries and territories. UNICEF's activities include providing immunizations and disease prevention, administering Antiretroviral drug, treatment for children and mothers with HIV, enhancing childhood and maternal nutrition, improving sanitation, promoting education, and providing emergency relief in response to disasters. UNICEF is the successor of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, and was created on 11 December 1946, in New York, by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, U.N. Relief Rehabilitation Administration to provide immediate r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Staffan Götestam Per Staffan Götestam (born 20 May 1952) is a Swedish actor, director, theatre chief, playwright and founder of Junibacken. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayal of Jonathan in 1977 '' The Brothers Lionheart''. In the 1980s, he turned his focus to producing and directing. He has directed many plays, among them ''Nils Karlsson Pyssling'', '' Madicken'' and ''Tjorven på Saltkråkan'', and many musicals, among them '' Rent'', ''Beauty and the Beast'' and ''the Wizard of Oz''. In 2000, Götestam received a Swedish Golden Mask theatre award. Götestam also wrote the song " Mio My Mio" for the 1987 film '' Mio in the Land of Faraway''. Early life Staffan Götestam was born in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden in 20 May 1952. He was educated at ''Skara skolscen'' and ''Statens scenskola'', Stockholm. He went to theater school in 1973 and started playing amateur theatre with the ''Örebro Student Theatre''. Career Acting After his theater training, Götestam got a role in the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Wild Kids ''Wild Kids'' is a Swedish reality show for children currently airing on TV4. The show aired for twelve seasons on Sveriges Television (SVT), between 2005 and 2019. Ola Lindholm was the host of the show for the first four seasons but was then replaced with Richard Olsson. The second season was filmed in late 2006 and aired in early 2007. The show took a one-year break before returning in 2009. Except for 2006, 2008 and 2011, the show has been aired every year since its inaugural season. Carolina Klüft took over the role as host in 2019. SVT then dropped off the rights for the show. For 2020, the 13th season, TV4 has taken over the rights for the show, leading to Linda Lindorff taking over the hosting role. Described as a children's version of ''Survivor'', the show features two teams of children ("Björnarna" and "Lejonen") competing with each other in competitions in the Swedish forest Kolmården, where they live together until the show is over and the winners of the final win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Allsång På Skansen ''Allsång på Skansen'' (''Sing-along at Skansen'') is a Sweden, Swedish show held at Skansen, Stockholm, every summer on Tuesdays between 8pm and 9pm. The audience is encouraged to sing-along, sing along with musical guest stars to well-known Swedish and international songs. The show started in 1935 on a small scale; about 50 people in the audience. Today, about 10,000–25,500 people come to each performance. Since 3 August 1979 the show has been broadcast by Sveriges Television. Initially the show had about 300,000 viewers. When Lasse Berghagen took over as host, the ratings increased to about 2 million viewers. In 2003, ''Allsång på Skansen'' was the first SVT programme that was broadcast with 5.1 multichannel sound. In 2007, it became one of the first Swedish live programmes broadcast in high-definition television. Although the show is scheduled to run for 90 minutes, only one hour of it is broadcast on SVT1 but viewers can watch the entire show on SVT Play. Hosts 1935� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	TV3 (Sweden) TV3 (''TV tre'') is a Swedish pay television channel owned by Viaplay Group. It was launched on 31 December 1987 by businessman Jan Stenbeck. The channel was initially broadcast across all of Scandinavia. In 1990, separate Danish and Norwegian feeds were launched. The channel's name refers to its launch at a time when television in Sweden was dominated by the two channels of SVT. History TV3 was launched on 31 December 1987 and was the first commercial channel to broadcast in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. The channel was transmitted from London, in order to circumvent legislation that prohibited advertising being broadcast on Swedish television. TV3 was one of the first channels to be broadcast on the Astra 1A satellite when that launched in 1989; in addition, TV3 Sweden became available through cable television in many cities. In 1989, TV3 bought the rights to broadcast the Ice Hockey World Championships and the Wimbledon tennis championships The Wimbledon Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	ZTV (Sweden) ZTV was a Swedish television channel owned by Viasat (Nordic television service), Viasat. Launched in February 1991, as a daily afternoon show on TV3 (Sweden), TV3 and TV4 (Sweden), TV4, it became a channel of its own on Swedish cable networks in May 1992. The intention was to create a Swedish version of MTV and thus the focus was primarily on music, but also had their own comedy-oriented shows, skate and prank related shows and aired various tv shows and movies. Since May 2006, most of its programming composed of music videos. ZTV's last day was August 1, 2010 for all customers except for Boxer and Com Hem, who continued to distribute the channel indefinitely in a limited version. MTG's new sports channel TV10 took over the transmissions of other operators. History ZTV was initially also a combined radio station called Z-Radio. The sound from the television programme went out also in radio through a number of community radio frequencies around the country. ZTV began broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Sveriges Television Sveriges Television AB ("Sweden's Television aktiebolag, Stock Company"), shortened to SVT (), is the Sweden, Swedish national public broadcasting, public television broadcaster, funded by a public service tax on personal income set by the Riksdag (national parliament). Prior to 2019, SVT was funded by a Television licensing in Sweden, television licence fee payable by all owners of television sets. The Swedish public broadcasting system is largely modelled after the system used in the United Kingdom, and Sveriges Television shares many traits with its British counterpart, the BBC. SVT is a public limited company that can be described as a "quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation." Together with the other two public broadcasters, Sveriges Radio and Sveriges Utbildningsradio, it is owned by an independent foundation, ''Foundation Management for SR, SVT, and UR, Förvaltningsstiftelsen för Sveriges Radio AB, Sveriges Television AB och Sveriges Utbildningsradio AB''. The fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pride2010Babsan Pride is a human secondary emotion characterized by a sense of satisfaction with one's identity, performance, or accomplishments. It is often considered the opposite of shame or of humility and, depending on context, may be viewed as either virtue or vice. ''Pride'' may refer to a feeling of satisfaction derived from one's own or another's choices and actions, or one's belonging to a group of people. Typically, it is a product of praise, independent self-reflection and/or a fulfilled feeling of belonging. The word ''pride'' may refer to group identity manifestations, including one's ethnicity—notably, Black Pride, which gained historical momentum during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, and earlier independence struggles— Feminist Pride, rooted in the women's rights movement and gender equality struggles—and sexual identity (for example, Gay Pride or LGBT Pride, rising in visibility following the Stonewall riots). In this context of minority groups, the display of pride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Christer Lindarw Christer Lindarw (born 3 March 1953) is a Sweden, Swedish clothes designer, actor, drag queen entertainer, and the leader of drag group ''After Dark (drag act), After Dark''. Career Lindarw was born in Eskilstuna, Södermanland County. He was educated at Beckmans designhögskola in Stockholm. His 1976 stage debut was as ''Zsa Zsa Shakespeer'' for director Lars Jacob in ''Wild Side Story'' at Alexandra Charles's club, and he staged his first major production at Hamburger Börs, Stockholm, Hamburger Börs in 1980 together with Roger Jönsson and Lars Flinckman, Lindarw's future co-star of many years from stage shows with their group After Dark. After Dark participated in Melodifestivalen with the song ''La dolce vita'' and placed third in the final in Globen. Lindarws interest in drag showing started after an masquerade where the theme was reversed gender roles. On Jönsson's recommendation he had started to appear in drag (clothing), drag in 1976. Lindarw hosted shows at the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	After Dark (drag Act) After Dark (1976–2018) was a Swedish drag act starring entertainer Christer Lindarw who eventually also began appearing intermittently out of drag and singing with his own voice. Show history The group was put together for a special Stockholm nightclub called After Dark Club immediately after Lindarw with Roger Jönsson had appeared in ''Wild Side Story'' at Alexandra's in January 1976 and also in February, with an added co-star . Its immediate appeal with Alexandra's clientele has been cited as instrumental to rapid and early success. Since that time, After Dark has been a major ingredient in Swedish LGBT culture. Jönsson however left the group for another in 1981 and died in 1984. The Lindarw-Flinckman duo had international success, performing in Barcelona, Madrid and San Francisco. By 2009 Flinckman had retired from the show (he died in 2016) and was replaced for a tour of Sweden by entertainer Lars-Åke Wilhelmsson also known as ''Babsan''. Their Stockholm version of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Loa Falkman Carl Johan "Loa" Falkman (born 24 July 1947) is a Swedish opera singer, actor and artist. He was appointed hovsångare by H.M. the King of Sweden in 2003.http://www.kungahuset.se/royalcourt Swedish Royal Court official home page After studying music, Falkman made his first major performance on the Royal Swedish Opera in 1973. In Melodifestivalen 1990 (Swedish preselection contest for the Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster ...), Falkman got the last place with his song " Symfonin" ("The Symphony"). He often plays pompous, vile characters like Wall-Enberg in '' Lilla Jönssonligan'', Tillström in '' Newsmakers'' or Factory Owner Persson in '' Kronjuvelerna''. Filmography 2011 – '' Kronjuvelerna'' 2009 – '' Newsmakers'' 2006 – '' Lill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Babben Larsson Barbro Karin Viola Westerlund Larsson (born 29October 1956), better known as Babben, is a Swedish actress and comedian. Life and career Babben was born in Dalhem on Gotland and is recognised by her pronounced Gotlandic dialect. Now living in Solna with her daughter, she attended the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Stockholm in 1977–1980. She has been active in the S.U.C.K. (Stand Up Comedy Club) since 1988 and comedian group R.E.A. (Roligt Elakt Aktuellt). She has also appeared in the TV show '' Parlamentet'' and had her own talk show ''Babben & co'' in 2007. She performed as a stand-up comedian in Great Britain 1996 and also did a couple of appearances on British television. In 2006, she was voted the most popular female comedian in Sweden in the popular TV-programme ''Folktoppen''. In 1992, Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist named one of the asteroids in the asteroid belt, 10795 Babben after her. Selected filmography Appearances in films and televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]