Per Henrik Schyffert (born 23 February 1968) is a Swedish comedian, actor, musician and radio and television personality.

Career

Schyffert was a VJ for

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in the late 1980s. In 1992 he hosted the comedy TV show '' I Manegen Med Glenn Killing'', also starring

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and Johan Rheborg. The program was later turned into a successful stage show. In 1993 he created the radio show '' Hassan'' with Kristian Luuk in

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. The show centered on prank phone calls and off-the-wall comedy sketches. He left Hassan as his career with the "Killing" gang took off, and he and Luuk were replaced by Fredrik Lindström. After the show's cancellation in December 1994, ''Hassan'' became a cult phenomenon, and as of October 2008 seven CDs have been released with material from the show. Also in 1993 he released the single "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" with Gordon Cyrus and ex-girlfriend Cia Berg, under the name

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. Whale's first album, '' We Care'', was released two years later, and the next album, '' All Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones'' followed in 1998. The band toured extensively, and supported Blur on their U.S. tour in 1995. Whale disbanded in the late 1990s. He and the rest of the "Killing" gang made three more hugely successful TV series — '' NileCity 105.6'', '' Percy Tårar'' and '' Fyra Små Filmer'' — before hitting the big screen with '' Fyra Nyanser Av Brunt'', which won four

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s in

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, including Best Film and Best Leading Actor. Schyffert co-wrote the film and played the role of Richard. He started doing

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in 2003, and became the third host of the political satire show '' Parlamentet'', a Swedish adaptation of '' If I Ruled the World''. In 2005, he made a documentary for Swedish national TV, about humor around the world called Dokument:Humor, in which he interviewed

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, Dylan Moran and others. He also went to

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to perform stand-up comedy in Japanese. This eventually led to him creating ''Stor i Japan'' (), an experiment in the form of a reality show in which two of Schyffert's friends, Jens Sjögren and Sebastian Hedin, travel to

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and attempt to achieve fame within 30 days. ''Stor i Japan'' aired in eight one-hour episodes on TV6 Sweden in the fall of 2008. In 2006, he hosted '' Veckans nyheter'' on Kanal 5. In 2008, he invited many of his comedian friends to subject him to a

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in front of a live audience to celebrate his 40th birthday. In 2008 and 2009, he had a very successful run with touring one-man show ''The 90s - Ett Försvarstal''. The very last performance was broadcast live on Swedish television on 23 May 2009. In 2020, he directed his first feature film, '' Run Uje Run'', which won the Guldbagge Award for Best Film, while Schyffert received a nomination for Best Director.

Filmography

*1986 – ''Eldorado'' (radio programme) *

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

– '' PopiTopp'' (TV series) *

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

– '' I manegen med Glenn Killing - Live från Berns'' (televised stage show with Killinggänget) *1994 – '' Hassan'' (radio programme) *

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

– '' Bert: The Last Virgin'' (film) *

– '' NileCity 105,6'' (TV series with Killinggänget) *

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

– '' Percy Tårar'' (TV series with Killinggänget) *1996 – ''

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'' (TV programme) *

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

– '' Fyra små filmer'' (four TV films with Killinggänget) **'' Gunnar Rehlin - En liten film om att göra någon illa'' **'' Ben & Gunnar - En liten film om manlig vänskap'' **'' På sista versen - En liten film om döden'' **'' Torsk på Tallinn - En liten film om ensamhet'' *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

– '' Glenn Killing på Grand'' (TV series with Killinggänget) *

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

– '' Kritikerna'' (TV series) *2001 – '' Heja Björn'' (TV series) *

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

– '' Spermaharen'' (only released on DVD and the project website, with Killinggänget) *2002 – '' Grammisgalan'' (TV gala) *

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

– '' Parlamentet'' (TV series) *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

– '' Fyra nyanser av brunt'' (four TV films with Killinggänget) *

– '' Parlamentet'' (TV series, comeback) *2005 – '' Melodifestivalen 2005'' (music contest) *2005 – ''Dokument:Humor'' (TV series) *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

– '' Veckans nyheter'' (TV series) *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

– '' Sverige dansar och ler'' (TV series) *2007 – '' Svenskar är också människor'' (TV series) *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

– '' Sverige pussas och kramas'' (TV series) *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

– '' Maskeraden'' *2008 – '' Stor i Japan - ett experiment av Henrik Schyffert'' (TV series) *2009 – ''

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'' (TV series, guest) *2009 – '' Roast på Berns'' *

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

– '' Dom kallar oss roliga'' *2010 – '' Landet brunsås'' *

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

– '' Historieätarna'' *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

- '' Allt faller'' *2020 – '' Run Uje Run'' (director) * 2021 – '' A Class Apart'' – (TV series)

References

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