Björn Gustafsson

For the actor born in 1934, see Björn Gustafson.

Björn Gustafsson
Gustafsson in 2024
Born
Lars Björn Gustafsson

(1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38)
Romelanda, Sweden[1][2]
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active2005–present
Websitewww.bjorngustafsson.se

Lars Björn Gustafsson (born 19 February 1986) is a Swedish comedian and actor. He is known from TV shows such as Parlamentet and Stockholm Live.[3][4]

Early and personal life

Gustafsson was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He studied at the Calle Flygares Theater School in Stockholm to become an actor.[1] 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.[1]

Career

In 2008, he appeared on Melodifestivalen 2008, the Swedish selections for the Eurovision Song Contest, 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 (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.[citation needed] The scene was spread over the Internet, mainly on YouTube, 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

Television shows

Discography

Singles

List of singles
Title Year Peak chart positions
SWE
[10]
"Still the One" 2024 15

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c "Björn Gustafsson Biografi" (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 April 2009.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Björn Gustafsson" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Björn Gustafsson är vår nya komikerstjärna | Metro". Archived from the original on 30 May 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Björn Gustafsson – från teaterapa till storstjärna – Metro". Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Ny film och tv-serie från prisbelönade regissören Ella Lemhagen · Film & TV-Producenterna". filmtvp.se. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Gustafsson till Hollywood – spelar mot Jude Law". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  7. ^ Sweden, Sveriges Television AB, Stockholm. "Betnér och Gustafsson spelar nazister i Kung Fury". svt.se. Archived from the original on 5 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Salems kupp: Björn på flygel". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  9. ^ "SVT:s glädjebesked – Björn Gustafsson med varje vecka". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 5 February 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 12, 2024". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Sveriges roligaste komiker". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 6 March 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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