Lars ''Anders'' Jansson, (born 9 October 1967 in
Staffanstorp), is a
Swedish comedian
A comedian (feminine comedienne) or comic is a person who seeks to entertainment, entertain an audience by making them laughter, laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolishly (as in slapstick), or employing prop c ...
known for such TV-shows as Hipp Hipp and the Swedish version of
QI.
Jansson, as well as his close companion
Johan Wester, started out his entertaining career doing student horseplay at
Lund University
Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...
.
Jansson, again with Wester, worked as scriptwriter for the TV-show ''
Snacka om nyheter'' (''Have I Got News For You'').
In 2010, he did the part of
Sir Bedevere in the Swedish production of
Spamalot
''Spamalot'' (also known as ''Monty Python's Spamalot: A Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is a musical theatre, stage musical with score by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, with lyrics and book ...
at
Nöjesteatern in
Malmö
Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...
. In the fall of 2012
SVT started airing ''
Intresseklubben'', a Swedish version of the BBC-show QI, where Jansson took on the
Alan Davies-role of regular panellist.
Jansson hosted
Melodifestivalen 2014 along with
Nour El-Refai.
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References
External links
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Anagram productions(in Swedish)
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Swedish male comedians
1967 births
Living people
People from Staffanstorp Municipality
Male actors from Skåne County