Per Henrik Dorsin (born 20 November 1977) is a Swedish actor, comedian, singer and

revue A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatre, theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketch comedy, sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural pre ...

-artist. Dorsin started his career as an extra in the 1996 film '. He started his television career in the satire show ''Detta har hänt'' in 1998. He then worked as a revue-artist and dramatist, he produced the revue ''Slängar av sleven'', and has participated in shows with the theatre group Stockholms blodbad. Dorsin is one of the founding members of the comedy group Grotesco. He also worked with the SVT entertainment show ''Säpop'', and he has been part of the TV4 comedy show '' Parlamentet''. In 2007, he won the Karamelodiktstipendiet by Povel Ramel. In 2014, Dorsin toured with the comedy play ''Henrik Dorsin – näktergalen från Holavedsvägen''. And since 2014, Dorsin runs the theater Scalateatern in

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. In 2022, Dorsin played the role of Jarmo Björkman in Ruben Östlund's film Triangle of Sadness that won the

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at the

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. He portrayed Thomas in '' Cry Wolf'' (2024). In 2025, Dorsin was awarded 500.000 (SEK) by the Natur & Kulturs kulturpris for his work in the field of culture. In 2025, Henrik Dorsin is doing the ”Svenska revyn” a revue show, firstly along with Vanna Rosenberg and Johan Ulveson, he will in late in 2025 be joined by comedian Johan Glans as well. Dorsin's younger brother is former football player Mikael Dorsin. He is married to comedian Hanna Dorsin. Dorsin's grandfather immigrated from

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to Sweden after World War 2 and in the 1950s the family changed their name from Dziewior to Dorsin as it was difficult for Swedes to pronounce. Dorsin grew up in the

suburb

Lidingö Lidingö (), also known in its definite form Lidingön and as Lidingölandet, is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2023, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 48,162. It is the ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorsin, Henrik Living people 1977 births Swedish male comedians Swedish male actors 20th-century Swedish comedians 21st-century Swedish comedians People from Lidingö Municipality Male actors from Stockholm County