Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986) is a
Swedish comedian
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and
actor
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. He is known from TV shows such as ''
Parlamentet'' and ''
Stockholm Live''.
Early and personal life
Gustafsson was born in
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
, Sweden. He studied at the Calle Flygares Theater School in Stockholm to become an actor.
His film debut came in 2006 with the Swedish movie ''
Beck – Flickan i jordkällaren''. But before his debut as an actor, he had already debuted in 2005 as a stand-up comedian at
Bungy Comedy, a Swedish club for stand-up beginners. In 2006 he enrolled at
Standup Star, a stand-up school, where among others,
Özz Nûjen and Jakob Öqvist, two of the most well-known comedians in Sweden, have attended.
Career
In 2008, he appeared on
Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish selections for the
Eurovision Song Contest
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, receiving great media attention as he sang a love song to host
Kristian Luuk's girlfriend
Carina Berg. Afterward, Berg said that she had to hide her cheeks so people could not see that she was blushing. Gustafsson would later also announce the Swedish votes at the Eurovision Song Contest.
Gustafsson gained a certain degree of international fame following a
World of Warcraft
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(WoW) joke in
Parlamentet, talking about people wasting time on the internet and not contributing to their party's effort by playing inefficiently, using so much internal WoW terminology himself that he was incomprehensible to non-players. The scene was spread over the
Internet
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, mainly on
YouTube
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, where translations into other languages could also be found.
Gustafsson got voted as Sweden's funniest man by ''
Aftonbladet''
's readers on 6 March 2008. He continued his "stand-up" shows at the big stage, in the
44th Guldbagge Awards in 2009 together with
Johan Glans, and with
Robert Gustafsson in the
Svenska idrottsgalan 2009 (Swedish athletics awards) where he also presented the nominations for rookie of the year.
In 2016 and 2017, he played the role of Don in the American comedy television series ''
People of Earth''.
He took on the role of entertainer again for
Melodifestivalen 2024, hosted by Carina Berg.
Filmography
Films
*''Beck – Flickan i jordkällaren'' (2006)
*''Les Grandes Personnes'' (2008)
*''Kenny Begins'' (2009)
*''
Björn Gustafsson: A life's Work''
*''
Tina og Betina The Movie''
*''
Kronjuvelerna'' (2011)
*''
Cockpit'' (2012)
*''
Spy'' (2015)
* ''
Kung Fury'' (2015)
* ''
Becoming Astrid'' (2018)
* ''
The Penguin Lessons'' (2024)
Television shows
*''
Eurovision Song Contest 2008''
*''
Melodifestivalen 2008'' (pause act)
*''
Parlamentet''
*''
Extra! Extra!''
*''
Tack gode gud''
*''
Morgonsoffan''
*''
Sverige pussas och kramas''
*''
Stockholm Live''
*''
Idol''
*''
Hål i väggen''
*''
Kontoret''
*''
Julkalendern: Barna Hedenhös uppfinner julen''
*''
Söder om Folkungagatan''
*''
The Comedians'' (one episode as Jonas)
*''
People of Earth'' (Don)
*''
Melodifestivalen 2024'' (pause act)
Discography
Singles
Awards
*Swedish Funniest Man 2008 by the newspaper ''
Aftonbladet''.
References
External links
Official website (Swedish)*
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1986 births
Swedish male comedians
Living people
Swedish male television actors
Swedish male film actors
Swedish expatriates in Norway
21st-century Swedish male actors
21st-century Swedish comedians
Male actors from Gothenburg
Comedians from Gothenburg