Thomas Petersson (born August 24, 1962) is a Swedish

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and

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from

Halmstad Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational urban areas of Sweden, city at the mouth of the Nissan (river), Nissan river, in the provinces of Sweden, province of Halland on the Sweden, Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat ...

. Petersson grew up on a farm and after finishing high school he worked as a

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technician, while doing amateur

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. Peter Wahlbeck noticed Petersson's comic talent and talked him into starting with stand up comedy. Petersson's breakthrough came with the TV show '' Släng dig i brunnen'', which was broadcast from the comedy club Norra Brunn in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

. Petersson has appeared in many gameshows and panelshows on TV. He has competed twice in the popular show '' På spåret''. As an actor, he has mainly appeared in

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