Lars Hjortshøj (born 3 June 1967 in

Hinnerup Hinnerup is a small town in eastern Jutland, Denmark, in Favrskov Municipality, Region Midtjylland, northwest of Aarhus. It has become mostly a suburb, and is connected to Aarhus by Søften, Lisbjerg and Skejby. The town has a population of 8,52 ...

) is a Danish

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and

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and

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host. He has taken part in many Danish shows, including '' Casper & Mandrilaftalen'' and in the

sit-com A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home ...

'' Langt fra Las Vegas''. As of February 2006 Lars Hjortshøj is still co-host in

Radio 100FM Radio 100 (former "Radio 100FM") is a Danish radio channel. The name refers to the fact that the station used to broadcast on 100.0 MHz on the FM spectrum in the Greater Copenhagen Area. On 18 June 2003 Bruun Rasmussens Kunstauktion held an auc ...

's morning show ''

Morgenhyrderne Morgenhyrderne was a morning show on the Danish radio channel Radio 100FM. The show featured Lasse Rimmer, Lars Hjortshøj and Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph and broadcast every weekday morning. The hosts discussed news stories - typically politics, ...

'' along with

Lasse Rimmer Lasse Rimmer Nielsen (born 26 March 1972) is a Danish stand-up comedian, actor and television and radio host. Rimmer was born in Aarhus. Career Rimmer made his first appearance as a stand-up comedian in 1993 at Café Din's in Copenhagen and p ...

and

Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph (born 1 July 1976 in Vejen) is a Danish TV, radio host and founder of cosmetic company, Rudolph Care. Rudolph hosted the Danish version of the Dancing with the Stars franchise, for many years and has appeared as a guest ju ...

. He appeared in a recurring role as a fictionalized version of himself in the Danish

Klovn ''Klovn'' ("Clown") is a Danish sitcom, which first aired on the Danish TV channel TV2 Zulu. It focuses on the life of the main character Frank (played by Frank Hvam) and Casper (played by Casper Christensen). The show builds its comedy around ...

'', playing one of the main characters ''

Frank Hvam Frank Hvam Nielsen, known professionally as Frank Hvam (born 12 September 1970) is a Danish stand-up-comedian. Hvam was born in Viborg and grew up on a farm in Ørum Sønderlyng. His legal name is Nielsen, but he uses only his middle name prof ...

s colleagues, a stand-up comedian. He is (as of 2008) the host of the US-adopted game show '' Sandhedens Time'', in the US, it is called '' The Moment of Truth''. Lars and his wife live outside of Copenhagen with their two children.

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* 1967 births Living people Danish male comedians Danish male television actors Danish stand-up comedians Danish radio presenters People from Favrskov Municipality {{Radio-bio-stub